Comparison

Hold the Keep vs Doodle Downpour

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

Head to head
About

Hold the Keep

Command heroes and use skill cards in this fast-paced tactical survival game. Build your army, upgrade abilities, and defend your keep against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Each playthrough offers a chance to strategize and grow stronger for the next challenge.

Highlights
  • Command heroes
  • Unleash skill cards
  • Battle waves of enemies
  • Build and upgrade army
  • Defend the keep
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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Hold The Keep is a fast-paced tactical survival game where you command heroes, unleash skill cards, and battle through waves of enemies that grow stronger over time. Build your army, upgrade your abilities, and defend the keep against an ever-intensifying battlefield. Every run challenges you to survive longer, make smarter choices, and grow stronger for the next fight. Summon heroes across different roles, including tanks, healers, ranged attackers, mages, assassins, and specialists. Unlike games that limit your squad size, Hold The Keep lets you bring as many heroes as you can afford to summon. Use skill cards to change the tide of battle with damage spells, summons, healing, shields, buffs, debuffs, and crowd control. Time each card carefully and build powerful combinations to survive longer. Face endless waves of enemies, elites, and bosses as the pressure keeps rising. Earn rewards, strengthen your heroes, upgrade your cards, improve your summons, and refine your strategy with each attempt. Can you hold the keep?

About

Doodle Downpour

Features
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Draw a shield. Keep the sticker dry. A cute sticker is out in the storm, and your finger is its only umbrella. Draw shields anywhere on the screen, as fast as your ink refills. The moment you lift your first line, the storm begins. A NEW THREAT EVERY WAVE Rain first. Then drops that steer toward your sticker, hail that chips your ink, bouncing rings, big blobs that burst into three, and lightning that warns you with a dashed line before it strikes. Every fifth wave is a boss: falling anvils, then anvils and lightning together. PICK YOUR UPGRADE Survive a wave and choose one of three upgrades: a deeper ink pot, faster refills, tougher or wider shields, a spare heart, or counters built for exactly what is coming next, like a lightning rod or an anvil brace. KEEP GETTING STRONGER Clearing waves earns coins. Spend them on permanent upgrades that start every run a little stronger, and come back each day for a gift that grows with your streak. Lost on a hard wave? Retry that wave with the upgrades you had. COLLECT 80 STICKERS Every boss wave you beat drops a sticker. Rainy Pals, Forest Friends, Sweet Treats, Ocean Cuties, Dragon Pals, Unicorn Dreams, Sports Buddies and Festive Friends, from common to legendary. Coins buy extra packs, and doubles turn into coins. PLAY YOUR WAY • No account and no sign-in. Progress stays on your device. • Free to play. Coins, upgrades and stickers are earned by playing, never sold. • Ads appear between runs, never during one. An optional ad can double a run's coins. • Remove Ads is a one-time purchase you can restore on a new device. Support: doodledownpour.app/support Privacy: doodledownpour.app/privacy

Screenshots

Hold the Keep4 screens
Doodle Downpour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Doodle Downpour at every 2 days against Hold the Keep's every 9 days. Hold the Keep's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Hold the Keep sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Doodle Downpour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hold the Keep ships an update every 9 days, Doodle Downpour every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hold the Keep versus Doodle Downpour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHold the KeepDoodle Downpour
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size371 MB68 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBcuzEYEcanAakesh Patel

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hold the Keep

One-time10
  • Talent point reset$0.99
  • Gold Pack 1000$0.99
  • Small Hero Shard Pack$1.99
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  • Medium Gold Pack$4.99
  • A medium pack of hero shards$4.99
  • Premium Hero 1$4.99
  • Premium Hero 2$4.99
  • Large Gold Pack$9.99
  • Large pack of hero shards$9.99
  • Giant pack of gold$19.99
1 purchases

Doodle Downpour

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Hold the Keep free?
Hold the Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Downpour free?
Doodle Downpour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hold the Keep or Doodle Downpour have ads?
Both Hold the Keep and Doodle Downpour show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hold the Keep or Doodle Downpour?
Hold the Keep ships an update every 9 days, and Doodle Downpour every 2 days. Most recently, Hold the Keep was updated on October 22, 2026 and Doodle Downpour on October 11, 2026.

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