Comparison

Towerful Defense vs Jack & Detectives

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

Head to head
About

Towerful Defense

Engage in a roguelike tower defense experience where you command a single tower against alien hordes. Strategize with skills, traits, and items to create powerful builds for victory. Humanity's last hope rests on your tactical prowess.

Highlights
  • Roguelike tower defense gameplay
  • Single tower combat against alien hordes
  • Equip up to 4 skills with upgrades
  • Craft powerful builds with traits and items
  • Talent Point system for persistent progression
  • Auto Skill mode with customizable targeting
  • Endless mode
Features
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ABOUT THE GAME Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD is a tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory. STORY You are in charge of the last tower on Earth, against an army of alien invaders. Use your skills wisely in combat, and make smart choices in the shop, as you are humanity's last hope. FEATURES - Fast run roguelike tower defense (about 30 minutes) - Towers with different buffs, and play-style-changing effects - Skills with upgrades, enhancements, and unique traits - Hundreds of artifacts and support units to help you craft unique powerful builds - Fair Talent Check Point system where you can earn Talent Points and keep them after a run but can't grind. Depending on your strategy, you can spend right after earning new points, or you can decide later. You can use the points straight on stats you like or on special items in the shop. - Auto Skill mode with customizable targeting - 6 customizable difficulties - Endless mode

About

Jack & Detectives

Engage in a turn-based social deduction game where one player is Jack the Ripper and others are detectives. Communicate only through actions to uncover the killer. Games are quick, and no players are eliminated.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Social deduction mechanics
  • No player elimination
  • Cross-platform online play
  • Avatar customization
  • Match replays
  • Single-player mode
Features
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Jack the Ripper is hiding among us. Can you find him? In this turn-based detection game, two teams face off against each other: Jack the Ripper and the detectives. Jack has to get away with murder without being found out by the detectives, who in turn need to find out who he is. Unlike other detection games, you can't talk with the other players in Jack & Detectives, and you must figure out the truth based only on their actions. Players cannot get eliminated, so everyone gets to enjoy the game to its end. Furthermore, since a game only last ten minutes, you don't need to commit a lot of time just to play. ■ Jack: Commit murders without being found out. A serial killer lurking in the shadows. In order to win, he must make sure he isn't chosen during the voting phase. ■ Detectives: Find Jack, who is hidden among us. Private detectives hired by the London police. In order to win, they must correctly vote Jack out during the voting phase. ■ Jack maniac: Muddy the waters so that Jack isn't found. A maniac whose allegiance lies with Jack the Ripper. He wins if Jack wins, even if he gets voted out himself. The detectives must plan their moves to corner the suspect among them! At the start of each game, players are assigned a role at random. Then, everyone places their token on a London tile of their choosing. Jack must trick them and frame one of them! Once they have done so, night will fall, and Jack the Ripper will commit his first murder. (In certain cases, there will be no murder during the first night) Vote to choose whom to arrest! The detectives located near the crime scene will become suspects. Who's on justice's side? Who's the murderer among us? After the second murder, the voting phase starts. Everyone has to vote for the person that they think is secretly Jack the Ripper. This is where the real battle of wits between the detectives and Jack starts. ■ Cross-platform online play You can play online against console and mobile users. ■ Play against people from all over the world Win matches against worldwide challengers to earn rank points. Once you have enough rank points, your rank will go up. ■ Play with your friends Host a room to play against your friends! In room matches you can also customize the rules to your liking. ■ Personalize your avatar Lots of option to personalize your avatar, token, and animations. ■ Match replay Look back to the matches you've played in the past for useful insight. ■ Single-player mode Play against the computer to improve your skills.

Screenshots

Towerful Defense4 screens
Jack & Detectives4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jack & Detectives at 4.5 against Towerful Defense's 2.5. Jack & Detectives also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 22%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Towerful Defense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jack & Detectives sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jack & Detectives holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Towerful Defense's written reviews are positive against 53% of Jack & Detectives's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Towerful Defense ships an update every 10 days, Jack & Detectives every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Towerful Defense versus Jack & Detectives: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTowerful DefenseJack & Detectives
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (51 ratings)4.5 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.0% of reviews53.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size260 MB524 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFine Monkeys, LLCCuriouspark, Inc.

Customer experience

Towerful Defense

All ratings51 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative56.9%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive22.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative63.4%

Jack & Detectives

All ratings29 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral13.8%
Negative32.8%

Bugs and requests

Towerful Defense

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes with too many projectiles on screen
  • Weird debug/dev menu pops up during gameplay

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to turn off specific projectile effects
  • Quick and simple tutorial
  • Sandbox mode for testing strategies
  • More settings for endless mode

Jack & Detectives

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Towerful Defense

One-time1
  • Premium version$9.99
6 purchases

Jack & Detectives

One-time6
  • 200 Coin$0.99
  • 1320 Coins$5.99
  • 3000 Coins$11.99
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  • 6900 Coins$23.99
  • 16000 Coins$47.49
  • 39200 Coins$94.99

Questions

Is Towerful Defense free?
Towerful Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jack & Detectives free?
Jack & Detectives is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Towerful Defense or Jack & Detectives?
Jack & Detectives is rated higher. Towerful Defense averages 2.5 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Jack & Detectives averages 4.5 from 29 ratings.
Do Towerful Defense or Jack & Detectives have ads?
Both Towerful Defense and Jack & Detectives show ads.
Which is updated more often, Towerful Defense or Jack & Detectives?
Towerful Defense ships an update every 10 days, and Jack & Detectives every 2 days. Most recently, Towerful Defense was updated on September 21, 2026 and Jack & Detectives on August 30, 2026.

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