Comparison

Prison Tower vs Crush Zombie

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Stack heroes vertically
  • Rescue trapped princess
  • Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
  • Prison Tower rescue mode
  • Challenge Mode for high scores
Features
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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?

About

Crush Zombie

A timing-based game where players trap and crush zombies with strategic moves. Missed zombies decrease the trap's life, while crushing a zombie with a heart fully restores it. The zombies' patterns become more challenging as you progress.

Highlights
  • Strategic zombie trapping
  • Timing-based gameplay
  • Life recovery mechanic
  • Increasing zombie difficulty
  • Simple touch controls
Features
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Let's crush with the trap the zombies of tricky moves. [How to play] Touch the screen good timing, so you can crush with the trap the zombies. Watch out when miss zombies, life of the trap so would decrease. If you crush the zombie with a heart, life will be full recovery. The zombies changes to tricky moves every time you crush! Let's crush a lot of zombie tricky while protecting the trap.

Screenshots

Prison Tower4 screens
Crush Zombie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Prison Tower at 4.5 against Crush Zombie's 4.0. Prison Tower also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months). Crush Zombie's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prison Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Prison Tower's written reviews are positive against 80% of Crush Zombie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, Crush Zombie every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prison Tower versus Crush Zombie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrison TowerCrush Zombie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings) — better4.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMasakazu Yoneharamarge co., ltd.

Customer experience

Prison Tower

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral17.3%
Negative10.2%

Crush Zombie

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative6.0%

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

Crush Zombie

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prison Tower

No in-app purchases

None

Crush Zombie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prison Tower free?
Prison Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crush Zombie free?
Crush Zombie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prison Tower or Crush Zombie?
Prison Tower is rated higher. Prison Tower averages 4.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Crush Zombie averages 4.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Prison Tower or Crush Zombie have ads?
Prison Tower shows ads; Crush Zombie does not.
Which is updated more often, Prison Tower or Crush Zombie?
Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, and Crush Zombie every 21 months. Most recently, Prison Tower was updated on November 4, 2026 and Crush Zombie on November 1, 2026.

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