Cats vs Dogs vs Rail Defence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cats vs Dogs
Engage in an epic battle between cats and dogs, summoning unique units with special abilities. Evolve your forces through historical eras, upgrading and customizing your army to adapt to new challenges and conquer every stage. Choose your side and lead your army to victory.
- Summon unique units
- Evolve through historical eras
- Upgrade and customize army
- Strategic gameplay
- Conquer stages
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Enter a world where the age-old rivalry between cats and dogs takes center stage in an epic battle for supremacy. Summon Units: Utilize of food to summon of units, each with unique abilities and strengths. Evolve Through the Ages: Progress through different historical eras, evolving your units and tactics to adapt to new challenges. Upgrade and Customize: Upgrade your units and customize your army to suit your preferred playstyle. Choose your side, summon your army, and embark on a quest to conquer every stage. Will the cats triumph, or will the dogs reign supreme? The fate of the battle lies in your hands.
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: Cats vs Dogs at 4.8 against Rail Defence's 4.1. Cats vs Dogs also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 2%). Rail Defence's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Cats vs Dogs sells 11 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.
Cats vs Dogs holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Cats vs Dogs's written reviews are positive against 2% of Rail Defence's.
Cats vs Dogs ships an update every 2 weeks, Rail Defence fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cats vs Dogs | Rail Defence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 1.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OLENA HUROVA | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Cats vs Dogs
Rail Defence
User reviews
Cats vs Dogs
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable game
- 👍 Cute and fun
- 👍 Great game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lots of bugs
- 🐛 Game crashes
- 🐛 Repetitive and impossible to upgrade
- 🐛 Unfinished and unplayable beyond a few levels
- 🔋 High battery consumption
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
Cats vs Dogs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Lots of bugs since the last update
- Game crashes due to ads
- Cannot progress past early levels
Requested features
2 requests- Update all the 'coming soon' tabs
- Add mute sound button for battles
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
Cats vs Dogs
- Gems Pack 1$2.49
- Classic Offer$2.99
- Classic Offer$5.99
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- Profit forever$5.99
- Gems Pack 2$7.49
- Battle Pass$9.99
- Paws Fund$9.99
- Classic Offer$11.99
- Profit forever$14.99
- Gems Pack 3$22.99
- Classic Offer$24.99
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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