Digfender vs Stealin
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
Stealin
Pilot an advanced tank to recapture territory by dividing the playfield with lines. Avoid enemy soldiers while strategically capturing land and uncovering historical facts about tanks. Engage in a story-driven campaign with unique levels and diverse challenges.
- Capture land with lines
- Pilot advanced tanks
- Engaging game story
- 36 unique levels
- 15+ enemy types
- Historical tank facts
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In Stealin, player must capture a supermajority of the playfield by dividing it with horizontal or vertical lines. While capturing with his tank, it can't be touched by enemy soldiers bouncing from the walls. It's like old good Qix but with tanks! - CAPTURE the land from general Stealin army - DRIVE the most advanced tank - FOLLOW Lieutenant Bradley and Sergeant Jaworski story - SURPRISE yourself how much you didn't know about tanks history Key features: - 36 engaging levels with unique ways to solve, - 15+ various enemy types and land obstacles, - Historical facts about tanks and military, - Engaging game story with Lieutenant Bradley and Sergeant Jaworski, - Simple control with swipe and hold to move, and just swipes to capture Game story A cruel revolutionist named Stealin successfully led rebellion and in just few years, on the peaceful territory that was used to be called Homeland, formed a new country, Stealinstan. The only one standing region is Whiteslope, a small land in the Western part of Homeland, famous from the strongest and toughest men who don't accept the Stealin's authority. With the last savings they smuggled the most advanced tank, which now you, soldier Jaworski, will use to recapture the land and bring back the peace to the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stealin at every 2 months against Digfender's every 4 months. Stealin also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Digfender's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 174) and review sentiment (91% vs 82%). On price, rating, ads 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 Stealin sells 2 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 4.6 for Stealin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digfender has 1K ratings behind it against 174, 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 82% of Stealin's.
Digfender ships an update every 4 months, Stealin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digfender | Stealin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (174 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 174 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 482 MB | 250 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | BINARY BANANA LLC |
Customer experience
Digfender
Stealin
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
Stealin
From 174 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive and unique gameplay
- 💡 Nice facts and dialogue
- 👍 Well-made and engaging
- 🚀 Smooth controls and graphics
- 💡 Reminds of classic games
Room to improve
- ❗ Too many ads
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes (Koalas, time limits)
- 🐛 Game pauses background audio
- 🐛 Bugs and unresponsiveness
- 🐛 Crashing issues
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
Stealin
Reported bugs
8 issues- No way to stop sound during ads
- Game pauses background audio
- Not responding to swipe
- Randomly being spotted by enemy
- Game won't open, shuts down after intro
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- Fake skip button at start
- Retry button says "I'm loading" and never loads
- Return to map button also says "I'm loading" and locks up game
Requested features
4 requests- Allow movement in all directions
- Option to opt out of Koalas and time limits
- A "too dumb" or "slow reflex" mode
- More depth and interesting gameplay
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
Stealin
- Donate$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
