Comparison

Haunted Tower vs Core Tower Defense

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

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About

Haunted Tower

Features
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Place towers to prepare your defenses and use abilities to battle waves of ghosts rising from the cemetery. Upgrade your towers and abilities to keep your base from being haunted. Story: In the haunted town of Drobeta, an evil ghost named Arbella Stuart has been terrorizing the residents for centuries. As the town's only hope, you must use your strategic thinking skills to build towers against Arbella and her ghost army. Game Modes: - Campaign: Casual, relaxing, and short levels - Survival: Exciting and prolonged sessions Features: - Three difficulty levels for the Campaign - Score multiplier for Survival - Four tower types with upgrades (three levels) - Two abilities (EMP and Vortex) - Two game speeds - Fast-forward - Timewarp - Call the next wave early - Repair base to - Destroyable items - Road obstacles - Pedestals - Multiple spawn locations How long can you survive the swarm?

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Core Tower Defense

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Zombies are marching on the energy core of New Terra, and you decide the road they take. Build a maze of nodes, line it with turrets and hold the core in this 3D sci-fi tower defense strategy game you can play offline on iPhone and iPad. BUILD THE ZOMBIES' PATH The twist on classic TD: you build the path. At the start of every level, lay nodes on the grid, and every node bends the route past your guns. Make the maze as long as you like, just never seal the core off. Between waves, add, upgrade and sell turrets. 7 TURRETS, 3 LEVELS EACH Machine Gun, Laser, Quad Gun, Rocket, Light Gun, Ice and Black Hole. Upgrade them in battle and unlock their special abilities, from Chain and Quad Explosion to Teleport. ELEMENTAL COMBOS Fire, ice, lightning and blue fire. When two elements hit the same zombie, they fuse into one of six combos such as Lightning Storm, Plasma and Frost Fire. 20 LEVELS ON NEW TERRA A lab parasite has turned the colonists into zombies. Fight from Pandora Research Center and Nova Station to the Endless Labyrinth and the Dark Zone, with a story quest on every level. ENDLESS SURVIVAL Six survival maps, waves that never stop and zombies that grow stronger every five waves. How long can your core hold? ZOMBIES THAT TEST YOUR MAZE Fast runners, element-immune zombies and bosses like the Brute push your defense to the limit. GROW YOUR ARSENAL Spend Skill Points, Blueprints, Titanium and Compensators on damage, range, fire rate and abilities. Earn badges, clear challenges and daily missions, and climb to level 100. PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Play offline, on iPhone and iPad โ€ข Pinch to zoom, drag to look around, speed waves up to 2ร— Just one more level? Questions or ideas? Write to contact@skylinesgames.com.

Screenshots

Haunted Tower4 screens
Core Tower Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Haunted Tower at none against Core Tower Defense's 10. Haunted Tower also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Core Tower Defense sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Haunted Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haunted Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, Core Tower Defense every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Haunted Tower versus Core Tower Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaunted TowerCore Tower Defense
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size64 MB196 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperIonut MoraruMUHAMMED TAHA AKTAS

In-app purchases

None

Haunted Tower

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Core Tower Defense

One-time10
  • Compensator 5$0.99
  • Titanium 5$1.99
  • Blueprint 5$2.99
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  • Compensator 25$3.99
  • Skill Point 11$5.99
  • Life Core 11$5.99
  • Titanium 25$7.99
  • Blueprint 25$12.99
  • Skill Point 130$49.99
  • Life Core 130$49.99

Questions

Is Haunted Tower free?
Haunted Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Core Tower Defense free?
Core Tower Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Haunted Tower or Core Tower Defense have ads?
Core Tower Defense shows ads; Haunted Tower does not.
Which is updated more often, Haunted Tower or Core Tower Defense?
Haunted Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, and Core Tower Defense every 2 months. Most recently, Haunted Tower was updated on October 17, 2026 and Core Tower Defense on October 24, 2026.

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