Comparison

UnderControl3D vs Defense Battle Xmas

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

Head to head
About

UnderControl3D

Guide bouncing green balls to the last level by dragging and dropping them onto a whiteboard. Test your agility, dexterity, and reflexes to achieve the highest score.

Highlights
  • Easy touch-and-drag controls
  • Progress through multiple levels
  • Test agility and reflexes
  • Share achievements
  • Simple physics gameplay
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Very easy to play with UnderControl ! At startup, you have 10 funny green balls that jump and can't stop. With touch, drag and drop on the white board. And that's it! Try to reach last level with the maximum of these funny balls! Demonstrate agility, dexterity and reflex! At the last level, you can share your feat.

About

Defense Battle Xmas

Defend Christmas presents from incoming enemy tanks and jeeps. Upgrade your turret, use special weapons like strikes and shields, and protect the ice wall to become the best defender.

Highlights
  • Tower defense gameplay
  • RPG elements
  • Special weapon abilities (Strike, Stop, Shield)
  • Tower and weapon upgrades
  • Daily play rewards
  • Defend ice wall
Features
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Christmas and New year are here. Help Santa to defend christmas presents from enemies. Defense Battle Xmas is the best tower defence arcade with RPG elements. You are the captain of the turret gun. Enemy tanks and jeeps are attacking your base. Your task is to defend the ice wall from enemies. You control tower, pointing the gun at enemies and shoot. You can also use special weapons: • Strike - super explosion that hits enemies. • Stop - energy explosion that stops and paralyzes enemies. • Shield - reflects projectiles of enemies and protects the wall of the base. For the defense of your bunker of base and the destruction of the enemies you gain coins. You can spend the coins to upgrade the tower gun, damage and rate of fire of the gun, to increase the base energy. Improve the ability of special weapons. This will allow you to destroy quickly a lots of enemies. Play the game every day and be the best defender!

Screenshots

UnderControl3D3 screens
Defense Battle Xmas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Defense Battle Xmas at 100% against UnderControl3D's 0%. Defense Battle Xmas also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months). UnderControl3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. UnderControl3D sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Defense Battle Xmas sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Defense Battle Xmas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of UnderControl3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of Defense Battle Xmas's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UnderControl3D ships an update every 16 months, Defense Battle Xmas every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UnderControl3D versus Defense Battle Xmas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnderControl3DDefense Battle Xmas
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB155 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuisse NgouraneJohn Smith

Customer experience

UnderControl3D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Defense Battle Xmas

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

UnderControl3D

One-time4
  • Pack 250 Coins$0.99
  • Pack 1000 coins$1.99
  • Pack 10.000 coins$2.99
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  • Pack 5000 Coins$4.99
5 purchases

Defense Battle Xmas

One-time5
  • 10000 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 35000 Coins$4.99
Show 2 more
  • 160000 Coins$19.99
  • 320000 Coins$29.99

Questions

Is UnderControl3D free?
UnderControl3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Defense Battle Xmas free?
Defense Battle Xmas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UnderControl3D or Defense Battle Xmas?
Defense Battle Xmas is rated higher. UnderControl3D averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Defense Battle Xmas averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do UnderControl3D or Defense Battle Xmas have ads?
Defense Battle Xmas shows ads; UnderControl3D does not.
Which is updated more often, UnderControl3D or Defense Battle Xmas?
UnderControl3D ships an update every 16 months, and Defense Battle Xmas every 6 months. Most recently, UnderControl3D was updated on October 2, 2026 and Defense Battle Xmas on October 8, 2026.

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