Hex Defense! vs Rail Defence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Rail Defence
Defend your castle from waves of enemies by strategically placing and upgrading weapons on a circular railway. Utilize special powers and enhanced armaments to repel increasingly formidable foes and protect your stronghold.
- Circular railway defense
- Acquire new weapons
- Upgrade weapons
- Strengthen defenses
- Special powers
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Defend your castle on a circular railway. Acquire new weapons as you gain experience. Strengthen your weapons and keep increasingly larger enemies away from your castle. Strengthen your defences by using special powers and weapons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hex Defense! at 4.5 against Rail Defence's 4.1. Hex Defense! also leads on review sentiment (16% vs 2%) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 1.1K). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Hex Defense! sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Rail Defence sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hex Defense! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Hex Defense!'s written reviews are positive against 2% of Rail Defence's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex Defense! | Rail Defence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.2% of reviews — better | 1.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | 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 | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 392 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Hex Defense!
Rail Defence
User reviews
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)
Rail Defence
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Hack
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches
- 💸 Obscene amount of Ads
- 💸 Advertisement Simulator
- 💸 Ads Ads & more Ads
- 💸 Ads
Bugs and requests
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
Rail Defence
Reported bugs
3 issues- The bomb does not work after a few seconds
- Randomly the weapons won't work
- The crossbow stops working after a while
Requested features
3 requests- More levels
- Different zombies
- More upgrades
In-app purchases
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
Rail Defence
- Cash kickstart pack$1.99
- 10 Tickets$1.99
- Manager$2.99
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- Money Fountain Pack$2.99
- Engineer$2.99
- 20 Tickets$2.99
- Big Deal Pack$3.99
- Financier$3.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- 50 Tickets$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Bundle$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$5.99
- 30 Tickets and No Ads$5.99
- Mega Bundle$7.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Ultra Bundle$10.99
- Big Chest Treasure$11.99
Questions
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