Digfender vs Auralux
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
Auralux
Experience a unique real-time strategy game with a focus on relaxation and cerebral challenge. Master strategic choices across 150 levels, featuring ambient music and minimalistic graphics. Engage in planetary warfare with up to four players online.
- 150 unique levels
- Online multiplayer
- Ambient music
- Minimalistic graphics
- tvOS functionality
- Handoff support
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Auralux: Constellations features a slow, graceful feel, easy to learn mechanics and vibrant minimalistic graphics, all pulsing to the rhythm of ambient music. This game is designed to provide a relaxing, cerebral experience yet will challenge even the most experienced RTS fans. Every choice matters, and the only path to victory is through clever strategy. It’s Real-Time Strategy, deconstructed. - 150 unique levels, with a dozen new twists to classic Auralux gameplay - Play on the big screen with tvOS functionality! - Online multiplayer for up to four players to wage planetary war against each other. - New modes and maps including black holes, supernovas and wormholes! - Keep your journey alive with Handoff support on iPad, iPhone and Mac! "Auralux is real-time strategy in its purest form... It's simple. It's elegant. It's slow and engrossing." – Kotaku "Auralux is a success. It distills the real-time-strategy game to its purest form." - The A.V. Club "The later game introduces some very interesting mechanics though, such as black holes, gamma ray bursts, and orbiting planets... There is something for everyone." – Techgage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Auralux at none against Digfender's shown. Auralux also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 1K). 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. Digfender sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Auralux sells 12 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 — 4.7 for Digfender against 4.7 for Auralux. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auralux has 5.2K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Digfender's written reviews are positive against 87% of Auralux's.
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, Auralux every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digfender | Auralux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) | 4.7 (5.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better | 86.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K | 5.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 482 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | War Drum Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Digfender
Auralux
User reviews
Digfender
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
- 🚀 No intrusive ads
- 👍 Meaningful challenge
- 👍 Fun upgrade mechanics
- 👍 Engaging gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional game freezes
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 🐛 Enemies that can destroy towers
Auralux
From 5.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and calming experience
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals and music
- 🕹️ Simple but challenging strategy
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🔒 Locked levels behind paywall
- 🤖 Unfair AI opponents
- 🐛 Progress not saved properly
- 🕹️ Difficulty spikes too high in later levels
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
Auralux
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing issues on certain devices
- Restore purchases not working
- Invisible tutorial messages
Requested features
4 requests- More free levels
- Random map generator
- Multiplayer improvements
- Ability to customize colors
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
Auralux
- Hercules Constellation$0.99
- Lupus Constellation$0.99
- Cygnus Constellation$1.99
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- Virgo Constellation$1.99
- Cetus Constellation$1.99
- Monoceros Constellation$1.99
- Leo Constellation$1.99
- Andromeda Constellation$1.99
- Phoenix Constellation$1.99
- Perseus Constellation$1.99
- Bootes Constellation$1.99
- All Constellations$9.99
Questions
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