Defense Battle Xmas vs Boxes vs Snake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Tower defense gameplay
- RPG elements
- Special weapon abilities (Strike, Stop, Shield)
- Tower and weapon upgrades
- Daily play rewards
- Defend ice wall
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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!
Boxes vs Snake
Control a snake by tapping to move it left or right. The goal is to avoid obstacles while collecting items to grow the snake. It's a simple, addictive arcade-style game.
- Tap controls
- Snake growth
- Obstacle avoidance
- Item collection
- Addictive gameplay
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Tap to move the snake left/right. Avoid the boxes and collect balls to feed the snake.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boxes vs Snake at none against Defense Battle Xmas's 5. Boxes vs Snake also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Defense Battle Xmas's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 18 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Defense Battle Xmas sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Boxes vs Snake asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Defense Battle Xmas against 5.0 for Boxes vs Snake. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Defense Battle Xmas ships an update every 6 months, Boxes vs Snake every 18 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Defense Battle Xmas | Boxes vs Snake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Smith | GASP Mobile Games Inc |
Customer experience
Defense Battle Xmas
Boxes vs Snake
In-app purchases
Defense Battle Xmas
- 10000 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 35000 Coins$4.99
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- 160000 Coins$19.99
- 320000 Coins$29.99
Boxes vs Snake
No in-app purchases
Questions
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