Comparison

MouseHaul vs Core Tower Defense

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

Head to head
About

MouseHaul

Engage in a strategic tower defense experience with unique cat characters, each possessing special abilities. Improve your cats to create a truly personalized army and conquer endless challenges on a dynamic playing field.

Highlights
  • Endless playing field options
  • Balanced difficulty levels
  • Unique cat specialties
  • Cat improvement system
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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A strategy game with endless playing field options and a perfect balance for each difficulty level. Each cat has its own specialty. You can improve cats in your own way, getting characters that are unique in their characteristics

About

Core Tower Defense

Features
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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 • Play offline, on iPhone and iPad • Pinch to zoom, drag to look around, speed waves up to 2× Just one more level? Questions or ideas? Write to contact@skylinesgames.com.

Screenshots

MouseHaul4 screens
Core Tower Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MouseHaul at none against Core Tower Defense's shown. Core Tower Defense's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. MouseHaul sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Core Tower Defense sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MouseHaul ships an update every 12 months, Core Tower Defense every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MouseHaul versus Core Tower Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouseHaulCore Tower Defense
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB182 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVitaly KulaginMUHAMMED TAHA AKTAS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MouseHaul

One-time3
  • 300 coins$0.99
  • 1000 coins$1.99
  • 5000 coins$2.99
10 purchases

Core Tower Defense

One-time10
  • Compensator 5$0.99
  • Titanium 5$1.99
  • Blueprint 5$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 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 MouseHaul free?
MouseHaul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Core Tower Defense free?
Core Tower Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MouseHaul or Core Tower Defense have ads?
Core Tower Defense shows ads; MouseHaul does not.
Which is updated more often, MouseHaul or Core Tower Defense?
MouseHaul ships an update every 12 months, and Core Tower Defense every 2 months. Most recently, MouseHaul was updated on October 2, 2026 and Core Tower Defense on October 18, 2026.

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