Comparison

Defense Zone 2 HD vs Help The Monkeys

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

Head to head
About

Defense Zone 2 HD

Engage in strategic tower defense with stunning visuals and new challenges. Utilize a variety of weapons and tactics to defeat diverse opponents across multiple difficulty levels. Enjoy enhanced action and tactical depth with expanded gameplay options.

Highlights
  • Engaging new levels
  • Variety of new weapons
  • Diverse opponents
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Strategic combat tactics
  • Airstrikes and weapon power-ups
Features
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The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive. New weapons have been added, along with new opponents, and even more action and tactics. The game supports four languages: English, Russian, French and German. The game settings are balanced to meet the goals of different players. If you want to test your skills and strategy, you can play the difficult level. If you are just playing for fun, then choose easy or medium level. Greater variety of weaponry and landscape types gives you huge freedom in choosing your battle tactics. Choose the right weapon type and position to make sure your defense is effective. Airstrikes and the possibility of temporarily increasing weapon power can give you the advantage, and guarantee you will never get bored in the battle process.

About

Help The Monkeys

Guide monkeys to safety by strategically placing items to help them navigate levels. Avoid obstacles and ensure their survival before they reach the portal to the next stage. Simple drag-and-drop mechanics make gameplay intuitive.

Highlights
  • Guide monkeys to exit
  • Place items strategically
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Drag and drop mechanics
  • Reach the next portal
Features
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Help the monkeys survive and reach the exit. Give them the right items and avoid killing them before going to the next portal. How to play ? Drag and drop the items to place them on the scene and press the play button when you are ready.

Screenshots

Defense Zone 2 HD4 screens
Help The Monkeys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Help The Monkeys at Free against Defense Zone 2 HD's $2.99. Help The Monkeys also leads on ads (none vs shown). Defense Zone 2 HD's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 25%) and rating (3.4 vs 3.0). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Help The Monkeys is free to download; Defense Zone 2 HD costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Defense Zone 2 HD holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Defense Zone 2 HD has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Defense Zone 2 HD's written reviews are positive against 25% of Help The Monkeys's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Defense Zone 2 HD versus Help The Monkeys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefense Zone 2 HDHelp The Monkeys
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (17 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews69.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB74 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperArtem KotovNoBrain Studio

Customer experience

Defense Zone 2 HD

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative41.2%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative23.8%

Help The Monkeys

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Defense Zone 2 HD

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Graphical glitches (flickering units, floating towers)
  • Control bar messed up
  • Thousands of tanks lined up on roads
  • Pause function not working
  • Ad videos freezing at the end with no exit button
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  • Towers ignoring enemies
  • Rocket launcher not shooting
  • Zoom out not working properly
  • 4x speed not usable
  • Game crashes
  • Screen resolution not fitting phone screen
  • Game not saving progress
  • Weapons getting spastic (e.g., mortar not firing)
  • Weapon placement issues
  • Game not starting after update
  • Game freezes on start screen
  • Display orientation issues (portrait mode only)
  • Icons overlapping
  • Save-bug causing buttons to be unresponsive after reloading
  • App stops working after upgrade

Requested features

11 requests
  • New levels and content
  • Fixes for recent bugs
  • Improved graphics on newer devices
  • More weapon variety
  • Persistent upgrade system
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  • Assistant drone or hero character
  • Sea-based combat
  • Game Center integration with achievements
  • Endless mode
  • Ability to select targets
  • More frequent updates

Help The Monkeys

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Defense Zone 2 HD

No in-app purchases

None

Help The Monkeys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Defense Zone 2 HD free?
Defense Zone 2 HD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Help The Monkeys free?
Help The Monkeys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Defense Zone 2 HD or Help The Monkeys?
Defense Zone 2 HD is rated higher. Defense Zone 2 HD averages 3.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Help The Monkeys averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Defense Zone 2 HD or Help The Monkeys have ads?
Defense Zone 2 HD shows ads; Help The Monkeys does not.

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