Comparison

DEADGRID vs Battle Tower

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

Head to head
About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with endless waves and permadeath. Master an arsenal of 33 weapons, strategically deploy defenses, and choose dynamic upgrades to conquer the apocalypse. Customize your survivor and enjoy pure, optimized gameplay.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Permadeath runs
  • 33 unlockable weapons
  • Strategic deployables and turrets
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Four zombie types with advanced AI
  • Customizable survivor skins
Features
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Free to play. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

About

Battle Tower

Engage in strategic spell duels to defend your castle and destroy your opponent's. Master elemental spells and command diverse armies across seven distinct ages, adapting tactics to different battlefields and difficulties. Compete with friends or climb ranked matchmaking.

Highlights
  • Cast elemental spells (Fireball, Lightning, Frost)
  • Command diverse armies across seven ages
  • Upgrade and specialize troops
  • Three unique battlefields with strategic positioning
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Ranked matchmaking and leaderboards
  • Offline play available
Features
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Defend your castle. Master the elements. Command your army. Battle Tower is a side-view strategy duel. Tap the battlefield to cast spells, send troops through your gates and destroy the enemy castle before yours falls. FOUR SPELLS, DISTINCT TACTICS Burn clustered enemies with Fireball, strike a priority target with Lightning, slow a push with Frost or heal your wounded troops. Spend gold on your army and save mana for the moment that changes the battle. SEVEN AGES TO MASTER Progress through the Medieval Age, Modern Age, Advanced Age, Hero Era, Frontier Age, Age of Olympus and Radiant Age. Command swordsmen and dragons, tanks and aircraft, Hero Era champions, Olympian legends and shielded Radiant armies. New ages bring new tactics, while earlier rosters remain available in battles with era advancement. BUILD YOUR COUNTERS Archers hunt fliers, pikemen stop cavalry and fire suppresses regeneration. Upgrade troops and choose specializations that change how they fight. Reinforce your castle, grow your economy and read your opponent's army to find its weakness. THREE BATTLEFIELDS, FIVE DIFFICULTIES Fight across Meadow, Frostpeak and Dunes, where hills block shots and positioning matters. Work up from Easy to Ultra Extreme. Customize spell restrictions, eras, economy and castle rules. Difficulty income modifiers are shown in the game. FRIENDS, RANKINGS AND BEST TIMES Invite friends or share a four-letter room code for an unranked duel. Join ranked matchmaking and climb from Recruit to TowerKing. Track your fastest AI victories and compare clear times on the leaderboards. Start offline as a guest in the Medieval Age on Easy. A free account opens online play and single-player progression: every win opens the next difficulty, from Easy up to Ultra Extreme, and beating all five opens the next age. Online features require an internet connection. No loot boxes. No energy meters. Just one more battle.

Screenshots

DEADGRID4 screens
Battle Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Battle Tower at none against DEADGRID's 6. Battle Tower also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). DEADGRID's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (53 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. DEADGRID sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Battle Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Battle Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEADGRID has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of DEADGRID's written reviews are positive against 75% of Battle Tower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEADGRID ships an update every 2 days, Battle Tower daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DEADGRID versus Battle Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADGRIDBattle Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size384 MB96 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAfonso QuinazWozJobs Inc

Customer experience

DEADGRID

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.0%

Battle Tower

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99
None

Battle Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Battle Tower free?
Battle Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DEADGRID or Battle Tower?
Battle Tower is rated higher. DEADGRID averages 4.8 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Battle Tower averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DEADGRID or Battle Tower have ads?
Battle Tower shows ads; DEADGRID does not.
Which is updated more often, DEADGRID or Battle Tower?
DEADGRID ships an update every 2 days, and Battle Tower daily. Most recently, DEADGRID was updated on October 16, 2026 and Battle Tower on October 14, 2026.

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