Comparison

Digfender vs Space Pods

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Space Pods

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Digfender4 screens
Space Pods4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Digfender versus Space Pods: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigfenderSpace Pods
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 30 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size482 MB35 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMugshot Games Pty LtdRaffaele 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

11 purchases

Digfender

One-time11
  • 1500 Diamonds$1.99
  • 4000 Diamonds$3.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
Show 8 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Space Pods

One-time1
  • Full version$2.99

Questions

Is Digfender free?
Digfender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Pods free?
Space Pods is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digfender or Space Pods have ads?
Both Digfender and Space Pods show ads.
Which is updated more often, Digfender or Space Pods?
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, and Space Pods every 30 months. Most recently, Digfender was updated on September 22, 2026 and Space Pods on September 19, 2026.

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