Comparison

Base Defense! vs Defend The Plants

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Base defense and expansion
  • Resource management
  • Enemy combat and boss battles
  • Civilian rescue and community building
  • Character upgrades
  • Worker hiring
Features
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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!

About

Defend The Plants

Protect your garden by harvesting resources, constructing defensive towers, and fending off waves of enemies. Engage in strategic gameplay to ensure the survival of your plants.

Highlights
  • Harvest resources
  • Build defensive towers
  • Defend garden from enemies
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Garden protection
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Harvest, build towers, defend the garden from enemies!

Screenshots

Base Defense!4 screens
Defend The Plants4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Base Defense! at 4.7 against Defend The Plants's 3.0. Base Defense! also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 1) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). Defend The Plants's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Base Defense! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Defend The Plants asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Base Defense! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Base Defense! has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Base Defense!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Defend The Plants's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Base Defense! versus Defend The Plants: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBase Defense!Defend The Plants
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews22.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB103 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRollic GamesSergey Brashchenko

Customer experience

Base Defense!

All ratings10,373 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive22.4%
Neutral18.3%
Negative59.4%

Defend The Plants

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Defend The Plants

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Base Defense!

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Defend The Plants

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Base Defense! free?
Base Defense! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Defend The Plants free?
Defend The Plants is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Base Defense! or Defend The Plants?
Base Defense! is rated higher. Base Defense! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Defend The Plants averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Base Defense! or Defend The Plants have ads?
Both Base Defense! and Defend The Plants show ads.

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