Comparison

Bloons TD 5 vs Warden Rush

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

Warden Rush

Fifty players enter a procedurally generated archive, hunted by a relentless Warden. Use stealth, strategy, and limited resources to be the last one standing. Play with friends or practice offline against AI.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated archive
  • Last player standing survival
  • Stealth and sound mechanics
  • Resource management
  • Offline bot matches
  • Private multiplayer rooms
  • Cosmetic unlocks
Features
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THE ARCHIVE IS DARK. AND IT IS LISTENING. Fifty players drop into a procedurally generated archive with one rule: the last one standing walks out. Hunting all of you is the Warden. Faster than you. Stronger than you. Bound by the same darkness. Your flashlight finds med packs, decoys, and noisemakers. It also gives you away from across the map. Sprinting outruns nothing. It just tells the Warden where you are. Sneaking is silent. Patience is a weapon. Every choice is a trade. HOW YOU SURVIVE • Read the light. The Warden's lantern glow gives it away through walls and around corners. • Stay quiet. Footsteps carry. Sneaking is silent. • Break line of sight. You can't outrun it, but you can outthink it. • Spend the floor. Med packs fight starvation, decoys eat the kill meant for you, noisemakers send the monster after someone else. • Outlast the zone as it drags every survivor toward the center. FAIR BY DESIGN Every player spawns the same distance from the Warden. Supplies sit on a symmetric ring. The Warden doesn't cheat. It sees light, hears movement, and nothing else. No pay-to-win. Skill decides who walks out. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Private rooms with a 4-letter code. Up to 50 humans, proximity voice chat, and bots filling every empty seat. Mute, block, and report controls built in. PLAY ALONE Practice offline against 49 bots with real personalities: looters, prowlers, opportunists, campers. No account. No sign-up. Drop in. Over 40 identities in the Armoury. Earn them by playing (win a match to unlock The King) or buy the ones you want. Contains darkness, sudden sounds, and flashing lights.

Screenshots

Bloons TD 54 screens
Warden Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Warden Rush at Free against Bloons TD 5's $2.99. Warden Rush also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bloons TD 5's advantage is ratings volume (99K vs 5) and chart position (#9 vs unranked). On rating, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Warden Rush is free to download; Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99 up front. Bloons TD 5 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Warden Rush 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

Warden Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloons TD 5 has 99K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bloons TD 5 versus Warden Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloons TD 5Warden Rush
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (99K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings99K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB25 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNinja Kiwi LimitedAdam Kurtz

Customer experience

Bloons TD 5

All ratings98,268 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.3%

Warden Rush

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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.)

Warden Rush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Warden Rush

One-time10
  • Shadow$0.99
  • Pixie$1.99
  • The Scientist$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Raver$1.99
  • The Devil$1.99
  • Angel$1.99
  • Mummy$1.99
  • Visitor$3.99
  • Dracula$3.99
  • The Rotted$3.99

Questions

Is Bloons TD 5 free?
Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Warden Rush free?
Warden Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bloons TD 5 or Warden Rush?
Warden Rush is rated higher. Bloons TD 5 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 99K ratings, while Warden Rush averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Bloons TD 5 or Warden Rush have ads?
Bloons TD 5 shows ads; Warden Rush does not.

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