Comparison

AI TD vs PATHOGENEER

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ€” 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

PATHOGENEER

Features
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Your plan. Their pandemic. Engineer a deadly strain, plot its evolution and release it into the world. Watch infections spread across the map as your creation breaks into new hosts. PATHOGENEER puts you in control of a fictional pathogen. Shape a branching genome, adapt to new environments and discover which hosts your strain can reach. A promising start can stall at a barrier. The right mutation can open another route. MAKE IT YOURS Choose genes that shape spread, survival, resistance and host jumping. Unlock new modifications through successful infections and build a strain with its own strengths and tradeoffs. CROSS THE HOST BARRIER Begin with plants and unlock insects, birds, land animals and humans. Explore different targets and habitats as your creation finds new ways to spread. CHOOSE YOUR GROUND ZERO Pick a starting location. Climate, habitat and host conditions affect whether your strain gains a foothold or struggles to establish itself. WATCH THE CASCADE Follow infection fronts across the map, switch host layers and zoom in on the action. Make decisions during a run as opportunities and barriers emerge. BUILD YOUR NEXT BREAKTHROUGH Keep memorable strains, carry successful genes into descendants and chase a stronger cascade. Open Threads suggest a next step for your lineage. Share your specimen, a standout spread or the stats from a run you are proud of. Where will your next creation take hold? PATHOGENEER is a fictional ecology strategy game inspired by real-world environments and habitats. Its organisms, mutations and outcomes are designed for entertainment, not real-world pathogen engineering.

Screenshots

AI TD4 screens
PATHOGENEER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PATHOGENEER at none against AI TD's 7. PATHOGENEER also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. AI TD sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. PATHOGENEER asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI TD ships an update fortnightly, PATHOGENEER weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
AI TD versus PATHOGENEER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI TDPATHOGENEER
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews25.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size215 MB116 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHot Yeti Studio OUGo7 Studio

In-app purchases

7 purchases

AI TD

One-time7
  • Super Revive Pack 1$1.99
  • Mini Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$6.99
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  • Tower Boost Pack 1$6.99
  • Large Pack$7.99
  • No Ads Bundle$9.99
  • Full Pack$17.99
None

PATHOGENEER

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI TD free?
AI TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PATHOGENEER free?
PATHOGENEER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI TD or PATHOGENEER have ads?
AI TD shows ads; PATHOGENEER does not.
Which is updated more often, AI TD or PATHOGENEER?
AI TD ships an update fortnightly, and PATHOGENEER weekly. Most recently, AI TD was updated on August 23, 2026 and PATHOGENEER on September 30, 2026.

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