Barcode Knight vs Zombie Tower Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barcode Knight
Embark on an epic adventure by scanning barcodes to enter dungeons and battle monsters. Grow your town, forge powerful items, and customize your hero to become a legendary warrior in a world threatened by evil.
- Scan barcodes to enter dungeons
- Grow and develop your town
- Forge and enchant powerful items
- Customize hero with avatar system
- Fight alongside mercenaries
- Hourly quests and daily dungeons
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The sequel to Barcode Kingdom has finally launched! Teleport to a dungeon by offering a barcode up as a sacrifice to a barcode portal! Let's be a legendary hero of the world! 'Barcodia', the world is made from magic powers, was peaceful and beautiful, but the power of evil hit the world, the land became empty and useless and started infesting with monsters. Barcodians who livelihoods are under threat was decided to hunt monsters for a living. And then one day, they found a portal to a dungeon and built a town around the portal. 'The Barcode town' is one of the town made this way. Could the knight be the a legendary hero of the world in this town? Now it's time to scan a barcode! * FEATURE * 60 different types of monsters The growing town with the Knight Powerful enchanted items Avatar system : Possible to create half a million different hero styles Mercenary system : Fight with a mercenary against monsters Forge system : Upgrade and enchant your items at the Forges Quest system : Provides a quest every hour The Random dungeon : Available to use without a barcode The Gate Of The Other World : The direct gate to the monsters' base The Daily dungeon : Find out The Daily dungeon and Get a huge bonus every day
Zombie Tower Idle
Engage in a zombie-fighting adventure where you tap to shoot and earn money to upgrade weapons. Build the strongest defenses to withstand endless zombie waves. This idle game offers constant action and strategic upgrades.
- Tap to shoot zombies
- Earn money to buy weapons
- Upgrade defenses
- Resist zombie army
- Play anywhere, anytime
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Zombie Tower Idle is to find a way to fight zombies. You can play everywhere ,every time. It is a boring killer game. HOW TO PLAY: 1 - Shooting zombies. 2 - Tap to shooting fast 3 - Kill zombies and get more money 4 - Buy more weapon to defense against zombies Increase your defenses to the strongest and find a way to resist the constant army of zombies If you love the game. Give us your feedback: https://www.facebook.com/tutappgames Please subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HCOnYfcI3YCl_p7B8TtHQ Enjoy your time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barcode Knight at 61% against Zombie Tower Idle's 13%. Barcode Knight also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Zombie Tower Idle's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On 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
Zombie Tower Idle is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Zombie Tower Idle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barcode Knight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zombie Tower Idle has 206 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Barcode Knight's written reviews are positive against 13% of Zombie Tower Idle's.
Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, Zombie Tower Idle every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barcode Knight | Zombie Tower Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better | 4.7 (206 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 206 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Magic Cube | 洁 任 |
Customer experience
Barcode Knight
Zombie Tower Idle
Bugs and requests
Barcode Knight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing on launch
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Glitches with in-app purchases
- Compatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More enemy and dungeon variety
- Improved character customization options
- Multiplayer and social features
- Better optimization and stability
Zombie Tower Idle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Barcode Knight
- 5 AP potions$0.99
- 50 AP potions$4.99
- 150 AP potions$9.99
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- 500 AP potions$19.99
Zombie Tower Idle
- Remove banner ads$2.99
Questions
Is Barcode Knight free?
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