Comparison

Orcfall Tower Defense vs Zed Command

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

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About

Orcfall Tower Defense

Features
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Orcfall Tower Defense is a handcrafted pixel-art tower defense built from scratch by a solo developer โ€” every tower, hero, and boss was designed for this game. CAMPAIGN Battle through 5 hand-built worlds and 50 levels, each world ending in a unique multi-phase boss fight. Some levels split the horde across two paths โ€” cover both or fall. 5 TOWER TYPES WITH BRANCHING UPGRADES Archers, mages with 4 elements, catapults, ballistas and barricades. Every tower specializes: the same archer can become a long-range sniper or a rapid-fire turret. Where you place it and how you upgrade it is the whole strategy. 5 HEROES THAT LEVEL UP Deploy them onto the map. They keep their experience between runs and unlock passive skills as they level. Tikrom holds the front line, Fernaleth strikes from the back. CONSTELLATION: A PERMANENT UPGRADE TREE Spend the stars you earn on 33 nodes across every tower branch. The bonuses carry into every run. 19 ENEMY TYPES + ELITE VARIANTS Goblins, trolls, flying drakes, stone golems. Flying units ignore your barricades, so your anti-air placement matters. Elites show up without warning and drop gems. The in-game Bestiary tracks every one of them: portrait, stats and threat level. MODES FOR WHEN THE CAMPAIGN ENDS โ€ข Boss Rush โ€” every boss, back to back โ€ข New Game+ โ€” infinite scaling โ€ข Survival โ€” endless waves and your personal best-scores table โ€ข Weekly Challenge โ€” a different mutator every week โ€ข Daily quests No accounts and no internet required. No subscriptions, and nothing you can buy to progress faster. Every upgrade is earned by playing. No templates. No reskins. Just towers, orcs, and strategy.

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Zed Command

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Capture the flag. Take the factory. Turn the battle. Zed Command is an offline real-time strategy game for iPhone. Lead a robot army, seize territory and break the enemy headquarters in a single-player campaign built around battlefield decisions. Every sector matters. More territory speeds up your reinforcements. A captured factory can change the balance of power. An infantry squad can claim an abandoned tank and turn it against the enemy. TAKE CONTROL OF THE FRONT Command rifle squads, anti-armor infantry, scout vehicles, tanks and defensive turrets. Capture flags, contest factories and protect your headquarters while pushing toward the enemy base. KEEP REINFORCEMENTS MOVING Choose what your factories produce and set rally points for new recruits. Production runs automatically, leaving you to decide where to send your forces and when to strike. PAUSE. PLAN. PUSH FORWARD. Stop the action with tactical pause, select your units and issue orders. Resume when your plan is ready. Use roads, bridges and chokepoints to shape each attack. CLAIM ABANDONED HARDWARE Send infantry to board unoccupied vehicles and turrets. Reinforce your army with equipment already on the battlefield. FIGHT THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN Advance through 12 missions across scrapyard, salt-flat and frozen industrial environments. Learn the controls with interactive field training, choose Easy, Standard or Hard difficulty, and replay completed missions to try a different approach. PLAY ON YOUR TERMS - Offline battles against computer-controlled opponents. - Tactical pause and touch controls designed for landscape play. - Automatic local saves to continue your current operation. - No ads, player accounts, subscriptions or consumable currencies. START WITH THREE FREE MISSIONS Missions 1-3 are free. One optional, non-consumable in-app purchase adds missions 4-12. Missions become playable in order as you win; buying the campaign does not skip progression. An internet connection is needed to buy or restore the campaign. Purchased missions can be played offline after ownership has been confirmed and cached on your device. Battle saves and campaign progress stay on the device and do not sync between devices. Take the ground. Keep the signal. Privacy policy: https://zedcommand.pishko-tech.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://zedcommand.pishko-tech.com/terms-of-use/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Orcfall Tower Defense4 screens
Zed Command4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orcfall Tower Defense at none against Zed Command's 1. Orcfall Tower Defense also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Zed Command's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Zed Command sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orcfall Tower Defense asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orcfall Tower Defense ships an update every 3 days, Zed Command every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Orcfall Tower Defense versus Zed Command: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrcfall Tower DefenseZed Command
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size109 MB31 MB
Age rating9++12
DeveloperFernando AntillonAlexandre Grisey

In-app purchases

None

Orcfall Tower Defense

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zed Command

One-time1
  • All Campaigns$5.99

Questions

Is Orcfall Tower Defense free?
Orcfall Tower Defense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zed Command free?
Zed Command is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orcfall Tower Defense or Zed Command have ads?
Orcfall Tower Defense shows ads; Zed Command does not.
Which is updated more often, Orcfall Tower Defense or Zed Command?
Orcfall Tower Defense ships an update every 3 days, and Zed Command every 6 days. Most recently, Orcfall Tower Defense was updated on October 31, 2026 and Zed Command on October 29, 2026.

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