Air Support! vs Base Defense!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Air Support!
Take control of an armed aircraft to defend your base from enemy forces. Destroy enemy buildings, bridges, and vehicles to prevent them from advancing and conquering your territory.
- Control armed aircraft
- Defend your base
- Destroy enemy buildings
- Destroy bridges
- Destroy vehicles
- Explode gas tanks
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Protect your troops and defend your base! You are controlling an aircraft equipped with different weapons. Your mission is to prevent the enemy from conquering your base. You can destroy buildings and bridges and make cars and gas tank explode!
Base Defense!
Lead your community, manage resources, and defend your base from enemies. Explore new areas to rescue civilians and expand your territory. Upgrade your character and hire workers to strengthen your defenses and conquer new bases.
- Base defense and expansion
- Resource management
- Enemy combat and boss battles
- Civilian rescue and community building
- Character upgrades
- Worker hiring
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In Base Defense! you will be responsible for defending and expanding your base Play as a leader and manage all resources, fight against enemies and even save civilians to create a living community. Explore for new areas to save more people. Shoot enemies and defeat bosses to conquer new bases. Upgrade your character, hire workers and much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Base Defense! at 4.7 against Air Support!'s 4.3. Air Support!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Air Support! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Base Defense! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Base Defense! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12K and 10K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Air Support!'s written reviews are positive against 22% of Base Defense!'s.
Air Support! ships an update every 2 weeks, Base Defense! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Support! | Base Defense! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12K ratings) | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | 22.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 10K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 616 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Air Support!
Base Defense!
User reviews
Air Support!
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game concept
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🕹️ Good time killer
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive levels
- 💰 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🔒 Paid ad removal doesn't work
Base Defense!
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Interesting concept
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔋 Severe performance issues and lag
- 💰 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🚫 Paid 'no ads' option doesn't work as expected
Bugs and requests
Air Support!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or going black screen
- Purchased upgrades not saving
- Targeting issues causing friendly fire
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and difficulty options
- Additional weapons and upgrades
- Offline play mode
- Improved ad-removal system
Base Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workers and upgrades not functioning properly
- Progress not saving correctly
- Inconsistent and unreliable gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add sound and music
- Improve progression and longevity
- Reduce reliance on ads
- Fix bugs and optimize performance
In-app purchases
Air Support!
- No Ads$2.99
- Coin Bundle 1 No Ads$2.99
- Coin Bundle 1$3.99
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- Value Pack 1$3.99
- Coin Bundle 2$5.99
- Coin Bundle 2 No Ads$5.99
- Value Pack 2$5.99
- Coin Bundle 3 No Ads$15.99
- Coin Bundle 3$15.99
Base Defense!
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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