Tactical War vs TrickMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tactical War
Engage in a challenging tower defense experience where strategic planning is crucial to protect your base. Utilize special towers, unique abilities, and environmental destruction to overcome enemy hordes across 20 balanced levels. This game demands careful thought and decisive action to succeed.
- Special "gray" art style
- 5 upgradeable tower types
- Teleport and mine abilities
- Destroy landscape objects
- 20 balanced levels
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Test your tactical skills in classic challenging tower defense game! This game does not forgive mistakes, so plan each step carefully and protect your base from hordes of enemies. Features: 1. The special "gray" style dilutes your colorful monotony =) 2. 5 kinds of special towers with great upgrade possibilities 3. Special abilities "teleport" and "mine" help you in tricky situations 4. The ability to destroy objects of the landscape to place more towers 5. 20 perfectly balanced levels Think and act!
TrickMate
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TrickMate is real chess with one addition: a deck of 50 Tricks that bend the rules. Swap two of your own pieces. Move a pawn twice. Bring a captured piece back from the graveyard. Your opponent can see it coming - and if they are holding a Cancel, they can stop it dead. Nearly every Trick is restricted, so the deck rarely lands the finishing blow on its own. It buys you a tempo, an escape, a second chance. The chess still has to be good. - Real chess underneath, fully validated on the server - 50 Tricks across 15 types, drawn as you play them - Play several games at once, a move a day or all in one sitting - Get told when it is your move, even with the app closed - Sign in with a phone number to keep your games on every device - Ratings, rankings, and your record against every opponent - Nudge an opponent who is holding things up, or concede gracefully - Free, no ads Signing in is optional. Your phone number is stored as a one-way hash and is used only to recognise you across your own devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrickMate at none against Tactical War's 5. TrickMate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tactical War sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. TrickMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tactical War ships an update every 3 months, TrickMate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tactical War | TrickMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 371 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binary Punch s.r.o. | FlrtAlert |
Bugs and requests
Tactical War
Reported bugs
2 issues- Level 20 crashing on wave 10
- Difficulty in placing towers in certain areas due to UI elements
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Endless/survival mode
- More tower/weapon variety
- Ability to reuse purchased upgrades across levels
TrickMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tactical War
- 1500 Money Pack$0.99
- No ads$0.99
- 3500 Money Pack$1.99
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- 5500 Money Pack$2.99
- 12500 Money Pack$5.99
TrickMate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tactical War free?
Is TrickMate free?
Do Tactical War or TrickMate have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tactical War or TrickMate?
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