Shadow Falls vs SimpleTD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Falls
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Get ready for the most immersive 3D FPS ever made for iOS! Developed with Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), Shadow Falls offers next-generation graphics and smooth, console-quality gameplay. This isn't just an action game, it's the new era of mobile shooting. The fate of the resistance is in your hands. If you love shooting games, high-speed action, and epic battles, Shadow Falls is your new battlefield. Join thousands of players and lead the counterattack against the evil AI.
SimpleTD
Engage in a pixel-art tower defense experience with a rich storyline and fully voiced cutscenes. Strategize with over 14 unique towers, permanent upgrade paths, and challenging endless waves. Enemies can also gain power-ups, adding a unique twist to each playthrough.
- Voiced cinematic cutscenes and rich story
- 14+ unique towers with distinct personalities
- Deep, permanent upgrade paths
- Endless waves and titan-sized bosses
- Enemy power-ups on maps
- Daily & weekly quests
- 10+ hand-crafted maps with dynamic modifiers
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Defend your Life Orbs against ever-evolving foes in SimpleTD—with no microtransactions! Features -- Voiced Cinematic Cutscenes and Rich Story: A rich storyline to propel players through those waves with fully voiced cutscenes in a 2D, pixel art style with plenty of DLCs planned to expand on the story. -- 14+ Unique Towers, Each with a Personality: From all-purpose Simple Towers to credit-printing Mint towers, acid-splashing Splash Towers, boss-busting Shotguns, and range-boosting Buff Towers, every turret plays, and upgrades, differently. -- Interesting Towers and Mechanics - Easily collect crystals passively or organically by completing waves, store credits on easier maps to use on harder maps, protect your towers from aerial attacks. -- Deep, Permanent Upgrade Paths: Spend hard-earned Crystals in the Upgrade Lab to push damage, fire-rate, range, critical chance, and even global LP caps to dizzying heights, then stack buffs for exponential power. -- Endless Waves & Titan-Sized Bosses: Face adaptive swarms, enable Crazy Mode for 3x the enemies with 3x the strength, and face off against bosses with both set and random schedules! No two play-throughs will be exactly the same! -- Enemy Power-Ups: Instead of trying to earn power-ups for your towers, the enemies get a chance to! All maps have power-ups along the paths for enemies to pick up, providing unique abilities to power them through to your Life Points! --Daily & Weekly Quests – Knock out fresh objectives every day and week for Crystals, carry-over credits, and limited-time stat buffs that alter your next run’s strategy. -- 10+ Hand-Crafted Maps with Dynamic Modifiers. Spiral deserts, snaking forests, twin-lane battlefields, mega-sized arenas, and more. Each map flips spawn rates, HP multipliers, weather events, and elite chances to keep you guessing. -- Map Based Events: Contend with interesting events on most of the maps to add to the gameplay. -- Auto-Play & Super Play Speeds - Grind hands-free in Auto Mode (which stops if your lose a Life Point) and/or crank the speed up 5x to hurry through early waves, but watch out as accuracy will take a hit! -- In-Game Store for Buffs and Items: An in-game store using only game acquired crystals to allow players to spend on buffs and items. No real-world money here; microtransactions are not welcomed in SimpleTD! -- User-Defined Graphics: Love retro pixel art? Leave it on. Prefer a clean, minimalist look? Turn it off for a more “Simple” feel. == No Microtransactions == Every Crystal and Credit is earned in-game—no paywalls, ever. Download SimpleTD now and master your defenses!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shadow Falls at Free against SimpleTD's $0.99. SimpleTD's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Shadow Falls is free to download; SimpleTD costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shadow Falls ships an update every 2 months, SimpleTD monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Falls | SimpleTD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 441 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Paulo Vitor de Almeida Goncalves | AngrySalami LLC |
In-app purchases
Shadow Falls
No in-app purchases
SimpleTD
No in-app purchases
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