Comparison

Fantasy Defense Quest vs Cats' Short Steps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fantasy Defense Quest

Defend your castle from invading Orcs, Dragons, and other magical creatures in this addictive tower defense game. Strategize your defenses with a variety of towers, upgrade them, and build mazes to stop the enemy horde. Earn more gold coins faster by playing on higher difficulties.

Highlights
  • Strategic tower placement
  • Tower upgrades
  • Maze building
  • Variety of enemy types
  • Multiple tower types
  • Difficulty-based coin bonuses
Features
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Fantasy Defense Quest is a fun and addicting Tower Defense game in a world of magic and sorcery. The world is in danger! The Orcs are invading us, Dragons, Goblins and Ogres are on their side! You are the world's last hope... Stop them before they take your castle! Plan your defense using magic, arrows and ancient technologies. Plant towers, upgrade them, build mazes. Be creative and do everything you can to save the world from the Orc Invasion! The ennemies: - Goblin Fodders: weak warriors with weak armors - Orc Warriors: stronger warriors with armors - Orc Chieftains: provides additional armor to surrounding units - Orc Necromancers: revives other dead units - Orc Battlemage: resistant to magic - Ogre Maulers: heavy armor, hard to kill! - Blue Dragons: young and inexperienced but you should still fear their flames - Black Dragons: thinking ninja but flying and throwing flames, watch out! - Red Dragons: On the way to excellence the red dragon will give you a real hard time... - Gold Dragons: heavy and aggressive, they are the proud of the Dragon army! - Goblin Flying Contraption: Who said a little goblin can not be the most dreadful enemy? Your weapons: Archer Tower: long range, fast shooting, targets air and land Frost Tower: slows down units - air and land, low damage, area of effect. Flame Tower: magical effect, Area of Effect splash damage. Targets air and land Siege Tower: massive damage, armor piercing, ground only, short range. Dragon Tower: massive damage to air units only, no damage to ground. Want to EARN MORE GOLD COINS FASTER? Play in Medium and get 2x coins or plain in Hard and get 4x coins Have fun playing :) Say Hi, Like us and follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FantasyDefenseQuest

About

Cats' Short Steps

Features
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Help the cat go up and reach the goal!
 You can create new cats and play with your favorite ones! ~Controls~ 1. In the game, tap and hold the direction you want the cat to jump. 2. Release your finger at the right moment to jump. 3. Avoid falling off the foothold and jump as many as possible to reach the goal! ~Others~ ・There are 6 stages in total. ・You can acquire fish by clearing stages. ・When synthesizing cats, the colors of the produced cat can be slightly adjusted by using fish.

Screenshots

Fantasy Defense Quest4 screens
Cats' Short Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fantasy Defense Quest at fortnightly against Cats' Short Steps's every 3 months. Fantasy Defense Quest also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Fantasy Defense Quest sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Cats' Short Steps sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantasy Defense Quest ships an update fortnightly, Cats' Short Steps every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fantasy Defense Quest versus Cats' Short Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantasy Defense QuestCats' Short Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe DelhazeBapple Tech

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Fantasy Defense Quest

One-time7
  • Mini Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads Forever$1.99
  • Small Pack$4.99
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  • Medium Pack$9.99
  • Large Pack$19.99
  • Jumbo Pack$39.99
  • Epic Pack$99.99
6 purchases

Cats' Short Steps

One-time6
  • Red Fish$0.99
  • Blue Fish$0.99
  • Green Fish$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Light Fish$0.99
  • Dark Fish$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Fantasy Defense Quest free?
Fantasy Defense Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cats' Short Steps free?
Cats' Short Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fantasy Defense Quest or Cats' Short Steps have ads?
Both Fantasy Defense Quest and Cats' Short Steps show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantasy Defense Quest or Cats' Short Steps?
Fantasy Defense Quest ships an update fortnightly, and Cats' Short Steps every 3 months. Most recently, Fantasy Defense Quest was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cats' Short Steps on October 25, 2026.

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