Flockers vs DEAD 2048
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flockers
Guide a flock of sheep through perilous levels filled with deadly traps and diabolical machinery. Utilize their unique abilities to overcome obstacles and escape their former masters. Collect wool to unlock a variety of themed sheep skins and compete with friends.
- Guide sheep through 60 deadly levels
- Sheep have unique abilities like wall climbing and exploding
- Unlock 18 different sheep skins
- Facebook connectivity for friend progress tracking
- Game Center support with 20 achievements
- Pause time for strategic planning
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New from the creators of Worms, comes Flockers, a game splattered full of dark humour. Sick of being used as Weapons in the Worms' endless battles, the Sheep decide to make a break for it. Save the Sheep by guiding them through crushers, giant buzz-saws, deep pits full of spikes and giant swinging meat cleavers. Help them escape their diabolical masters, or leave them to the Worms' diabolical traps and watch their insides explode all over the place. Like, everywhere. Key Features: · Save the sheep by guiding them through 60 deadly levels. · The sheep in Flockers are very talented. They’re able to fly up walls, jump over buzz saws & deadly drops as well as explode to destroy machinery clearing a path for their sheep friends. · There are 18 different looking sheep that you can earn from the rewards screen using wool you collect along the way. Before long, you could be saving zombie, robot, pirate and even skeleton sheep. · Facebook connectivity allowing you to see your friends progress on the map screen. As well as this, you can see their top scores. · Flockers supports Game Center, and has 20 achievements for your sheep to ‘achieve’. · Losing too many sheep? You can pause time on any level to strategically plan your next move.
DEAD 2048
This game merges 2048 puzzle mechanics with tower defense strategy. Players swipe to merge defense towers, fend off zombie waves, and build a biology lab to save the world. It offers a unique challenge for fans of puzzles, defense games, and zombie themes.
- 2048 puzzle merging mechanics
- Tower defense strategy
- Zombie wave survival
- Build and upgrade defense towers
- Unlock Biology Laboratory to win
- Playable offline
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2048 is no longer just a puzzle. It is humanity’s last defense. DEAD 2048 combines addictive merge gameplay with zombie tower defense in a fast-paced survival strategy experience. Swipe and merge towers to create stronger defenses. Hold the road against endless zombie waves. Build powerful weapons. Survive long enough to construct the final Biology Laboratory — humanity’s final hope. Every move matters. A small turret becomes a defense line. A defense line becomes a fortress. One mistake can let the undead break through. ■■ FEATURES ■■ • A unique fusion of 2048 puzzle and zombie tower defense • Merge towers to evolve stronger weapons • Endless zombie waves that pressure every decision • Satisfying combo progression and defense building • Campaign stages, missions, upgrades, and powerful items • Easy to learn, difficult to master • Offline play anytime • Game Center leaderboards and achievements Merge fast. Think ahead. Hold the line. Can you build the final laboratory before the world falls?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flockers at none against DEAD 2048's shown. Flockers also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). DEAD 2048's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 14). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Flockers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and DEAD 2048 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Flockers against 4.0 for DEAD 2048. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEAD 2048 has 82 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Flockers's written reviews are positive against 61% of DEAD 2048's.
Flockers ships an update every 2 months, DEAD 2048 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flockers | DEAD 2048 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (82 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | 60.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 529 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Team17 Digital Limited | Cogoo Inc. |
Customer experience
Flockers
DEAD 2048
Bugs and requests
Flockers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DEAD 2048
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game crashes frequently, especially during ads
- Game progress resets unexpectedly
- Ads still appear after purchasing ad remover
- Game freezes or becomes unresponsive
- Zombies sometimes move backward or don't spawn correctly
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- Damage not registering on zombies
- App crashes after watching ads
- Town information reset after updates
Requested features
7 requests- Add an undo feature
- More tutorial guidance
- More stages/content
- Improve ad-removal effectiveness
- Fix bugs related to progress loss
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- Improve graphics
- Add a guide for tower numbers in missions
In-app purchases
Flockers
- Bag O' Wool$0.99
- Chests O' Wool$1.99
- Wool Factory$3.99
DEAD 2048
- Undo Package 1$1.99
- Constructor Package 1$1.99
- Cleaner x3$1.99
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- AD Cleaner$1.99
- Undo Package 2$4.99
- Constructor Package 2$4.99
- Cleaner x20$4.99
- Vaccine Package 2$4.99
- Special Package 1$9.99
- Special Package 2$19.99









