Prison Tower vs Dead or Undead
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?
Dead or Undead
Play as a zombie trying to evade human pursuers across a city. Use a skateboard and a special scream ability to overcome obstacles and enemies. Level up your score multiplier by completing missions and defeating opponents.
- Zombie survival gameplay
- Skateboard movement
- Special scream ability
- Score multiplier system
- Mission-based progression
- Obstacle destruction
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Save your zombie skin in Dead or Undead! A horde of angry humans are hot on your heels all across the city because nobody sees you as a real human! Multiply your score by knocking out your enemies and succeeding in different missions to level up and boost your score multiplier to the max! Use your skateboard to leave the humans behind and activate your devastating ZombiScream to terrify the horde and destroy all the obstacles around you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Prison Tower at 4.5 against Dead or Undead's 4.0. Prison Tower also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). Dead or Undead's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, 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
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.
Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, Dead or Undead fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prison Tower | Dead or Undead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 452 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Old Skull Games |
Customer experience
Prison Tower
Dead or Undead
Bugs and 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
Dead or Undead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
Dead or Undead
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Prison Tower free?
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