Comparison

AI TD vs HexRain

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

Head to head
About

AI TD

Defend humanity from an AI takeover by eliminating enemy forces. Upgrade your defenses and unlock new powers as you progress through increasingly challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Eliminate AI enemies
  • Upgrade defenses
  • Gain new powers
  • Humanity's savior theme
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Become the savior of humanity! Eliminate AI enemies, upgrade your defenses, and gain new powers on the way!

About

HexRain

A fast-paced action game where players dodge falling hexes and collect bonus items. It features a challenge editor for creating and sharing custom levels, offering endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Dodge falling hexes
  • Collect bonus blocks
  • Challenge blocks
  • Up to 30 challenges
  • Challenge editor
  • Share custom levels
Features
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A fast paced action game! Dodge the falling hexes, grab bonus blocks and challenge blocks. Earn high scores, complete up to 30 challenges, then remix or make your own to share with the community with a full challenge editor.

Screenshots

AI TD4 screens
HexRain3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HexRain at none against AI TD's shown. HexRain also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. AI TD sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and HexRain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI TD ships an update fortnightly, HexRain every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AI TD versus HexRain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI TDHexRain
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHot Yeti Studio OUFraser Graham

Customer experience

AI TD

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative66.7%

HexRain

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

In-app purchases

7 purchases

AI TD

One-time7
  • Super Revive Pack 1$1.99
  • Mini Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$6.99
Show 4 more
  • Tower Boost Pack 1$6.99
  • Large Pack$7.99
  • No Ads Bundle$9.99
  • Full Pack$17.99
1 purchases

HexRain

One-time1
  • Unlock All Game Modes$1.99

Questions

Is AI TD free?
AI TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HexRain free?
HexRain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI TD or HexRain have ads?
AI TD shows ads; HexRain does not.
Which is updated more often, AI TD or HexRain?
AI TD ships an update fortnightly, and HexRain every 11 days. Most recently, AI TD was updated on October 7, 2026 and HexRain on October 28, 2026.

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