Bowgun Defense vs Prison Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bowgun Defense
Defend your castle from approaching enemies in this battery shooting game. Protect your fairy, as her safety directly impacts your weapon's power. Earn experience points to rank up, unlock new weapons, and utilize accessory combinations for strategic advantages.
- Castle defense gameplay
- Battery shooting mechanics
- Fairy protection impacts weapon power
- Rank up system with experience points
- Unlock new weapons
- Accessory combinations for strategy
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Beat the rushing enemy to the castle and protect your fairly! Let’s play a Battery Shooting Game! * Game will be over when the enemy reaches to the castle wall! * Your weapon power will be up when fairly gets in the castle! * Your weapon power will be down if you knock your fairly down! Beast the high score and protect your fairly! * As you get more scores, you will get experience points. Your rank will be up! * Get new weapon when your rank is up!? * Fight with accessory combinations, like “score up” “Weapon power up”!
Prison Tower
Build a towering stack of heroes by strategically dropping them. Guide the princess to safety by climbing the tower. Experience a fresh take on classic block-stacking gameplay with engaging modes.
- Stack heroes vertically
- Rescue trapped princess
- Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
- Prison Tower rescue mode
- Challenge Mode for high scores
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Stack ‘em up and clamber on up! Build a stack of heroes and help the princess climb to safety! An exciting new twist on block stacking games! === How to play === (1) Rules - Fairy spirits will carry in new heroes. - Tap the screen to drop a hero down. - Drop the heroes to form a stack – make sure it doesn’t topple! (2) Game Modes - Prison Tower: Rescue the trapped princess from the depths of the prison tower. - Challenge Mode: See how many heroes you can stack up. How high can you go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prison Tower at 4.5 against Bowgun Defense's 4.0. Prison Tower also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Bowgun Defense's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prison Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prison Tower has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Bowgun Defense's written reviews are positive against 72% of Prison Tower's.
Bowgun Defense ships an update every 3 months, Prison Tower every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bowgun Defense | Prison Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RUCKYGAMES CO., LTD. | Masakazu Yonehara |
Customer experience
Bowgun Defense
Prison Tower
Bugs and requests
Bowgun Defense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Prison Tower
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game over at level 92 in challenge mode
- Start screen unresponsive
- Crashes frequently
- Fairies carrying people instead of princess
- People not stacking properly
Requested features
5 requests- New OS compatibility
- Improved start screen responsiveness
- More variety in gameplay
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
In-app purchases
Bowgun Defense
No in-app purchases
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
