Comparison

Hold the Tile! vs Wavefront

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

Head to head
About

Hold the Tile!

Engage in real-time strategy battles in a medieval world. Build your base, command legendary generals with customizable skills, and lead diverse units in tactical squad combat. Explore dynamic battlefields, gather resources, and unleash devastating magic to conquer your opponents.

Highlights
  • Real-time 1v1 strategy battles
  • Base building and defense
  • Customizable legendary generals
  • Squad-based tactical combat
  • Resource gathering and upgrades
  • Devastating magic spells
Features
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◉ LEAD YOUR ARMY TO VICTORY! Step into a captivating low-poly medieval world where strategy, base-building, and tactical combat collide. Face off in intense, fast-paced 1v1 real-time strategy battles and fight for dominance across ever-changing lands! ◉ EXPLORE & CONQUER DYNAMIC BATTLEFIELDS: No two matches are the same. Explore maps full of tactical opportunities and hidden dangers divided into strategic regions. The entire world is shrouded in the Fog of War - you must scout the unknown terrain to discover resources, locate enemy bases, and plan deadly ambushes. But beware! Ferocious Barbarians guard the map's most valuable, uncharted territories. Defeat these camps to claim rare resources and fuel your war machine. ◉ COMMAND & CUSTOMIZE LEGENDARY GENERALS: Lead your forces with distinct classes of Generals - the Warrior, the Builder, and the Mage. Between matches, earn Skill Points and dive into deep, RPG-style Talent Trees. Customize your playstyle by unlocking powerful abilities. Want to try a new strategy? Reset your skill points at any time to experiment with entirely different builds and adapt to your growing army! ◉ TACTICAL SQUAD-BASED COMBAT: Recruit a diverse roster of units - from steadfast spearmen and swift archers to massive orcs and powerful mages. Group them into squads and march into battle. Manage your troops manually for precise micro-control, or let the auto-battle system handle the frontline. ◉ BUILD, DEFEND AND UPGRADE: A strong army needs a strong economy. Gather wood, iron, and gold to establish your base. Fortify your territory with walls, towers, and strategic bridges to hold off enemy raids. Use your hard-earned coins to permanently upgrade your units and structures. ◉ UNLEASH DEVASTATING MAGIC: Turn the tide of war with powerful spells! Rain down fireballs, summon living trees, or slow your enemies to a crawl. But magic comes at a cost: expand your borders, capture more land, and overwhelm your opponent with arcane supremacy!

About

Wavefront

Engage in fast-paced tower defense across diverse worlds and challenging levels. Strategically place and upgrade towers, utilize spells, and defeat waves of monsters to protect your base. Compete on global leaderboards and unlock permanent upgrades.

Highlights
  • Strategic tower placement and upgrades
  • 100 levels across 5 unique worlds
  • Permanent armory upgrades
  • Endless survival arena with leaderboards
  • Spells and commander abilities
  • Offline play
Features
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Wavefront is a fast, colorful tower defense game. Line your towers along the path, upgrade them mid-battle, and hold every wave of monsters before they reach your base — across 5 worlds and 100 levels. Place smart, upgrade at the right moment, and read each wave. Easy to pick up, tuned for short sessions, deep enough to chase a 3-star run on every level. WHAT YOU DO Pick your loadout, place towers along the road, and upgrade them while the wave is still coming. Every level ends with a damage report telling you which weapon actually carried it — so your next loadout is a decision, not a guess. TOWERS • Gun, Rapid and Sniper for ground waves • Frost slows everything it hits • Cannon splashes damage across a group • Flak is the only thing that can touch flyers • Farm prints money instead of bullets • Laser exists for one job: bosses PROGRESSION THAT KEEPS GOING Earn gold in battle and spend it in the Armory on permanent upgrades. Max a weapon out and Mastery takes over — an uncapped track that keeps adding damage for as long as you keep investing. 5 WORLDS, 100 LEVELS Forest, Desert, Winter, City and Space, each with its own 25-strong monster roster: critters, vehicles, jetpack aliens, air bosses and ground bosses. Roads fork, cross and run in pairs, so the same tactics do not work everywhere. SURVIVE An endless hell arena. No level to clear — just how long you can hold, with your time on a global leaderboard. SPELLS AND COMMANDERS Call down a meteor, freeze the field, cash in mid-wave, or EMP the flyers. Pick a commander for a run-long bonus. ALSO • Play offline — no connection needed • Daily quests, achievements and a monster collection • 1-3 stars per level, feeding a global star leaderboard • Seven languages

Screenshots

Hold the Tile!4 screens
Wavefront4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hold the Tile! at 86% against Wavefront's 0%. Hold the Tile! also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wavefront sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Hold the Tile! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hold the Tile! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Hold the Tile!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Wavefront's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hold the Tile! ships an update every 3 days, Wavefront every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hold the Tile! versus Wavefront: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHold the Tile!Wavefront
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size315 MB421 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMikhail VartanovSAMET VOLKAN CAVUSOGLU

Customer experience

Hold the Tile!

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

Wavefront

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hold the Tile!

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Wavefront

One-time11
  • 150 Diamonds$1.99
  • 10 Spell Refreshers$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • Vault Starter$4.99
  • Costume Pack 1$4.99
  • Costume Pack 2$4.99
  • Golden Pass$6.99
  • 800 Diamonds$8.99
  • Vault Bundle$12.99
  • Platinum Pass$14.99
  • 1,800 Diamonds$17.99

Questions

Is Hold the Tile! free?
Hold the Tile! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wavefront free?
Wavefront is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hold the Tile! or Wavefront?
Hold the Tile! is rated higher. Hold the Tile! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Wavefront averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hold the Tile! or Wavefront have ads?
Wavefront shows ads; Hold the Tile! does not.
Which is updated more often, Hold the Tile! or Wavefront?
Hold the Tile! ships an update every 3 days, and Wavefront every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hold the Tile! was updated on October 25, 2026 and Wavefront on October 24, 2026.

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