Comparison

Beach Defender vs PPKP

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

Head to head
About

Beach Defender

Defend your beach from waves of sea creatures with simple one-touch controls. Collect creatures, climb leaderboards, and enjoy retro pixel art and sound. Play anywhere, even offline.

Highlights
  • One-touch controls
  • Offline play
  • Creature hunting and ranking
  • Leaderboard
  • Retro screen themes
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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Defend the beach with one tap, even offline. Hunt every sea creature, climb the ranking and switch between retro screen styles. Waves of octopuses, sea urchins, jellyfish, crabs and turtles come out of the sea. Hold your wooden palisade: every plank you lose opens the way for the next enemy. FEATURES • One-touch controls: easy to learn, hard to master • Works offline, play anywhere • Hunt log: collect every creature and earn new ranks • Leaderboard: climb the ranking and beat your friends' scores • Retro screen themes with handcrafted pixel art and 8-bit sound • Haptic feedback • Optional "Remove Ads" purchase

About

PPKP

Become a hero and rebuild a city under attack by monsters. Smash cars for materials, train in martial arts, and upgrade your abilities in the lab to defeat your foes and restore order.

Highlights
  • Smash cars for building materials
  • Replenish strength and boost combos
  • Learn martial arts and upgrade dojo
  • Acquire power-ups and special goggles
  • Receive hints from city inhabitants
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Suddenly the Monster Corps attacks and breaks the city. Be the hero who will revive the city while taking down monsters. - Scrapyard Get building materials by smashing old cars to pieces. - Restaurant Replenish your strength and boost your combo powers while gaining needed experience to level up. Don't worry about losing some fights; the restaurant is always open to satisfy your appetite. So go out and challenge those monsters again and again. - Dojo Ancient scrolls of martial arts are available for you to learn. Learning more martial arts allows you to upgrade the dojo and learn much more. Don't forget to check the hidden room for the forbidden techniques. - Laboratory Do you want upgrades? The laboratory has them. From special goggles that let's you see the monsters weaknesses, to power ups that will make you the best monster hunter, the laboratory has them all. Some power ups will gain experience if equipped at your house. - People Tapping on people in the city will give you some nice hints. Animals also deserve some of your tender taps.

Screenshots

Beach Defender4 screens
PPKP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PPKP at 95% against Beach Defender's 43%. PPKP also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (23K vs 34). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Beach Defender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PPKP sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PPKP holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPKP has 23K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Beach Defender's written reviews are positive against 95% of PPKP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beach Defender ships an update every 2 weeks, PPKP monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beach Defender versus PPKP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeach DefenderPPKP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (34 ratings)4.9 (23K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3423K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB44 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFlorian BrochardSHIMADA TOSHIHIRO

Customer experience

Beach Defender

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

PPKP

All ratings23,324 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews1,465 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.1%

Bugs and requests

Beach Defender

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PPKP

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional button/control responsiveness issues
  • Game freezing/crashing on certain levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • More ways to earn premium currency
  • Ability to save/restore progress across devices
  • Additional gameplay modes (boss rush, multiplayer, etc.)
  • More customization options for the protagonist

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beach Defender

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
3 purchases

PPKP

One-time3
  • 100Gem$0.99
  • 600Gem$4.99
  • 6000Gem$40.99

Questions

Is Beach Defender free?
Beach Defender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PPKP free?
PPKP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beach Defender or PPKP?
PPKP is rated higher. Beach Defender averages 4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while PPKP averages 4.9 from 23K ratings.
Do Beach Defender or PPKP have ads?
Both Beach Defender and PPKP show ads.
Which is updated more often, Beach Defender or PPKP?
Beach Defender ships an update every 2 weeks, and PPKP monthly. Most recently, Beach Defender was updated on November 11, 2026 and PPKP on November 9, 2026.

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