Comparison

Digfender vs Jade Order

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

Jade Order

Step into the role of an ancient warrior tasked with restoring balance to a secluded land. Light beacons, cast powerful blessings, and solve over 50 strategic puzzles to cleanse the land from a devastating plague.

Highlights
  • Restore power balance
  • Light sealed beacons
  • Solve 50+ puzzles
  • Cast 4 lightning-based blessings
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Traverse ancient ruins
Features
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Return from exile and restore the power balance of a secluded land. Play as an ancient warrior that has been tasked to light the sealed beacons of its millenary Order. Avoid the impending doom and complete 50 different puzzles as you aid the Jade Goddess cleanse the land from the cursed flames of the plague. Learn and cast 4 different blessings, powerful lightning-based skills granted by the Sacred Spark of the Goddess, each with a specific use to overcome different types of hurdles and defeat the forces of the Ashen Plague. Each puzzle will pose extra challenges. Use strategy and intuition to complete them at your own pace. The cry for help has been heard. Do you have what it takes to bring peace to the land while traversing the old ruins of the forgotten Jade Order?

Screenshots

Digfender4 screens
Jade Order4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Digfender at 91% against Jade Order's 25%. Digfender also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 15) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Jade Order's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Digfender sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Jade Order sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Digfender holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digfender has 1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Digfender's written reviews are positive against 25% of Jade Order's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digfender ships an update every 4 months, Jade Order every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Digfender versus Jade Order: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigfenderJade Order
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.5 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size482 MB261 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMugshot Games Pty LtdGonzalo Rodriguez del Cid

Customer experience

Digfender

All ratings1,002 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews256 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative2.3%

Jade Order

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Jade Order

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

Jade Order

One-time1
  • Full Game$0.99

Questions

Is Digfender free?
Digfender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jade Order free?
Jade Order is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digfender or Jade Order?
Digfender is rated higher. Digfender averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Jade Order averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do Digfender or Jade Order have ads?
Digfender shows ads; Jade Order does not.
Which is updated more often, Digfender or Jade Order?
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, and Jade Order every 2 weeks. Most recently, Digfender was updated on October 14, 2026 and Jade Order on October 11, 2026.

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