Hoplite vs RPD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoplite
Engage in challenging turn-based tactical combat on small maps. Strategize your moves carefully to overcome procedurally generated levels and unlock upgrades. Compete with friends on leaderboards and test your skills in daily challenges.
- Turn-based tactical movement
- Procedurally generated levels
- Quest mode with upgrades
- Challenge mode with daily challenges
- Leaderboard rankings
- Hard but fair gameplay
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"Blanket recommendation for this one." - Pocket Tactics (5 stars) "It's very simple to learn, but there's a huge amount of depth to the game" - Touch Arcade (5 stars) Hoplite is a turn-based strategy game focusing on tactical movement around small maps. This game is designed to be hard, yet fair. You'll need to think before you act if you hope to win. Every move counts! Quest Mode: • Make strategical choices to upgrade your abilities as you dive deeper into the underworld. • Earn achievements and unlock access to new upgrades. • Procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play. • Challenge your friends and see how you rank on the leaderboard. Challenge mode: • Jump straight into the action with a randomized set of upgrades. • Try to beat the daily challenge or play predetermined challenges at two difficulty levels.
RPD
A pixel art tower defense game where you combine shapes to level up your defenses and defeat waves of enemies. Test your luck and strategy to survive and earn rewards.
- Combine shapes to level up
- Defeat enemies for gold
- Upgrade defense colors
- Receive round breakthrough rewards
- Strategic placement of defenses
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A mobile sequel from the creators of StarCraft's popular Use Map Random Pyramid Defense has been released! Test your luck and judgment! ▶ Combine 3 same shapes to level up! ▶ Defeat enemies and get gold. If there are more than 80 enemies, you are defeated! ▶ Choose one color, and Upgrade it! ▶ Change other colors to upgraded colors. Only 2-level shapes can be changed! ▶ Whenever you break through a certain round, you will receive a reward! ● How to play Level up shapes: touch and drag to overlap 3 identical shapes Defeat Enemies: Automatically attack by dragging a shape to place an enemy within the attack range Change Color: Touch a 2-level shape and press the Change button Developer site: https://tjdgusshdwkd.blogspot.com Developer email: tjdgusshdwkd@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RPD at Free against Hoplite's $3.99. RPD also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hoplite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
RPD is free to download; Hoplite costs $3.99 up front. RPD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Hoplite asks for nothing beyond the download.
RPD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoplite has 787 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Hoplite's written reviews are positive against 80% of RPD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, RPD every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoplite | RPD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (787 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews — better | 79.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 787 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #57 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Cowley | Sunghyun Park |
Customer experience
Hoplite
RPD
Bugs and requests
Hoplite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch with certain OS versions
- Agility upgrade not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes or levels
- Customization options for the character
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to start at higher levels
RPD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoplite
No in-app purchases
RPD
- RPD 3x Speed$0.49
- RPD Remove Ads$0.49
- RPD Skip Button$0.99
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