Tessel vs Tiny Tower Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessel
A vibrant tile-placement puzzle game where players match colored tiles to form shapes and score points. Offers various game modes, customizable rules, and a creative pattern-drawing tool for endless tiling possibilities.
- Tile placement with matching colors
- Create shapes for higher scores
- Multiple game modes (square, pattern)
- Customizable game settings
- Pattern drawing tool
- Wide range of tiling patterns
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Tessel is a colorful tile placement game. Place tiles with matching colors to make shapes and fill the board. The larger the shape, the higher the points. Features: • Play an easy square game, or choose a more challenging pattern. • Customize your game settings to change the rules. • Create your own tiling patterns in the drawing tool. Choose from a wide range of tiling patterns to form endlessly varied tesselations: • Square • Triangular • Rhombille • Cairo pentagonal • Hexagonal • Deltoidal-trihexagonal • Penrose P3 • Snub square • Ammann-Beenker
Tiny Tower Defense
Defend against an endless swarm of worms with a single turret. Aim with one finger, upgrade your defenses, and collect power-ups to survive increasingly challenging waves. Compete on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- One-finger aiming controls
- Endless, scaling worm waves
- Power-up collection
- Permanent upgrade system
- Mid-run tower upgrades
- Game Center leaderboards
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Aim. Shoot. Survive. The swarm never stops. Tiny Tower Defense is one tower against an endless swarm of worms. Drag anywhere to aim, your turret never stops firing, and every wave crawls in faster, tougher, and hungrier than the last. How deep can you go? SIMPLE TO PLAY, HARD TO PUT DOWN * One-finger controls: touch anywhere to aim * Runs last minutes, but "one more run" lasts all night * Every death makes you stronger with permanent upgrades FIGHT THE SWARM * Endless waves that scale forever - no level cap, no final boss, just your best run * Armored elites, speedy darters, and massive boss worms every 5 waves * Shoot power-ups out of the air: RAPID FIRE, SPREAD, SHIELD, FREEZE, NOVA and more BUILD YOUR TOWER * Upgrade fire rate, damage, spread and armor mid-run * Bank coins from every run and buy permanent upgrades * Stack extra barrels until your tower fills the screen with fire COMPETE * Game Center leaderboards: furthest wave and lifetime kills * 16 achievements from your first kill to wave 50 * Flawless boss clears for the truly untouchable The challenge is always real - and the top of the leaderboard is always within reach for those willing to practice. Download free and see how far you can survive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessel at none against Tiny Tower Defense's 4. Tessel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Tower Defense sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tessel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tessel against 5.0 for Tiny Tower Defense. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessel | Tiny Tower Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gijs van Tulder | Atreides LLC |
In-app purchases
Tessel
No in-app purchases
Tiny Tower Defense
- 1,500 Coins$0.99
- 8,000 Coins$4.99
- VIP$5.99
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- 20,000 Coins$9.99
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