Defense Battle Xmas vs Boulder Jack
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!
Boulder Jack
Embark on a thrilling escape as you guide a pirate away from a pursuing boulder. Navigate diverse environments with dynamic weather and stunning visuals. Challenge friends and utilize unique abilities to survive this reverse running adventure.
- Reverse running gameplay
- Swipe to move controls
- Multiple environments
- HD graphics
- Visual effects
- Friend challenges
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The creators of ‘Catch The Ark’ proudly bring you the App Store’s first REVERSE RUNNER! HELP Jack the pirate escape the massive boulder on his tail! FEATURES - Reverse Running - Swipe to Move - Different Environments and Weather Effects - Beautiful HD Graphics - Amazing Visual Effects - Challenge Your Game Centre and Facebook Friends - Ride Wilbur your Feathered Friend! - Start your adventure today! - This app is Universal with Retina HD Graphics. PLEASE NOTE Boulder Jack is completely free to play. However, some items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your devices settings. Let us know what you would love to see in our next update at : www.playsidestudios.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defense Battle Xmas at 5.0 against Boulder Jack's 4.3. Defense Battle Xmas also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Boulder Jack's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (42 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Boulder Jack sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Defense Battle Xmas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boulder Jack has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Defense Battle Xmas's written reviews are positive against 60% of Boulder Jack's.
Defense Battle Xmas ships an update every 6 months, Boulder Jack every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Defense Battle Xmas | Boulder Jack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Smith | PlaySide |
Customer experience
Defense Battle Xmas
Boulder Jack
Bugs and requests
Defense Battle Xmas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Boulder Jack
Reported bugs
11 issues- Mute button issues
- General glitches
- Game crashes
- Character not responding to gestures
- Lagging on iPhone 4
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- Scrolling too fast after a certain point
- Bugs with free lives/continues
- Game not intuitive on iPad Mini 2
- Game crashes on startup
- Slow performance
- Ads appear in landscape mode when game is portrait
Requested features
12 requests- More characters or outfits
- More power-ups
- More different levels or areas
- Missions or objectives
- Female character option
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- Save game feature
- Sensitivity options for controls
- More areas like snowy mountains
- Co-op feature
- Costumes or skins
- More interactive gameplay
- Brighter colors for obstacles
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
Boulder Jack
- Coin Pack 1$1.99
- Double Coins$4.99
- Coin Pack 2$4.99
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- Coin Pack 3$19.99
- Coin Pack 4$49.99
- Coin Pack 5$99.99
Questions
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