Comparison

Digfender vs Tower Maze Defense

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

Tower Maze Defense

Build strategic tower mazes to defend against waves of enemies in this unique tower defense game. Explore an old-school setting with trippy music, upgrade towers, and utilize shaman powers. Choose from three difficulty modes to enjoy the story or test your strategic limits.

Highlights
  • Build towers anywhere
  • Upgrade and delete towers
  • Utilize shaman powers
  • Face 60 waves of enemies
  • Three game modes (Easy, Normal, Extreme)
  • Mega Attacks for area damage
Features
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Build towers anywhere in this tower defense game to damage and block incoming waves of evil enemies. Surprisingly, those enemies look like yourself. Discover where they came from in an old-school setting with trippy music as you move from wave to wave unlike in any other tower defense game you have played. You can delete, upgrade, and chose different types of towers to make the most optimal play. Most towers rely on the powers of the shaman who guides you through the game. You have a fixed 60 waves to go through. Make sure to rebuild your tower defenses to best fit the current wave. Once you beat the final monster terrorizing the village, you will have a choice to make. Chose wisely, Defender! Three modes are available: - Easy: casually finish the game, and enjoy the story line. - Normal: some challenge towards the end. Learn tips for extreme mode. - Extreme: learn the full power of mazes to beat the game. No mega attack required to finish it. Mega Attacks are in this td game because they are fun; experience the full power of the shaman and damage all enemies on the board.

Screenshots

Digfender4 screens
Tower Maze Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tower Maze Defense at every 5 days against Digfender's every 4 months. Digfender's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 64%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Tower Maze Defense sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digfender has 1K ratings behind it against 149, 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 64% of Tower Maze Defense's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digfender ships an update every 4 months, Tower Maze Defense every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digfender versus Tower Maze Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigfenderTower Maze Defense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.4 (149 ratings)
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better149
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size482 MB102 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMugshot Games Pty LtdPaperboi data management, llc

Customer experience

Digfender

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

Tower Maze Defense

All ratings143 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative24.0%

User reviews

Digfender

From 1K App Store ratings

What 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

Tower Maze Defense

From 149 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Old-school TD fun
  • 👍 Challenging gameplay
  • 👍 Addictive and entertaining
  • 👍 Great strategy game
  • 👍 Good art and gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy lightning tower
  • 🐛 Shop resets frequently
  • 🐛 Endless mode formatting issues
  • 🐛 Cannot see entire map in endless mode
  • 🐛 Limited story runs

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

Tower Maze Defense

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Lightning tower only hits land
  • Shop resets after reopening app or playing endless
  • Endless mode formatting is incorrect
  • Cannot see entire map in endless mode
  • Cannot build on top row in endless mode on iPhone 15
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  • UI elements obstruct tower placement in endless mode

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix lightning tower bug
  • Add more tower types for air attacks
  • Add a rank-up system with points
  • Improve endless mode formatting
  • Increase map space
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  • Add infinite play mode
  • Add different boards with themed enemies
  • Allow disabling air attackers
  • Add time-speed controls (1/2x, 1x, 2x)

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Digfender

One-time11
  • 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
8 purchases

Tower Maze Defense

One-time8
  • Mega Attack$0.99
  • Tesla Tower$0.99
  • Poison Tower$0.99
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  • Vortex Tower$0.99
  • Start at wave 17$1.99
  • 5000 Skull Coins$2.99
  • Mega Attacks X 10$8.99
  • Full Game - no ads$9.99

Questions

Is Digfender free?
Digfender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tower Maze Defense free?
Tower Maze Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digfender or Tower Maze Defense?
Digfender is rated higher. Digfender averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Tower Maze Defense averages 4.4 from 149 ratings.
Do Digfender or Tower Maze Defense have ads?
Both Digfender and Tower Maze Defense show ads.
Which is updated more often, Digfender or Tower Maze Defense?
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, and Tower Maze Defense every 5 days. Most recently, Digfender was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tower Maze Defense on October 21, 2026.

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