Comparison

Barrel Defender vs Fingerzilla

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

Head to head
About

Barrel Defender

Defend your energy barrels from alien invaders in this retro arcade space shooter. Enjoy simple, intuitive controls and blast through waves of enemies with various weapons and challenging boss fights.

Highlights
  • Two game modes: endless and wave
  • 25 alien-filled waves
  • Variety of aliens and movement patterns
  • Boss enemy battles
  • Weapon power-ups
  • Easy finger-slide controls
Features
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Barrel Defender is an old school retro Arcade Shooter. Protect your Energy Barrels, collect extra weapons and blast away waves of aliens! Barrel Defender is easy to control. Your spacecraft follows the slide of your finger and is in 'auto shoot' mode. It is the ideal game for the casual player and retro fans. Enjoy blasting aliens... Features: - two game modes ( 'endless' and 'wave' mode ) - fight your way through 25 alien filled waves - tons of different aliens and movement pattern - fight boss enemies - collect extra weapons - beautiful space sci-fi environment - easy to control - quite easy, well known game play

About

Fingerzilla

Unleash destructive power with a giant finger to demolish cities, vehicles, and people. Enjoy high-resolution graphics, multiplayer battles, and gameplay-enhancing boosts. Collect items, unlock new levels, and compete with friends for ultimate destruction.

Highlights
  • High-resolution graphics
  • Multiplayer support
  • Gameplay boosts
  • Collectible items
  • New levels and mini-games
  • Social sharing and leaderboards
Features
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Fingerzilla is a fast-paced, explosive game of utter destruction. Using your own finger(zilla), rain fiery chaos down upon buildings, cars, and people. The interface is simple, but the joy of squashing your boss is priceless! We just had our 4 MILLIONTH player download the game! Download Fingerzilla yourself for: - Improved graphics! All buildings, victims, and landscapes have been lovingly rendered in high-res for you to destroy. We also have all-new victims to squish! - Multiplayer Support! Play head-to-head against friends anywhere with Game Center, or locally over Wi-Fi/Bluetooth. Any map you've unlocked can be played head-to-head, plus we have a new set of Multiplayer maps with modified rules and visuals! - Gameplay Boosts! We've added over a dozen boosts to take your gameplay to the next level. Extend mission times for extra smashing power; spill out more people to squish; add unique and named buildings with special abilities, and a bunch more! - Collections! All buildings now have a chance to spit out collectible items (like a soda bottle or an SUV). Collect these and trade them in for bonus score, free tokens, and free boosts! - Universal App -- Fingerzilla runs on the iPhones and iPads of all sizes! - New Levels -- new places to destroy, and new unique building variations to crush. - Mini-Games & Bonus Missions -- Play "Fingers vs. Zombies" or spend time crushing cars on the 101! - Compete and share with friends -- when your friends play, you'll get a bonus! You'll also see your best score on each level, and scores of other players that you're beating! - Game Center! Compete with Leaderboards and Achievements versus the world! - Squish Your Friends! Turn on the Names Pack, and squish all your Facebook friends, or colleagues from your contacts. - Game Enhancements -- in addition to the Mutation Pack, you can add bonus-bearing victims, level upgrades, and more! - Unique buildings and vehicles -- add on skyscrapers, boats, new houses, taxis, city hall, and other buildings, each with unique behavior (factories explode, towers flood out executives, etc.) - Great performance on all devices -- get 60FPS smooth animation on all recent phones, iPods and tablets. ===== As always, please write us at support@inertsoap.com if you have any problems and we'll get them fixed!

Screenshots

Barrel Defender4 screens
Fingerzilla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fingerzilla at 4.6 against Barrel Defender's 4.0. Fingerzilla also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). Barrel Defender's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Barrel Defender costs $0.99 and Fingerzilla $1.99 up front. Fingerzilla sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Barrel Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fingerzilla holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingerzilla has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Barrel Defender's written reviews are positive against 63% of Fingerzilla's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barrel Defender ships an update every 39 months, Fingerzilla every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Barrel Defender versus Fingerzilla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarrel DefenderFingerzilla
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.9% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB44 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStefan PreussThomas Ricket

Customer experience

Barrel Defender

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fingerzilla

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1,180 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

Barrel Defender

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fingerzilla

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on level selection
  • Destruction not registering properly
  • Scrolling issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Zoom in/out functionality
  • More levels and city variety
  • Endless/sandbox mode
  • Level editor
  • Improved performance

In-app purchases

None

Barrel Defender

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Fingerzilla

One-time7
  • Mutation Pack$0.99
  • Level Pack$0.99
  • Stop Time$0.99
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  • Name Pack$0.99
  • handful of tokens$0.99
  • bucketful of tokens$1.99
  • truckload of tokens$2.99

Questions

Is Barrel Defender free?
Barrel Defender costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fingerzilla free?
Fingerzilla costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barrel Defender or Fingerzilla?
Fingerzilla is rated higher. Barrel Defender averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fingerzilla averages 4.6 from 26 ratings.
Do Barrel Defender or Fingerzilla have ads?
Neither Barrel Defender nor Fingerzilla shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barrel Defender or Fingerzilla?
Barrel Defender ships an update every 39 months, and Fingerzilla every 2 months. Most recently, Barrel Defender was updated on September 20, 2026 and Fingerzilla on September 24, 2026.

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