Tower Up vs Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tower Up
Assemble a team of heroes and stack them to create powerful towers. Utilize unique buffs and synergies to defeat waves of enemies. Upgrade heroes and unlock abilities to overcome challenges in this strategic tower defense game.
- Hero squad assembly
- Hero stacking for towers
- Unique buffs and synergies
- Enemy wave defense
- Hero and ability upgrades
- Epic challenges
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Assemble your ultimate hero squad and stack them into powerful towers! Strategize with unique buffs, synergies, and devastating combos to fend off waves of relentless enemies. Upgrade your heroes, unlock new heroes and rare abilities, and face epic challenges in this incredible tower defense game. Will your hero tower stand tall? Play now and find out!
Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense
This survival adventure game blends casual exploration with tower defense. Develop your camp, gather resources, and then defend against monster attacks at night using hero skills and collected wood for upgrades.
- Casual adventure and tower defense gameplay
- Resource collection and development during the day
- Nighttime monster defense with hero skills
- Hero skill and combat effectiveness upgrades
- Diverse hero types with unique abilities
- Variety of card skills for challenges
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A survival adventure game that combines casual adventure and tower defense elements, bringing players a brand new gaming experience. During the day, hide in the camp to develop, and use the miner as a capable assistant to help you collect resources and dig gold. When night falls, a large number of monsters attack. You need to use the hero's unique skills to resist the monster's attack. Destroy them to obtain the wood needed for survival, which can be used to upgrade the hero's skills, improve combat effectiveness, and persist. Game features: 1. Diversified gameplay allows players to experience exciting battles in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere; 2. There are many types of heroes, each with its own unique skills and attack methods; 3. There are also many different card skills for you to choose from, allowing you to easily deal with various challenges and monsters; Even novice players can get started quickly and enjoy the fun of the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tower Up at 5.0 against Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense's 3.4. Tower Up also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tower Up holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Tower Up's written reviews are positive against 67% of Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense's.
Tower Up ships an update monthly, Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and July 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tower Up | Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Playshore, S.L. | Chengdu Ziyao Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tower Up
Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense
In-app purchases
Tower Up
No in-app purchases
Lumber Hero:Goblins Defense
No in-app purchases
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