Digfender vs Space Pods
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digfender
Defend your castle by digging deep underground to find resources and build powerful towers and traps. Customize your defenses through upgrade trees and challenge friends in survival mode. Enjoy a unique tower defense experience with no paywalls or wait timers.
- Digging for treasure and relics
- Building towers and traps
- Customizable defense upgrades
- Survival mode with leaderboards
- Over 70 challenging levels
- No paywalls or wait timers
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"Digfender is easily one of the best tower defense games I've played in a long time" - TOUCH ARCADE "There's a million tower defense games but only one like this" - GAMERANX Beneath your castle an enemy lies waiting. Grab your shovel and prepare your defenses! Dig deep into the ground and find valuable treasures and ancient relics to help you on your mission. Then use your loot to build powerful towers, set clever traps and unleash spectacular magic on your enemies. FEATURES - Over 70 challenging levels - 5 upgrade trees to customize your defenses - Survival mode - challenge your friends to beat your high score - Leaderboards and achievements - No paywalls or wait timers - Digging. Everyone loves digging Terms of service: http://www.mugshotgames.com/terms
Space Pods
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Space Pods is an arcade / space invaders / strategic / survival game, similar to a tower defense style game but with some original features and 80s style graphics. The goal of the game is to defeat all enemies in each world before your base is destroyed. To defeat all enemies for a world you must survive to all enemies waves, you must find the best strategy to win. There are a lot of enemies, weapons, defensive systems and extra bonuses. Build and increase the power of your pods to rule all the worlds. The space wars are about to begin... can you survive to all enemies waves? Download now the app and have fun !!! The full version is ad-free, have all the worlds and enemies unlocked and come with more than 300 levels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Digfender at every 4 months against Space Pods's every 30 months. Space Pods's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Digfender sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Space Pods sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, Space Pods every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digfender | Space Pods |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 482 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | Raffaele Amuso |
Bugs and requests
Digfender
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- UI elements not visible on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Custom level creator
- Endless mode without tower-destroying enemies
- Target priority options for towers
Space Pods
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digfender
- 1500 Diamonds$1.99
- 4000 Diamonds$3.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Special Offer 1$4.99
- Jeweler's Cart$5.99
- 10000 Diamonds$7.99
- Dwarven Stronghold$7.99
- Dark Fortress$7.99
- Ice Palace$7.99
- Special Offer 2$14.99
- 30000 Diamonds$19.99
Space Pods
- Full version$2.99
Questions
Is Digfender free?
Is Space Pods free?
Do Digfender or Space Pods have ads?
Which is updated more often, Digfender or Space Pods?
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