Comparison

Defense Zone HD vs Flockers

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

Head to head
About

Defense Zone HD

Command your turrets to defend against massive enemy hordes. Strategically upgrade veteran units or purchase new ones with earned resources. Choose the right weapons and placement to ensure a successful defense.

Highlights
  • Stunning level detail
  • In-depth gameplay
  • Massive enemy hordes
  • New weapons each level
  • Resource management
  • Variety of defense tactics
Features
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Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defence with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies. With every level you will have the use of new weapons at your command. It is up to you, commander, how to spend the resources: restore and upgrade your veteran units or to purchase some new ones. Different types of weaponry and landscape provide you with a variety of choices of defence tactics. Choosing the right weapons and the correct placement is key to any successful defence. The weapons have different firepower, rate of fire, firing range, blast radius and price.

About

Flockers

Guide a flock of sheep through perilous levels filled with deadly traps and diabolical machinery. Utilize their unique abilities to overcome obstacles and escape their former masters. Collect wool to unlock a variety of themed sheep skins and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Guide sheep through 60 deadly levels
  • Sheep have unique abilities like wall climbing and exploding
  • Unlock 18 different sheep skins
  • Facebook connectivity for friend progress tracking
  • Game Center support with 20 achievements
  • Pause time for strategic planning
Features
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New from the creators of Worms, comes Flockers, a game splattered full of dark humour. Sick of being used as Weapons in the Worms' endless battles, the Sheep decide to make a break for it. Save the Sheep by guiding them through crushers, giant buzz-saws, deep pits full of spikes and giant swinging meat cleavers. Help them escape their diabolical masters, or leave them to the Worms' diabolical traps and watch their insides explode all over the place. Like, everywhere. Key Features: · Save the sheep by guiding them through 60 deadly levels. · The sheep in Flockers are very talented. They’re able to fly up walls, jump over buzz saws & deadly drops as well as explode to destroy machinery clearing a path for their sheep friends. · There are 18 different looking sheep that you can earn from the rewards screen using wool you collect along the way. Before long, you could be saving zombie, robot, pirate and even skeleton sheep. · Facebook connectivity allowing you to see your friends progress on the map screen. As well as this, you can see their top scores. · Flockers supports Game Center, and has 20 achievements for your sheep to ‘achieve’. · Losing too many sheep? You can pause time on any level to strategically plan your next move.

Screenshots

Defense Zone HD2 screens
Flockers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flockers at Free against Defense Zone HD's $2.99. Flockers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). Defense Zone HD's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ratings volume, update cadence 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

Flockers is free to download; Defense Zone HD costs $2.99 up front. Flockers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Defense Zone HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Defense Zone HD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Defense Zone HD's written reviews are positive against 55% of Flockers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Defense Zone HD ships an update every 3 months, Flockers every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Defense Zone HD versus Flockers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefense Zone HDFlockers
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better4.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews — better55.2% of reviews
Number of ratings714 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.48.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB529 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperArtem KotovTeam17 Digital Limited

Customer experience

Defense Zone HD

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative19.5%

Flockers

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral13.8%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

Defense Zone HD

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Save function bug overwrites game progress
  • Game crashes or freezes frequently
  • Incompatible with iOS 8
  • New levels are locked after updates
  • Targeting system is poorly programmed
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  • Screen blacks out after completing a level
  • App upgrades weapon instead of powering up when not zoomed
  • Game boots out to menu or locks up on newer devices
  • Portrait orientation bug after iOS 8 update
  • Game crashes on iPod Touch 4G
  • Save state lost when game is paged out of memory
  • Towers sometimes don't fire when they should
  • Not credited when enemies die
  • Game slows down with many enemies on screen
  • Graphics became mediocre after an update on iPad 2
  • Selection became difficult after an update
  • Progression lost after an update
  • Fixed side orientation is wrong way
  • Weapon selects itself when holding too long
  • First shot from rocket launcher causes lag

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more weapon choices
  • Add a tutorial for beginners
  • Add an endless mode
  • Add player-controlled leveling for towers
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  • Add more upgrade options for weapons
  • Add a survival mode
  • Improve weapon targeting logic
  • Add more battlezones
  • Improve graphics and sound quality

Flockers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Defense Zone HD

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Flockers

One-time3
  • Bag O' Wool$0.99
  • Chests O' Wool$1.99
  • Wool Factory$3.99

Questions

Is Defense Zone HD free?
Defense Zone HD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flockers free?
Flockers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Defense Zone HD or Flockers?
Defense Zone HD is rated higher. Defense Zone HD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Flockers averages 4.1 from 14 ratings.
Do Defense Zone HD or Flockers have ads?
Defense Zone HD shows ads; Flockers does not.
Which is updated more often, Defense Zone HD or Flockers?
Defense Zone HD ships an update every 3 months, and Flockers every 2 months. Most recently, Defense Zone HD was updated on October 16, 2026 and Flockers on October 10, 2026.

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