Comparison

Legend vs Zombies vs Tread Shred

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

Head to head
About

Legend vs Zombies

Defend your kingdom against waves of zombies with unique skills. Plan your strategy, recruit allies, and upgrade your defenses to defeat powerful bosses and evil wizards. Enjoy 50 levels of strategic defense gameplay.

Highlights
  • Strategic defense gameplay
  • Recruit and upgrade allies
  • Utilize special abilities
  • Battle unique zombie bosses
  • 50 levels of gameplay
  • Customizable tower upgrades
Features
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Get ready to defend your kingdom against the army of Zombies, Legend vs Zombies features zombies with their own special skills, so you'll need to think fast and plan your strategy ahead of time to combat the forces of darkness. Mission is to hold your ground against the ruthless enemies in war via powerful powers & robust towers! Play as great Legend to defend your empire against hordes of brutal zombies! Perfect your skills and unleash stunning Special Attacks. Recruit allies and build defense to stop the forces of dark demons! Center your attack to defeat powerful bosses. When the dead are rising, Legend must stop them! Take to the Arena in the most action packed slash fighting game. Legend vs Zombies is free to play defense strategic game. Legend vs Zombies is a favorite for all ages, from those who grew up with classic arcade action games. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRATEGIC GAME PLAY: Set up your strategic defenses against hordes of zombies! WORK WITH ALLIES: Get some help from army including archers, warriors with sword, freezer and much more! UPGRADE YOUR ALLIES: Become more powerful by acquiring better weapons, defenses and magical abilities! SPECIAL ABILITIES: Kill chaos of zombie monsters with special power ups of Legend to get out of danger. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game Features: - Experience 50 levels of glorious victories against blood-thirsty zombie apocalypse! - Epic defense battles that will hook you for hours! - Battle with undead including Mortar Zombie boss, Butcher, evil wizards and other nasty zombies each with its own skills - Awesome graphics, great soundtrack - Specialized tower upgrades to customize your strategy! - Build your army with 9+ highly skilled allies for your defense - Exclusive upgrades of hero, allies and power ups to conquer the battle! - Addictive empire Defense Gameplay! Download today to stem a zombie attack and reveal the mystery!

About

Tread Shred

Engage in intense, close-quarters tank combat within walled arenas. Use joystick controls to steer and tap to fire, leveraging cover and strategic movement to outmaneuver and destroy enemy tanks. Earn coins for permanent upgrades to armor, firepower, and speed, and compete for high scores on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Close-quarters tank combat
  • Permanent armor, firepower, and speed upgrades
  • Three difficulty tiers with 40 missions
  • In-game boosts and power-ups
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • iCloud progress backup
  • Haptic feedback and visual effects
Features
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Destroy every hostile. Tread Shred is close-quarters tank combat in walled arenas. Steer with the joystick, tap to fire, and use the walls for cover while you line up your shots. Every enemy tank is hunting you too, so reading the angles and staying on the move matter as much as aim. Each kill lands with a freeze-frame, a fireball and a shake you can feel. Every win makes you stronger Every mission pays out coins, and coins buy permanent upgrades. Thicken your armor until your tank shrugs off eight hits, push your firepower to double damage, and tune your speed half again faster. Each track has ten levels, and every upgrade stays with your tank for good, so the mission that beat you yesterday is the one you shred today. Three tiers, no mercy Forty missions make up the Recruit campaign. Clear them all and Veteran unlocks: the same arenas with tougher, faster enemies and double points for every kill and every cleared mission. Clear Veteran and Elite opens up, where enemies are at their toughest and fastest and every score is tripled. Chase the high score Every enemy destroyed is worth 100 points and every mission cleared is worth 500, multiplied by your tier. Keep a run going to push your high score higher, then see where you rank on the Game Center leaderboard, right from the game. Boost when it counts Gems turn a close call into a win. Revive on the spot with full armor when your tank goes down, redeploy into a failed mission with an extra hit, or arm Overdrive to fire two shots per tap until your tank goes down. Every boost shows you a clip of it in action and tells you its cost before you spend. You start with 100 gems, earn more from progress milestones, and can buy packs of 100, 550 or 1,200. Your progress is safe Upgrades, coins, gems and cleared missions back up to iCloud automatically and come back if you reinstall or switch devices. Features • 40 missions across three difficulty tiers: Recruit, Veteran and Elite • Permanent armor, firepower and speed upgrades, ten levels each • See every boost and upgrade in action before you buy • Freeze-frames, explosions, camera shake and haptics on every kill • Game Center leaderboard and iCloud progress backup • Sound, music, vibration and camera settings • No ads Free to play. Optional in-app purchases: gem packs.

Screenshots

Legend vs Zombies4 screens
Tread Shred4 screens

Verdict

The call

Legend vs Zombies and Tread Shred both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tread Shred's written reviews are positive against 67% of Legend vs Zombies's. Legend vs Zombies's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Legend vs Zombies sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Tread Shred sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tread Shred holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Legend vs Zombies has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Legend vs Zombies's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tread Shred's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Legend vs Zombies ships an update every 2 weeks, Tread Shred monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Legend vs Zombies versus Tread Shred: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLegend vs ZombiesTread Shred
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (29 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB118 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAppOnCraig Glendenning

Customer experience

Legend vs Zombies

All ratings29 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Tread Shred

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Legend vs Zombies

One-time4
  • Value Package$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Super package$2.99
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  • Premium package$5.99
3 purchases

Tread Shred

One-time3
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$4.99
  • 1200 Gems$9.99

Questions

Is Legend vs Zombies free?
Legend vs Zombies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tread Shred free?
Tread Shred is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Legend vs Zombies or Tread Shred?
Tread Shred is rated higher. Legend vs Zombies averages 4.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Tread Shred averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Legend vs Zombies or Tread Shred have ads?
Neither Legend vs Zombies nor Tread Shred shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Legend vs Zombies or Tread Shred?
Legend vs Zombies ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tread Shred monthly. Most recently, Legend vs Zombies was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tread Shred on November 6, 2026.

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