Last Tower vs Idle Code Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Last Tower
Defend your outpost against endless monster waves in this idle tower defense game. Build and upgrade towers, unlock strategic boosts, and progress even while offline. Face challenging bosses and adapt to new enemies on various maps.
- Build and upgrade towers
- Idle progression and offline earnings
- Unlock cards and boosts
- Endless waves and boss fights
- Multiple maps and unique enemies
- Daily rewards
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Last Tower: Idle Survival TD Can your tower survive the endless horde? Welcome to Last Tower: Idle Survival TD – the ultimate idle tower defense game where you must build, upgrade, and hold the line against wave after wave of relentless monsters. Your outpost is the last hope. Place powerful towers, unlock strategic upgrades, and survive as long as you can. Even when you're offline, your towers keep fighting! Idle Tower Defense Like Never Before This is not your average tower game. It’s survival. Each wave gets stronger, faster, and more brutal. The only way to last is to build smarter and upgrade faster. Key Features: Build & Upgrade Towers Strategically place and level up towers to hold off endless waves of monsters. Idle Progression Your towers keep defending while you’re away. Come back, collect rewards, and get stronger. Unlock Cards & Boosts Collect upgrade cards and unlock powerful modifiers to push your defenses even further. Endless Waves & Boss Fights Face massive boss monsters that test your build and timing. Can you survive them all? Simple to Play, Hard to Master Perfect balance between idle gameplay and deep tower defense strategy. Multiple Maps, Unique Enemies Each region brings new enemies, layouts, and tactics. Adapt or be overrun. Daily Rewards Log in daily for free gold, gems, and upgrade cards to speed up your progress. Why You’ll Love It - Play at your own pace – active or fully AFK - Deep upgrade paths and research system - Fast, smooth gameplay with auto-battle - Offline earnings – progress even while you sleep - No energy limits, no forced timers Download Last Tower: Idle Survival TD now and see how long your defense can last. Build smarter. Upgrade faster. Survive longer.
Idle Code Tycoon
Build a software empire by writing code, automating production, and shipping releases in this incremental idle game. Upgrade your tools, complete contracts, and merge your codebase for permanent bonuses. Keep earning even when you're away.
- Write and automate code production
- Unlock offline earnings
- Upgrade developers and tools
- Ship new releases and patches
- Merge codebase for Prestige Points
- Complete contracts and objectives
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[AD FREE] Write code. Automate production. Build a software empire. Idle Code Tycoon is an incremental idle game where every tap grows your company. Start with WRITE_CODE(), unlock automatic production, upgrade your tools, complete contracts, ship releases and keep earning while you’re away. BUILD AND AUTOMATE • Tap or hold to generate code • Unlock offline production • Upgrade developers, IDEs, servers, cloud systems, AI tools and more • Build your Tech Stack with permanent upgrades SHIP NEW RELEASES • Complete Roadmap objectives • Launch major releases and minor patches • Earn permanent bonuses • Track your deployment history MERGE AND GROW • Merge your codebase for Prestige Points • Strengthen future runs • Reach upgrades faster • Keep pushing toward the next milestone MORE WAYS TO PROGRESS • Timed backlog contracts • Sprint Focus strategies • Production boosts • Surprise bugs with extra rewards • Game Center achievements and leaderboards • iCloud sync and offline earnings • No ads There is always another upgrade, release, contract, achievement or Merge waiting. Write. Automate. Merge. Repeat. Made by a solo developer :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Code Tycoon at none against Last Tower's shown. Idle Code Tycoon also leads on ratings volume (433 vs 2). Last Tower's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Last Tower sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Code Tycoon sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Last Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Code Tycoon has 433 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Last Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, Idle Code Tycoon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Last Tower | Idle Code Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (433 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 433 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nam Nguyen | Mariana Brasil |
Customer experience
Last Tower
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In-app purchases
Last Tower
- Mad Santa Ticket x5$1.99
- Mad Santa Ticket x15$4.99
- Arctic Starter Pack$6.99
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- Mad Santa Ticket x30$9.99
- Chapter Pass 7$12.99
- Chapter Pass 8$12.99
- Chapter Pass 9$12.99
- Blizzard Reinforcement Pack$14.99
- Remove Ads$23.99
- Cryo-Santa’s Arsenal Pack$29.99
Idle Code Tycoon
- 25 Points$0.99
- Starter Developer Kit$1.99
- First Merge Bundle$1.99
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- 50 Points$1.99
- 90 Points$2.99
- Double Productivity$4.99
- 200 Points$4.99
- 500 Points$9.99
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