Rock Pusher vs Hex Defense!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rock Pusher
Hire workers to help you push a massive boulder to its designated location. Despite the difficulty, successfully moving the rock yields valuable rewards.
- Hire workers
- Push a boulder
- Earn rewards
- Idle gameplay
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Can you push the rock? Hire workers to push the boulder to its destination. This rock is very hard to move, but it can give you nice rewards!
Hex Defense!
Strategically place and merge weapons to defend a vibrant cube world. Demolish waves of incoming enemies by upgrading your arsenal with powerful skills. Protect the world from the encroaching evil hexes.
- Defeat enemy waves
- Merge weapons
- Demolish enemy stacks
- Upgrade skills
- Save the cube world
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Defeat waves of enemies! Use your weapons to demolish the enemies' stacks! Choose the best skills to upgrade your power! Save the cube world from the evil hexes!
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Verdict
Rock Pusher and Hex Defense! both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 25% of Rock Pusher's written reviews are positive against 16% of Hex Defense!'s. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Rock Pusher sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Hex Defense! sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Rock Pusher against 4.5 for Hex Defense!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 4.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Rock Pusher's written reviews are positive against 16% of Hex Defense!'s.
Rock Pusher ships an update every 8 days, Hex Defense! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Pusher | Hex Defense! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.8% of reviews — better | 16.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 4.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 327 MB | 392 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Rock Pusher
Hex Defense!
User reviews
Rock Pusher
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Potential
- 🚀 Fun game
- 🚀 Great game but few bugs
- 🚀 Very fun, minimal ads
- 🚀 Enjoyable, addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unable to unlock Atlas
- 🐛 Gear power quest not working
- 🐛 Merge quest not working after evolving workers
- 🐛 Gear inventory freezes
- 🐛 Prestige timer issues
Hex Defense!
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and wholesome gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. stage progression issues, tower upgrades not working)
- 💰 Monetization concerns (e.g. ads, paid features removed)
- 🔍 Incomplete/unfinished content (e.g. missing levels, towers, features)
Bugs and requests
Rock Pusher
Reported bugs
8 issues- Unable to unlock Atlas after meeting gear power requirement
- Merge quest gets stuck after evolving workers
- Gear inventory freezes and becomes unusable
- Prestige timer resets incorrectly
- Energy system not functioning as expected
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- Progression blocked at certain levels
- Glitches when using multiple maps
- Inability to upgrade gear past gold tier
Requested features
7 requests- Increase prestige frequency
- Improve energy system and offline progression
- Add more content and progression beyond current roadblock
- Implement better quest and progression tracking
- Improve merging and upgrading mechanics
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- Add more ways to earn resources and progress
- Provide better communication channels with developers
Hex Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Towers not unlocking as expected
- Game crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- More maps and levels
- Additional tower types and upgrades
- Offline play option
In-app purchases
Rock Pusher
- Rune Pack$1.99
- Small Gem Pack$2.99
- Medium Gem Pack$4.99
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- Starter Pack 2$4.99
- Starter Pack With Prestige$6.99
- Small Skip-It Pack$7.99
- Energy Bundle$7.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Large Gem Pack$9.99
- Starter Pack$12.99
- Ice Island Pack$14.99
- Fire Island Pack$19.99
- Epic Gem Pack$19.99
- Large Skip-It Pack$30.99
- Legendary Gem Pack$39.99
- Ultimate Gem Pack$99.99
Hex Defense!
- Tiny Gems Pack$0.99
- Small Gems Pack$4.99
- Speed Up$4.99
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- Golden Pass$6.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Auto Blessings$7.99
- Medium Gems Pack$9.99
- Special Offer: Minigun$12.99
- Special Offer: Inferno$14.99
- Special Offer: Tesla$19.99
- Large Gems Pack$19.99
- Super Ads Bundle$24.99
- Huge Gems Pack$44.99
- Ultimate Gems Pack$99.99
