Comparison

Home Defender vs StackUp

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

Head to head
About

Home Defender

Defend an ancestral house from invading gangsters in this humorous tower-defense game. Recruit villagers, utilize their unique skills, and upgrade defenses to protect your home.

Highlights
  • Local humorous story background
  • Funny characters and unique skills
  • Various enemy challenges
  • Upgrade buildings
  • BOSS battles
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Wang and villagers showed their special skills and stood firm to defend the old house! The target is to protect the old house with villagers! In this tower-defense game, you will be Wang, a naughty, upright and brave boy. Gangsters hired by the evil forces are committed to violently demolishing the ancestral house of Wang. Relatives, friends, neighbors help Wang protect his ancestral house from being demolished by the gangsters. 【Game Features】 -Local humorous and down-to-earth story background -Funny characters and unique skill effects -Different challenges posed by various enemies -Upgrade your buildings, grow long-term and collect - Fierce BOSS battles, full of excitement

About

StackUp

Tap to stack blocks as high as possible. Precise landings extend your stack, while misses shorten it or cost you a life. Master tight timing and unlock challenging modes for an addictive reflex challenge.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Perfect landing bonuses
  • Score multiplier tiles
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Dark and light themes
  • Haptic feedback
  • Offline play
Features
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Tap. Stack. Climb. A bar slides across the screen. Tap to drop it. Land it clean and your stack grows. Miss the edge and your bar gets shorter. Drop it too far and you lose a life. Simple rules. Tight timing. One screw-up away from disaster. FEATURES - One-tap gameplay the whole game lives in your thumb - Perfect landings grow your bar back and feel incredible - Rare multiplier tiles appear deep in runs 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x your score - 3 difficulty modes with hidden unlocks - Game Center leaderboards for each mode - Dark and light themes - Haptic feedback on every landing - Offline. No account needed. No sign-up. Hidden Modes: The menu bars hide two unlockable modes. Figure out the pattern. Once you unlock Insane, you've earned it one miss and you're done. Remove Ads: Short interstitial after each run. $0.99 one-time purchase removes all ads forever. That's it. No subscriptions, no tiers, no gimmicks. About HAHAHA Games: StackUp is the third game in the HAHAHA Games series small, sharp, hyper-casual games built solo. Check out TapTrap and StickCatch while you're at it. hahaha.dev

Screenshots

Home Defender4 screens
StackUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Home Defender at 122 against StackUp's 1. Home Defender also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.4). StackUp's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Home Defender sells 49 one-off in-app purchases and StackUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StackUp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Defender has 122 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Home Defender versus StackUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome DefenderStackUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (122 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings122 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size479 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChengdu Warrior Tech LimitedHassen Ahmad

Customer experience

Home Defender

All ratings122 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative49.1%

StackUp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

49 purchases

Home Defender

One-time49
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank1$0.99
  • warrior.wxw.ioshw.lackgem1$0.99
  • warrior.wxw.ioshw.lackcoin1$0.99
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  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.cadaily1$1.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank1111$1.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem1$1.99
  • warrior.wxw.ioshw.lackcoin2$1.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.spzxpack1$2.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank2$2.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack1$2.99
  • wxw.ioshw.resourcepack1$3.99
  • wxw.ioshw.resourcepack2$4.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.spzxpack2$4.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.chapack1$4.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank3$4.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack2$4.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem2$4.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.pass3$5.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.lkcoin4$5.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.pass1$5.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack3$5.99
  • wxw.ioshw.resourcepack3$5.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack4$6.99
  • monthlycard$6.99
  • wxw.ioshw.resourcepack5$7.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank4$7.99
  • wxw.ioshw.resourcepack6$8.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.chapack4$8.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack6$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack5$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack4$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack3$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack2$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.sppack1$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem3$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack6$9.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack7$10.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.113pack8$11.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank5$14.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem4$14.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.adfree1$15.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.pass2$17.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.pass4$17.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.capass1$19.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.chtivity$19.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem5$25.99
  • com.wxw.ioshw.piggybank6$29.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.gem6$49.99
  • com.warrior.wxw.ioshw.cafull4$49.99
1 purchases

StackUp

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Home Defender free?
Home Defender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StackUp free?
StackUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home Defender or StackUp?
StackUp is rated higher. Home Defender averages 4.8 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while StackUp averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Home Defender or StackUp have ads?
Both Home Defender and StackUp show ads.

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