Digfender vs BeatTheGeek Tower Defense
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
BeatTheGeek Tower Defense
Engage in thrilling tower defense battles on hundreds of unique maps. Compete in global tournaments, build towers anywhere to create strategic mazes, and outwit opponents to become the ultimate champion.
- Hundreds of unique maps
- Global player tournaments
- Build towers anywhere
- Create complex mazes
- Strategic gameplay
- New challenges and rewards
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Are you ready to become the ultimate Tower Defense champion? Step up and compete in BeatTheGeek Tower Defense, the most thrilling Tower Defense game in the app stores! With hundreds of unique maps to choose from, you'll never get bored. Join new tournaments every few hours and test your skills against other players from around the world. Show off your strategic mastery and prove that you're the best of the best. But what makes BeatTheGeek Tower Defense truly unique is that you can build towers anywhere on the map. Create complex mazes and lead your enemies to their doom. With endless tower placement options, the possibilities for strategy are endless. Each tournament is a new adventure, with new challenges and rewards waiting for you. Will you rise to the top and claim the grand prize? Don't miss out on the Tower Defense game everyone is talking about. Download BeatTheGeek Tower Defense now and dominate the competition!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BeatTheGeek Tower Defense at none against Digfender's shown. BeatTheGeek Tower Defense also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Digfender's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Digfender sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and BeatTheGeek Tower Defense sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BeatTheGeek Tower Defense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digfender has 1K ratings behind it against 7, 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 96% of BeatTheGeek Tower Defense's.
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, BeatTheGeek Tower Defense every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digfender | BeatTheGeek Tower Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 482 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | Ryan Ritten |
Customer experience
Digfender
BeatTheGeek Tower Defense
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
BeatTheGeek Tower Defense
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
BeatTheGeek Tower Defense
- 90 Gems$3.99
- 15 Day Gift Bundle$3.99
- 240 Gems$9.99
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- 500 Gems$19.99
- 6 Month Gift Bundle$35.99
- 1320 Gems$49.99
- 2800 Gems$99.99
Questions
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