Comparison

PegIdle vs All Aboard! Defense Express

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

Head to head
About

PegIdle

Aim and shoot balls to clear peg-filled boards in this idle game. Earn gold and prestige points to upgrade balls, buckets, and unlock permanent bonuses. Features numerous balls, peg types, upgrades, and challenges.

Highlights
  • Clear boards of pegs
  • Earn gold and prestige points
  • Upgrade balls and buckets
  • Unlock permanent prestige upgrades
  • Collect 20+ different balls
  • Encounter 7 different peg types
  • Complete 37 challenges
Features
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Aim and shoot your balls at the pegs to clear the board! In PegIdle, your goal is to clear the board of pegs. Each time a board is cleared, a new one spawns. Each time a new board spawns in, each peg has a chance to be a golden peg, prestige peg, or other unique pegs. Hitting golden pegs will give you gold, which can be spent on new balls and on ball upgrades. Gold is also aqcuired by dropping balls into the moving bucket. Both the bucket and the golden pegs can be upgraded! Prestige points can be aqcuired by hitting prestige pegs! Spend your aqcuired prestige points on permanent prestige upgrades. KEY FEATURES 20+ Balls *7 Different pegs *150+ Prestige upgrades *10 Levels *37 Challenges *AND MORE!

About

All Aboard! Defense Express

Defend a power generator from waves of orcs by building and upgrading a train of defensive carriages. Earn gold by selling gems dropped by enemies, and use it to purchase flamethrowers, cannons, and more. Merge identical carriages to create powerful upgrades and face challenging bosses.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade defensive train carriages
  • Merge identical carriages for upgrades
  • Defend against orc hordes and bosses
  • Earn gold from enemy drops
  • Unlock permanent upgrades with tickets
  • Infinite upgrade system
Features
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Enemy orcs are coming from every angle to try to destroy the Infinite Power Generator! Luckily for you, each orc is carrying a big gem that can be sold for gold. As the conductor, your job is to spend gold on buying new train carriages to help defend the generator - flamethrowers, snipers, cannons, railguns, and dozens more can be purchased and added to the train to help with defense. Buy 3 of the same type of carriage to upgrade it to the next level. For example, buying 3 level 1 Snipers will merge into a level 2 Sniper, and 3 level 2 snipers will merge into a level 3 Sniper. You can upgrade like this infinitely! Be careful - bosses will spawn every 5 minutes to try to take the generator out! At 5 minutes, 15 minutes, and every 15 minutes after, bosses will drop a Relic Chest, which can be opened for power-ups that last for the rest of the game. Enemy orcs might also drop tickets. Use tickets in the "Boons" menu to unlock additional permanent upgrades! How long can you last against the orc hordes?

Screenshots

PegIdle4 screens
All Aboard! Defense Express4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PegIdle at 5.0 against All Aboard! Defense Express's 4.8. PegIdle also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

PegIdle costs $3.99 and All Aboard! Defense Express $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PegIdle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PegIdle ships an update every 3 days, All Aboard! Defense Express weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PegIdle versus All Aboard! Defense Express: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPegIdleAll Aboard! Defense Express
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB107 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSimon EftestølSword Reforged

Customer experience

PegIdle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

All Aboard! Defense Express

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

PegIdle

No in-app purchases

None

All Aboard! Defense Express

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PegIdle free?
PegIdle costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is All Aboard! Defense Express free?
All Aboard! Defense Express costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PegIdle or All Aboard! Defense Express?
PegIdle is rated higher. PegIdle averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while All Aboard! Defense Express averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do PegIdle or All Aboard! Defense Express have ads?
Neither PegIdle nor All Aboard! Defense Express shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PegIdle or All Aboard! Defense Express?
PegIdle ships an update every 3 days, and All Aboard! Defense Express weekly. Most recently, PegIdle was updated on October 17, 2026 and All Aboard! Defense Express on October 12, 2026.

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