Midnight Terrors vs Troll Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Midnight Terrors
Defend a child from a nightly onslaught of monsters using an arsenal of toys. Strategically build defenses and upgrade your arsenal to survive wave after wave of creepy creatures and epic boss battles.
- Fortify defenses with a maze of unique towers
- Deploy powerful and unique toy towers
- Survive night after night in new areas
- Battle epic bosses and unique monsters
- Stunning 3D and 2D graphics
- Upgrade or sell your toys
- Collect 25 achievements
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Good Night, Sleep Tight and Don't Let The Barrage of Bedtime Monsters Out Of Your Sight! Don't be mistaken, Midnight Terrors is not your average tower defense game. Get ready to protect a frightened little kid named Casey from an onslaught of creepy night-time nocturnal monsters that hinder Casey from getting any kind of peaceful slumber. But how? With Casey's toys, of course! Whether you use the windup robot that shoots electricity from its arms or the army of toy soldiers who use their plastic rifles – it's up to you to keep the scary monsters from reaching Casey. Get ready to do combat with a creepy-crawly invasion of nightmarish monsters. Your only way to make it to the morning is by using a combination of toys to build a strong defense. Here's what you can expect to encounter as you stay up all night defending Casey: • Fortify Your Defenses – Construct a maze of unique towers and see if you can withstand wave after wave of cute, but creepy enemies. • Powerful and Unique Towers - Choose from a variety of different towers with unique abilities and magical powers. • Survive the Night: Survive night after night in new areas of Casey's house. Reset your defense and prepare for a new wave of terror. • Epic Boss Battles: Battle against weird and menacing bosses and an array of frightfully unique Monsters. • Stunning 3D and 2D Graphics with a unique Art Style. • Upgrade your Toys or Sell them • Share your progress on Facebook and show off how good you are. • 25 achievements to collect
Troll Defense
Defend the middle kingdom from invading trolls by strategically building towers. This epic tower defense game challenges players to stop the evil trolls of Mt. Golash from escaping. Enjoy a free, engaging strategy experience with potential for future improvements based on user feedback.
- Strategic tower building
- Defend against invading trolls
- Epic mobile TD gameplay
- Free to play
- User feedback driven updates
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The evil trolls of Mt. Golash have risen and are threatening to invade the middle kingdom! Will mankind fall? Not on your watch. Build towers and destroy the evil trolls who are trying to escape in this epic tower defense game! Troll Defense is an epic mobile TD game featuring the evil trolls of Mt. Golash. Tower defense games are my favorite genre, and I'd really like to continue improving this game until it is one of the best out there! Please leave me comments and suggestions on what I can do to improve the app, and I will update it as frequently as the users want me to, and add anything you guys want. I want to make this one shine! If you love tower defense and strategy games, go ahead and play Troll Defense! I mean, it's sweet and it's free. What more could you want?
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Midnight Terrors at none against Troll Defense's 1. Midnight Terrors also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). On price, rating, 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. Troll Defense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Midnight Terrors asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Midnight Terrors against 5.0 for Troll Defense. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Midnight Terrors has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Midnight Terrors ships an update every 3 months, Troll Defense every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Midnight Terrors | Troll Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 275 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MassDiGI | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
Midnight Terrors
Troll Defense
In-app purchases
Midnight Terrors
No in-app purchases
Troll Defense
- Advertising Removal$1.99
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