Comparison

Laser TD vs Space Outpost

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

Head to head
About

Laser TD

Strategically place and upgrade defensive towers to repel waves of enemies. This game features a variety of tower types and enemy behaviors, encouraging creative combinations for effective base protection.

Highlights
  • Tower building and placement
  • Tower and enemy upgrades
  • Multiple tower types
  • Multiple enemy types
  • Strategic defense gameplay
Features
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Build towers to protect the base from enemies. The game has 12 types of towers and 6 enemies. Towers and enemies have different colors and abilities. Combine and upgrade towers to more effectively defend the base.

About

Space Outpost

Defend your outpost against relentless alien hordes in this sci-fi tower defense game. Strategically build and upgrade defensive towers, deploy mobile units, and utilize powerful orbital strikes to save the sun. Play offline and one-handed.

Highlights
  • Campaign across unique planets
  • Diverse tower and unit types
  • Mobile strike units and orbital powerups
  • Multiple enemy types and bosses
  • Classic and Sudden Death game modes
  • Offline and one-handed play
  • Unlockable towers, units, and powerups
Features
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Space Outpost is a hand-crafted sci-fi tower defense game, built for one-handed portrait play and fully playable offline. The sun is dying. Kyro is the only fuel that can keep it burning, and it is mined on the most hostile worlds in the system. You command the outpost that holds them. Hold the line, Commander. A growing roster of planets, an escalating bestiary, mobile strike units, and orbital powerups mean no two stands play the same. HOLD THE LINE • Battle across a campaign of unique planets, from the pale dust of Lunar Field to the black cliffs of the Obsidian Throne, with more worlds on the way. • Each world has its own terrain, lanes, and threats, ramping from Easy to Nightmare. • Clear milestone waves at 25, 50, 75, and 100 for escalating Kyro payloads, then hold out as long as you can in endless waves past 100. BUILD YOUR DEFENSE • Stack guns and support buildings: Laser, Plasma, Burst, Beam, and Nova towers, plus Barracks, Repair Bay, Refinery, Trading Post, Targeting Uplink, and Shield Pylon. • Upgrade every tower through multiple tiers. • Mine rock, raise walls, and lay mines to shape the kill zone. GO ON THE OFFENSIVE • Deploy mobile units that march out and fight: Troopers, Snipers, Rocket Troopers, and Medic Drones. • Call in single-use powerups: Meteor strikes, Orbital Strikes flown by your own ship, Fission Bombs, Supply drops, field Repair, Freeze, Overclock, Trooper Drops, and Energy Boosters that triple one turret's damage for thirty waves. KNOW YOUR ENEMY • Face Grunts, Runners, Brutes, swarming Mites, shielded Bulwarks, tower-diving Reavers, splitters, flyers, freeze-proof Wraiths, and self-healing Hive Crawlers. • Survive boss waves: Warlords, Warbringers, Titans, Colossus brood-carriers, and the flying Dreadnought capital ship. • Study every threat in the in-game Armory before it lands on your doorstep. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: repair your base between waves and dig in for the long haul. • Sudden Death: low base HP, no repairs. One leak ends the run. Higher Kyro payouts for the brave. SPEND KYRO, UNLOCK EVERYTHING • Earn Kyro by clearing milestone waves, then permanently unlock new towers, units, and powerups in the Armory. • Plays fully offline: no account, no internet required. • Designed for portrait, one-handed play. Hold the line. Every gram of Kyro buys the sun another day.

Screenshots

Laser TD4 screens
Space Outpost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Outpost at none against Laser TD's 4. Space Outpost also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). Laser TD's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Laser TD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Space Outpost asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Laser TD against 5.0 for Space Outpost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Laser TD ships an update every 6 months, Space Outpost daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Laser TD versus Space Outpost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLaser TDSpace Outpost
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB78 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperVasilii DmitrievSteven Brown

Customer experience

Laser TD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Space Outpost

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Laser TD

One-time4
  • Aiming system$0.99
  • Gift double score and disable ads$0.99
  • Map editor$0.99
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  • Complete Pack$1.99
None

Space Outpost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Laser TD free?
Laser TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Outpost free?
Space Outpost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Laser TD or Space Outpost?
Laser TD and Space Outpost are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Laser TD or Space Outpost have ads?
Both Laser TD and Space Outpost show ads.
Which is updated more often, Laser TD or Space Outpost?
Laser TD ships an update every 6 months, and Space Outpost daily. Most recently, Laser TD was updated on October 13, 2026 and Space Outpost on October 10, 2026.

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