Prison Tower vs Emoticon Tag !
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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?
Emoticon Tag !
A simple and fun tag game where you control a character to escape enemies. Utilize power-up items and collect coins to gather over 100 unique emoticons. Record and share your gameplay videos.
- Character evasion gameplay
- Simple tap controls
- Power-up items (speed, minimize)
- Collect over 100 emoticons
- Coin collection for new items
- Record and post gameplay videos
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Let's play "Tag" with Japanese cute emoticons(smiley)! Escape from enemy by operating the character! Enemy successively appears from above and below! Character moves towards place that is tap! Let run around by full use of two power-up items! Anyone play fun game of tag with a simple operation! Will gather more than 100 of the collection! [Operation] - Character move towards place that is tap. - Character speed up by use the "S" items. - Character minimized by use the "M" items. - When caught by Enemy, game is over [function] - Get the new collection by collecting coin - Recording and post your play videos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emoticon Tag ! at 5.0 against Prison Tower's 4.5. Prison Tower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Emoticon Tag ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prison Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emoticon Tag ! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. 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 complicate that: 72% of Prison Tower's written reviews are positive against 50% of Emoticon Tag !'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prison Tower | Emoticon Tag ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | RedinC Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Prison Tower
Emoticon Tag !
In-app purchases
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
Emoticon Tag !
- Remove Ads$1.99
