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Bloons TD Battles vs Bloons TD 5

Bloons TD Battles 4.8★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Bloons TD 5
Bloons TD 5 4.8★ · $2.99 70

Bloons TD 5 is the better choice for a reliable, classic tower defense experience, despite its co-op issues, while Bloons TD Battles is plagued by matchmaking problems, hackers, and ads.

Full reviews: Bloons TD Battles · Bloons TD 5

Bloons TD 5 offers a nostalgic and challenging single-player experience with a one-time purchase, though its co-op mode is frequently reported as broken. Bloons TD Battles, a free-to-play PvP game, suffers from severe issues with matchmaking, rampant cheating, and intrusive ads, making it a frustrating experience for many players.

Head to head

Features edge: Bloons TD 5R2R3R5R17
Bloons TD Battles Bloons TD Battles offers a player-versus-player (PvP) experience where users send bloons to opponents, which some find addictive and fun R2. However, many users express frustration with the core mechanic of sending blimps and bloons, wishing for a 'no rushing' mode or a delay in when blimps can be sent R3R17. There are also requests for social features like adding friends R5.
Bloons TD 5 Bloons TD 5 is praised for its classic tower defense gameplay, offering a challenging and nostalgic experience with a variety of maps and towers . Users appreciate the amount of content for its $2.99 price R74R99. The game also includes a co-op mode, which is a significant feature, though it is frequently reported as non-functional R71R76.
Ease of Use / Player Experience edge: Bloons TD 5R7R18R21R22
Bloons TD Battles Many players find Bloons TD Battles frustrating due to extremely long loading and matching times R7. New players face significant difficulty as they are often matched against highly experienced opponents with maxed-out towers and many medallions, leading to an unfair and unenjoyable experience R18R21R22.
Bloons TD 5 Bloons TD 5 generally offers a straightforward and enjoyable single-player experience, with many users finding it easy to pick up and play . Some users note that the game can be challenging, which they appreciate . However, a recurring issue is the inability to restore purchases or saved data, which can lead to frustration for players R92.
Reliability tieR9R10R12R13
Bloons TD Battles Bloons TD Battles is heavily criticized for numerous reliability issues, including frequent glitches, lag, and crashes, especially in high-level arenas R10R16. Players report that buttons stop working during battles and accounts can be reset unexpectedly R10R12. The game also has significant problems with hackers and cheaters, who are reported to boost HP or use unlimited abilities, making the game unfair R9R13.
Bloons TD 5 Bloons TD 5 faces significant reliability problems primarily with its co-op mode, which frequently disconnects or fails to connect players, rendering it unplayable for many R71R76R78. Some users also report sound issues where music stops playing after a few seconds and occasional crashes on startup .
Price/Value edge: Bloons TD 5R1R4R30R33
Bloons TD Battles Bloons TD Battles is a free-to-play game with in-app purchases (IAP), but many users feel it is 'pay to win' and that new players are at a disadvantage against those who have spent money R33R58. The game is heavily criticized for intrusive and unskippable ads, which appear frequently and disrupt gameplay R1R4R30R42. Some users also report issues with ads looping or not providing promised rewards .
Bloons TD 5 Bloons TD 5 is a paid app at $2.99, which many users consider a good value for the amount of content and enjoyment it provides R74R99. Users appreciate that it is a one-time purchase without ads or a 'pay to win' structure R113. However, some users express disappointment that the game is not free and a few criticize it as a 'microtransaction ripoff' , though this is a minority opinion.
Support tieR13R16R76R92
Bloons TD Battles Users of Bloons TD Battles report that support is unhelpful, especially regarding glitches, lag, and crashes R16. There are also complaints that reporting hackers does not lead to any action R13.
Bloons TD 5 Reviews for Bloons TD 5 do not frequently mention direct interactions with support. However, the persistent and unaddressed issues with co-op mode R76 and data loss R92 suggest that these problems are not being effectively resolved by the developers.
Pick Bloons TD Battles if

You are looking for a free-to-play, competitive player-versus-player (PvP) tower defense game and are willing to tolerate frequent ads, potential matchmaking imbalances, and the presence of hackers R2.

Pick Bloons TD 5 if

You prefer a classic, single-player tower defense experience with a one-time purchase of $2.99 and appreciate challenging gameplay and nostalgic value R74.

Evidence note: Bloons TD Battles, being free, attracts a broader user base, including many who are frustrated by free-tier limitations like ads and 'pay-to-win' mechanics. Bloons TD 5, as a paid app, likely has a self-selected user base more satisfied with the core game, but its co-op issues are a significant and consistent complaint.

Frequently asked

Is Bloons TD Battles pay-to-win?
Yes, many users report that Bloons TD Battles is 'pay to win,' with new players struggling against opponents who have better upgrades and towers, making it difficult to progress without spending money R33R58.
Does Bloons TD 5 have co-op multiplayer?
Bloons TD 5 does have a co-op multiplayer mode, but numerous reviews indicate that it is frequently broken, with players experiencing constant disconnections and an inability to connect with friends R71R76R78R86.
Are there many ads in Bloons TD Battles?
Yes, Bloons TD Battles is heavily criticized for having too many unskippable ads, which appear frequently (sometimes every one or two games) and disrupt gameplay R1R4R30R42.
Is Bloons TD 5 worth the $2.99 price?
Many users believe Bloons TD 5 is well worth its $2.99 price, citing the amount of content, nostalgic value, and fun gameplay it provides without intrusive ads R74R99R113.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Bloons TD Battles 5/5 · US The best game btw: This game is rlly addictive and I love it I love alot of games but this game takes it all!
  2. [R3] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · US Good game but: Good game but I wish they added a game mode for no rushing. I get there's the defense round, but you make less and it's insanely hard to build up income. But for this of us who want long games and send a couple easy balloons to the other player to raise our income but not get a salted wounds or quick shot loss.
  3. [R5] Bloons TD Battles 5/5 · US Friends: You guys should have like friends and like you’re able to make friends and friend people
  4. [R17] Bloons TD Battles 5/5 · US Love the game: All great I think there should be a way to vote between players to not allow the buying and sending blooms at your enemy. I get the concept but sometimes I just want to be in a match till the end not because dudes will be sending hot air balloons none stop. It ruins the fun then I got play their game an$ return the favor it just shortens the match. Not fun at times.
  5. [R7] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US If you want to stare at their loading screen instead of playing games, this is the perfect app: This app is a joke. You spend 30 mins hoping from game to game just hoping to find a match and then when you finally do they quit and it’s back to 30 mins of starting at the loading screen. If you want to waste an hour waiting to MAYBE play a game, this is a great app to use to waste your time.
  6. [R18] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · US Balance the game: The game i good and all but the match making is trash like you could have 50 medals and go agaist someone with 2.5m like if it was more balance a fair match ups i would play the game more and if the game did atual updates
  7. [R21] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · US Rigged: Need to have it where people over a certain medallion can’t do a certian arena I’m newish and going against people with maxed towers and over 90,000 medallions on the first arena.
  8. [R22] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US Horrible: As a new player it’s so hard to win bc everyone is so overpowered. It’s just not fun at all.
  9. [R9] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · US Great game but lots of cheating: I’m not sure if there is a system in place to prevent cheating in the app but I keep running into players who consistently cheat/hack which makes the game unfun and undesirable to play. Last game I played, the opponent boosted his HP To over 1k when we are supposed to have 150. Several moabs got past him and he was gaining health instead of losing HP. Doesn’t make
  10. [R10] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US Too Many Glitches: Once you reach a very high level, Glitches start showing up making you loose and the opposer win. Im not sure if theyre hacking the game or a virus they use to make the game glitch in the middle of the battle and instantly my buttons dont work not letting me fight back.
  11. [R12] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · US Why did it restart my account?!!!!!😥😥😥: Why did my account get reset I had such good stuff all the monkeys full upgrades and I love this game, but I may not play it again if It’s do, this. I really want my account back. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
  12. [R13] Bloons TD Battles 2/5 · US Hackers galore: Game has hackers all over the place you report to Ninja Kiwi and nothing gets done. Fun game and addictive but also really frustrating
  13. [R1] Bloons TD Battles 2/5 · US Rigged: The entire system is rigged. The game is who can get to the red MOAB Bloons. The thing is you can place the banana farms at the exact same time as the other player and make the exact same upgrades and they will always produce faster. Meaning it’s literally rigged and they have you playing with bots. They make it seem like you’re playing with people so they force Wi-Fi so you can’t skip the
  14. [R4] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US Can’t skip: They make you watch ads you can’t skip
  15. [R30] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · GB Ads: Pls less ads maybe one every 30 minutes and make the wheel more better
  16. [R33] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · GB Ok game: The game is pay to win like most games at the start the game is very hard and boring as u go against people with a lot better stuff then you but as u start to play a bit the game dose get better there is no skill based match making sometime u will go against people who have been playing the game for years
  17. [R16] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US No help: Game glitches and lags and crashes in high level arenas and the support is absolutely no help only YouTubers get reimbursed don’t even bother downloading this or the new one
  18. [R76] Bloons TD 5 1/5 · US Might as well remove co op play: I downloaded this game to play with my wife as we like to play co op. The server issues are insufferable and make it difficult to play or return to playing. We get disconnected every time we play usually around level 80. It’s been years and they still have yet to fix the issue. It has to be one of the worst co op game plays of any mobile game. I haven’t ever been o
  19. [R92] Bloons TD 5 1/5 · US Rank disappears: My rank disappeared out of nowhere and I had so much unlocked I’m literally so mad all that money and hard earned achievements just gone I could seriously scream
  20. [R58] Bloons TD Battles 1/5 · US 100% ruined the game: so pay to win and unfair its funny
  21. [R71] Bloons TD 5 5/5 · US Fix co-op: I love this game have for years. So I’m not gonna give it less than five stars. Fix co-op because we keep getting disconnected over and over again even tho we’re on strong Wi-Fi. We’ve tried service, data, wifi and we still Just get disconnected
  22. [R78] Bloons TD 5 3/5 · GB Co-op not working: Hi, the game is great however the co-op is not letting me and my friend play together.. is there anything we can do?
  23. [R86] Bloons TD 5 2/5 · US fix co op: this game is awesome but the co op is not working at all got in to one game with my friend and tried like 100 times and didn’t work please fix this
  24. [R42] Bloons TD Battles 3/5 · GB Adverts: The game use to be fun however unless you spend real money every 2 games sometimes one you are bombarded with adverts making it almost impossible to focus throwing me off my winning streak
  25. [R74] Bloons TD 5 5/5 · US Thx: This is really worth it for 3 dollars for the amount of content you get thx for sharing his game
  26. [R99] Bloons TD 5 5/5 · US WORTH $3 !!!: WOOOOOOOO THIS GAME RULES
  27. [R113] Bloons TD 5 5/5 · US So Nostalgic: Just the best game ever, it’s all I have to say, although if you want maximum performance out of your Monkey Village, I reccomend spending that $1 to get the expanded radius, and also the skins are really cool, the challenges are crazy and the rewards you could earn from them just make it so worth it!! No complaints whatsoever!!

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store