Windosill vs Dummy Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windosill
Explore a toy-like dream world filled with ten interactive vistas. This app combines puzzle elements, a physics sandbox, and a living picture book, encouraging playful discovery. It's designed for a single, immersive experience suitable for both children and adults.
- Ten mysterious vistas
- Animated, interactive world
- Puzzle game elements
- Physics toy box
- Living picture-book experience
- Playful investigation
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Explore a dream-like world of ten mysterious vistas in this touchscreen classic. Equal parts puzzle game, physics toy box, and living picture-book, Windosill's animated, interactive world is meticulously constructed to reward playful investigation. Designed to be experienced in a single sitting (anywhere between 20 minutes and 2 hours), Windosill is suitable for curious children and imaginative adults alike.
Dummy Defense
Design structures to protect a ragdoll character from various hazards using a blueprint editor. Earn stars by building cost-effective and strong defenses, with tools to visualize stress and slow down time for analysis.
- Blueprint editor for designing structures
- Realistic physics simulation
- Ragdoll physics
- Stress display for problem areas
- Slow motion slider
- Save/Load designs
- Email blueprints to friends
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The spin-off of SimplePhysics. Protect your dummy from explosions, boulders, spiked walls, and more! Use the blueprints editor to design a structure that will protect your dummy, Melvin, from some random danger. You'll have to work with the available materials. Most of the time you'll use wood, sometimes you'll use concrete, but you must always use your most important asset: your brain. A wise person once said: "An engineer is someone who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar." In Dummy Defense, your design must not only be strong enough, it must be cheap enough to win. Building cheaper structures will earn you more stars on a level. Create your design in seconds with the blueprints editor. If you make a mistake, simply tap the Undo button. Zoom in and out by pinching the screen and pan the view using a two finger drag. While testing, you can see how the strain is distributed across your design. Areas that are under immense strain are colored bright red, while other areas are colored green. This allows you to find and fix problem areas in your design. The slow motion slider lets you slow things down so you can see how your design is failing, and it is also incredibly fun to watch explosions destroying your design in slow motion. Features * Realistic physics simulation * Ragdoll physics * Slow motion slider * 25 levels * Stress display shows problem areas in your design * Finger Test - smash your design to pieces, or blow it up with realistic explosions! * Save/Load designs * E-mail your blueprints to your friends * Universal support for the iPad * Retina display support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Windosill at none against Dummy Defense's 3. Windosill also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Dummy Defense's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Windosill costs $3.99 and Dummy Defense $0.99 up front. Dummy Defense sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Windosill asks for nothing beyond the download.
Windosill holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 57 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Windosill's written reviews are positive against 93% of Dummy Defense's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Windosill ships an update every 2 months, Dummy Defense every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Windosill | Dummy Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better | 4.2 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vectorpark | Jundroo, LLC |
Customer experience
Windosill
Dummy Defense
User reviews
Windosill
From 66 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quirky and imaginative
- 👍 Charming and whimsical
- 👍 Engaging puzzles
- 👍 Beautiful visuals and art style
- 👍 Nostalgic and childhood-like experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or compatibility issues
- ⏱️ Game is too short
- 💰 Some feel the game is overpriced for the content
Dummy Defense
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great engineering game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
- 💡 Helps develop physical awareness
- 👍 Enjoyable for all ages
- 👍 Encourages creative thinking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Inverted/upside-down controls
- 🐛 Lack of sound effects
- 🐛 Difficulty with certain levels
Bugs and requests
Windosill
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on iOS 8
- Graphical glitches on newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Additional puzzles and challenges
- Longer gameplay experience
Dummy Defense
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game starts upside down and controls don't work
- Inputs are inverted on iPad
- Crashes on some devices
- Glitches with removing elements
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Sandbox mode with more customization
- Hint system or tutorial
- Ability to restore purchases
In-app purchases
Windosill
No in-app purchases
Dummy Defense
- Solution Pack 1$0.99
- Solution Pack 2$0.99
- Instruments of Death Level Pack$0.99
Questions
Is Windosill free?
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