Candle Drop vs Tiny TD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Candle Drop
Explore a dark castle by dropping candles and strategically lining up their lights to trigger massive explosions and earn points. Discover hidden unlocks, character skins, and achievements in this unique indie puzzle game.
- Candle dropping gameplay
- Black hole and miniature sun mechanics
- Castle exploration
- Character selection and skins
- In-game achievements and unlocks
- Strategic light alignment for explosions
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Candle Drop is a game about candles. But it is also about black holes, miniature suns, castle secrets, and a ton of hidden unlocks and things to discover! Choose your starting candle, drop down into the belly of a dark and moody castle, and drop more candles. Try to get their lights to line up to cause a massive explosion and earn some points! Visit the basement to explore character selection and skins, and go even deeper to chase all of the in-game achievements and unlocks! This game was the first game made by me and my good friend Curtis. It is the manifestation of our love for video games and my personal dream-come-true. Over a year of work and learning how to make it all and we have something new and unique, and something I couldn't be prouder to share with you. One of our biggest focuses was to give the game a soul. No overused mainstream basic graphics or gameplay. No relentless popup ads or in-game pay-to-win purchases. And no corners cut in the makings. We truly made something that we would play ourselves. And I hope you'll take the time to enjoy it, too. Thanks :) Note: Preview images from both iPhone and iPad versions are interchangeable.
Tiny TD
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Defend a tiny base as new houses grow and roads cut through your defenses. Build three tower types, adapt your plan, and tackle 75 campaign levels or a fresh daily survival challenge. Tiny TD is a small, calm tower defense with one twist: the map keeps growing. New houses appear mid-run, carving fresh corridors through your defenses. A tower that covered the road a minute ago may be staring at a garden now. Read the change, sell what no longer matters, and rebuild where the enemies will actually walk. THREE TOWERS, TWO UPGRADES • Needle: rapid single-target darts for fast runners. • Bloom: area shells for swarms and shielded tanks. • Frost: slows everything in reach so the others can finish the job. Upgrade twice, or sell for a partial refund and move on. Range is your biggest lever. A CAMPAIGN YOU CAN FINISH 75 hand-tuned levels across three environments. Same map and same assault on every retry, so improvement is skill, not luck. DAILY SURVIVAL One shared seed for everyone, every UTC day. Unlimited attempts. Longest survival wins the day. WEEKLY LEAGUES First clears and improved stars earn points on a weekly board. No grinding, no boosters: replays never farm points. QUIET BY DESIGN No energy meters, no waiting to play, no gameplay purchases. Works offline, with progress saved on your device. Occasional interstitial ads appear between runs; a single optional purchase removes them forever. Leaderboards need no registration or email, just a nickname. Designed for iPhone in portrait and iPad in any orientation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Candle Drop at none against Tiny TD's 1. Tiny TD's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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 TD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Candle Drop asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Candle Drop | Tiny TD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 257 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | GAVIN CURTIS LESTER | Alejandro Jimenez Rico |
In-app purchases
Candle Drop
No in-app purchases
Tiny TD
- Remove Ads$9.99









