Comparison

Bloons TD 5 vs Burrito Bison

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

Head to head
About

Bloons TD 5

Build towers, choose upgrades, and hire special agents to pop waves of invading balloons. This tower defense game offers extensive replayability with numerous tracks, missions, and challenges.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade towers
  • Hire special agents
  • Over 90 tracks
  • Online co-op play
  • Daily and special challenges
  • Boss Bloon events
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. Now with rewarded leaderboards for even more fun and challenge! The Bloons are back and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon! Featuring 2 brand new Towers, cool Special Agents, glorious retina graphics, original Tracks and Special Missions, a whole new tier of Specialty Building upgrades, and the powerful Monkey Lab to further upgrade your towers, Bloons TD 5 delivers hours and hours of fun, challenging play to fans and new players alike. Hours and Hours of Awesome Gameplay: * 90+ Tracks * 21 powerful towers with Activated Abilities and 2 upgrade paths * 10 Special Agents * Online Co-op play * Multi-track Odyssey Challenges * Boss Bloon Special Events * 10 Special Missions * 250+ Random Missions * Daily Challenges * New Bloon enemies - tougher Camos, Regrow Bloons, and the fearsome ZOMG * 50+ Game Center Achievements and Challenges * iCloud Support * 3 different game modes * Freeplay mode after mastering a track * 4 difficulty settings and family-friendly theme so anyone can play And that's just the beginning - regular planned updates will keep Bloons TD 5 fresh, fun, and challenging for many months to come. Now it's time to pop some Bloons! Remember to save to iCloud after each victory or purchase to save your progress. iPad version also available - check out Bloons TD 5 HD for full screen UI awesomeness! https://ninjakiwi.com/terms

About

Burrito Bison

Launch a wrestler into the sky to defeat invading gummies and recover a stolen cookbook. Upgrade your abilities, battle unique opponents, and soar through different universes. Compete with friends on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Launch wrestlers with friends
  • Dozens of upgrades
  • Five unique opponents
  • Battle a Final Boss
  • Crack open pinatas
  • Leaderboard races
Features
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Burrito Bison is here and he’s brought friends! In the latest installment of one of the web’s most popular games, Burrito Bison teams up with new friends: Pineapple Spank and El Pollo to bounce, crack, eat cake, smack, fly, and soar through the skies to fend off the invasion of gummies! Stolen by an evil chef, Burrito Bison seeks out his cookbook to take back with him to make the finest salsa in the world. So strap on your rocket belt, and launch your way to glory! Features: *Three powerful wrestlers: Burrito Bison now gets to adventure with friends! *Dozens of upgrades to make you stronger, slippier, luckier, faster, more underground worm-riding-er, and more explosive. *Five opponents, each with unique weakness, to fight through on your quest for freedom. KO them for big bonuses! *For the first time in the series, battle a Final Boss in your quest to rid the world of gummies (or at least until you get your cookbook back and fly through the gummies’ alternate universe)! *All the pinatas you can crack open! *Join your friends in a race to the top of the leaderboards! PLEASE NOTE: Burrito Bison: Launcha Libre is free to play, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.

Screenshots

Bloons TD 54 screens
Burrito Bison2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Burrito Bison at Free against Bloons TD 5's $2.99. Burrito Bison also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 79%). Bloons TD 5's advantage is chart position (#8 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Burrito Bison is free to download; Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99 up front. Bloons TD 5 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Burrito Bison sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bloons TD 5 against 4.8 for Burrito Bison. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99K and 49K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Bloons TD 5's written reviews are positive against 89% of Burrito Bison's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bloons TD 5 versus Burrito Bison: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloons TD 5Burrito Bison
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (99K ratings)4.8 (49K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99K — better49K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB546 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNinja KiwiKongregate

Customer experience

Bloons TD 5

All ratings98,268 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews645 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative15.2%

Burrito Bison

All ratings48,855 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,674 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.9%

User reviews

Bloons TD 5

From 99K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 💎 Excellent value for money
  • 🐒 Unique and charming theme
  • 🔥 Highly replayable with lots of content
  • 🎮 Great for killing time

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔊 Sound/music issues
  • 🔌 Performance issues on later rounds
  • 🤝 Multiplayer connectivity problems
  • 💰 Microtransactions feel intrusive

Burrito Bison

From 49K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Good game
  • 👍 Really fun
  • 🔒 No ads
  • 👍 Decent progression
  • 👍 Great gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Progress reset issues
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes or black screen
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases

Bugs and requests

Bloons TD 5

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent disconnects in multiplayer
  • Sound/music not working
  • Crashes on high rounds
  • Difficulty spikes between levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • More maps and game modes
  • Ability to transfer save data across devices
  • Improved multiplayer features (chat, custom maps)
  • New tower types and upgrades
  • Customization options (skins, etc.)

Burrito Bison

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress lost or reset
  • Crashes or freezes, especially after ads
  • Rift/door interaction issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • More content and updates
  • Ability to switch between characters at will
  • Reduce difficulty spike before bosses
  • Improve time stop mode mechanics
  • Add online multiplayer mode

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bloons TD 5

One-time10
  • Tower Unlock All Upgrades$0.99
  • Rank Up$0.99
  • 500 Monkey Money$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Bundle O' Monkey Money$2.99
  • Pile O' Monkey Money$2.99
  • Pile O' Tokens$4.99
  • Pile O' Monkey Money$4.99
  • Vault O' Tokens$9.99
  • Double Cash Mode$9.99
  • Vault O' Monkey Money$19.99
10 purchases

Burrito Bison

One-time10
  • Pack #1 Flash$1.99
  • Pack #2 Flash$2.99
  • Ad-Away Flash$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Pack #3 Flash$3.99
  • Moneyachi Flash$4.99
  • Pack #Madness Flash$4.99
  • Candy Cloner Flash$4.99
  • Ad-Away$7.99
  • Pack #Madness$8.99
  • Moneyachi$9.99

Questions

Is Bloons TD 5 free?
Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Burrito Bison free?
Burrito Bison is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bloons TD 5 or Burrito Bison?
Burrito Bison is rated higher. Bloons TD 5 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 99K ratings, while Burrito Bison averages 4.8 from 49K ratings.
Do Bloons TD 5 or Burrito Bison have ads?
Both Bloons TD 5 and Burrito Bison show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bloons TD 5 or Burrito Bison?
Bloons TD 5 ships an update every 2 months, and Burrito Bison every 2 months. Most recently, Bloons TD 5 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Burrito Bison on November 6, 2026.

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