ROCK!! vs HexTowerDefense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ROCK!!
An incremental game focused on mining rocks. Players craft, sell, and upgrade resources to dig deeper into the planet, making unique bonus choices. It offers more autonomy than typical idle games while remaining accessible to newcomers.
- Incremental rock mining gameplay
- Crafting and selling resources
- Strategic upgrade paths
- Unique bonus choices
- No ads or in-app purchases
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ROCK is an incremental game about mining rocks! Craft, sell, and upgrade various resources to dig through the planet, with an emphasis on choosing unique bonuses along the way! Players with experience in the genre will hopefully notice more autonomy than other idle games, while still being easy enough for new players. Combined with NO ads, NO in-app purchases, and NO offline progress means you can play as much as you want! Try to win as fast as you can and, most importantly, good luck!
HexTowerDefense
Engage in strategic tower defense on a hexagonal grid. Master placement, range, and timing across 50 campaign levels, daily challenges, and a community workshop. Enjoy a retro aesthetic with no energy timers and limited ads.
- Hexagonal grid placement
- 50 handcrafted campaign levels
- Daily challenges and endless mode
- Community Workshop for sharing layouts
- Eight tower types
- Retro neon aesthetic
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Place towers. Hold the line. HexTowerDefense is a minimalist tower defense game built around a hexagonal grid. Every placement decision matters — angles, range, and timing are yours to control. Three ways to play Campaign — 50 handcrafted levels with Normal, Hard, Veteran & Nightmare difficulty. Earn up to 3 stars per level. Challenges — Daily run, Endless mode, invisible enemies, and more. Complete daily challenges to earn Workshop Tokens. Sandbox — Build freely, experiment, validate your layout, then share it with the world through the Community Workshop. Community Workshop Browse boards submitted by other players, download and test them, rate your favorites, and submit your own for review. Eight tower types, endless possibilities Neon-on-black retro aesthetic. No energy timers. Limited ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ROCK!! at none against HexTowerDefense's 4. ROCK!! also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). HexTowerDefense's advantage is device support. On price, rating 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. HexTowerDefense sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ROCK!! asks for nothing beyond the download.
HexTowerDefense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ROCK!! has 85 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ROCK!! | HexTowerDefense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Kanter | Maxime Hussenet |
In-app purchases
ROCK!!
No in-app purchases
HexTowerDefense
- x2/x4 Speed$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Gotta Go Faster$4.99
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- All-in-One$4.99
