Fortress of Gears
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How much does Fortress of Gears cost?
Prices are current as of 29 Sept 2026.
10 one-time purchases from $2.99
In the United States, Fortress of Gears has 10 one-time purchases priced $2.99 – 99.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| A handful of ad tickets | $2.99 |
| A small pile of diamonds | $4.99 |
| Auto blessing | $7.99 |
| A small stack of ad tickets | $7.99 |
| A bag of diamonds | $9.99 |
| Fast forward | $9.99 |
| A basket of diamonds | $19.99 |
| A pouch of ad tickets | $24.99 |
| A box of diamonds | $49.99 |
| A safe full of diamonds | $99.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Reviews | 10K | 32K | 28K | 19K | 16K | 10K | 9.9K | 9.4K | 7.7K | 7.4K | 6.9K |
| Released | 2025 | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 |
| One-time price | $9.99 | $1.99 | $5.99 | $9.99 | $6.99 | $1.99 | $7.99 | $4.99 | $4.89 | $4.99 | $4.99 |
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Fortress of Gears reviews
4.5 out of 5, based on 10,323 reviews.
What people like
- Music sounds really good and energetic
- You can choose to watch ads instead of being forced
- Core gameplay is fun and unique
- Not pay-to-win like many other mobile games
What they complain about
- Ads block gear and force watching to win
- Game resets progress when you switch apps
- Performance lags badly with many units on screen
- Enemy knockback is too strong for your troops
Cool game
I need the $5 from TikTok
Honestly
Honestly this game is very boring. Ngl
Fun but glitchy
The game is fun, but it has a bad habit of resetting the level I'm on when I switch apps, and it doesn't let me pick up where I left off. It also makes my audio stop when I switch back to it, which it shouldn't do.
Not enough ads to win
I enjoy these games, but forcing ads in order to win kind of is a bad long term business model. You get to a point where there are not enough ads to beat the first few waves. The bad guys hit once and kill 3 of your guys, where you need to hit them 3-5 times. I deleted it today because that’s just not worth it, especially when the ads are 60-90 seconds a piece. You have the second star because it was fun while it lasted.
Lack of documentation and or training
The game seems fun. I’m only a little bit into it. There doesn’t seem to be any documentation, pop-ups, or much of any training mode. It’s sort of hard to figure out what the different gears do.
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More ads than gameplay. Also crashes.
Game forces you to view ads in order to win rounds, but the ads will crash and reset progress, forcing more ads to get back to where you were.
not too bad
doesnt immediately shove ads down my throat, its also amusing to play
DISGUSTING ADS!!!
This app supports pedophilia! The ads they accept money from Swift small anime GIRLS, not women twerking and being sexual. ON AN APP FOR CHILDREN! Absolutely disgusting and inappropriate! Parents do not let your children download this game! I’m an adult and I’m uncomfortable now. These developers need toto seriously rethink who they sell ad time to!
Ad rewards
If you are going to have ad rewards, please make sure the ads work. Im willing to pour myself into a phone game and click ads all over the place. These haven't worked a single time I've tried. I like the game a lot other than that!
Great game
Such a relief to have a good game that doesn’t bombard you with ads
Cash grab
If you don’t watch ads in this game, you lose.
Damage Upgrades not working
Tons of fun, however the damage percentage upgrades between waves don’t work. I can have up to 50% damage upgrades but my soldiers do same damage
Too many ads
The game is really fun, a good time killer, but as you progress there are way way way too many ad unlocks. I understand that you’ve got to pay your people, but putting frozen gears on the map unlocked only by ads or round selection gears as ad unlock only is really annoying. I bought the mid-tier ad ticket option (I think it was 50) but as I progressed it seemed like I was getting fed even more ad blocked items! I would love to be able to get a pass or something that would permanently remove ads or not have so many ads locked items pop up in the game. Hopefully you take the $8 I gave you and make a game that’s not just a money grab.
Eh
I get it’s a time waster but to beat the levels you have to watch a million ads, either you play the same level 20 times to level up or you watch an ad to even have a chance.
Very fun already
I’ve only played the first two levels and it’s already a very unique and fun game
Locked behind ads
I played a few levels and liked the concept. Except they begin putting gears down that you have to unlock with ads. If you don’t? You lose. I tried over and over but you can’t win. They force you to watch ads and it’s ridiculous. The little spinning thing that spins the gears also slows down as it goes over it and it’s a complete disadvantage
Needs balancing
Very good game but needs a few improvements: The bosses/elites need to have a slower hit rate so you can actually hit them. The rounds need to save when you leave. The locked gears you sometimes start with which are covered in ice till you watch an ad need to be movable or at the very least not slow down the main gear.
fun but ads required to play
it is a fun game, not that much of a challenge honestly. the problem is that they will not give you a second attack option often, but always offer if you watch an ad to begin the round. then, they will have levels that can't be beat without watching an ad because they blocked a spot next to the engine. 2 stars because of the forced ads to win.
Loooooong long long ads
Game is fun, but heavily reliant on ads to win. I don’t mind ads, but holy moly… 1 min + and extra 15 seconds for 1 ad? Seems a bit much. Game would be a lot more fun and have more play value if ads were kept to a 30 second TOTAL or give the option to buy out the ads feature. Let me know when this changes and I might pick up the game again.
Awesome!
This game is very
Too many ads
Can even play one game without it, trash game any how
Needs balance changes
The games great, but it desperately needs balance changes. The enemy’s big troops do splash damage, when your team’s big troops don’t. This makes it incredibly hard to beat them.
Honest feedback
The gears being frozen and unlocked by ads are annoying, it slows things down and you are forced to either deal with it, or watch, or the ads on the items you can afford is awful, why put an ad on this archer when I can buy it normally? The big guys knock back is too much, they knock you back and before you can hit them, they knock every unit back again, either change their range or nerf the knockback
Fun Concept
This is a solid enough game. Its core is good and the mechanics are somewhat unique, even if what they actually do isn’t that impressive. I’m deleting it because if I leave the game for a few seconds to message someone, for instance, when I come back I’m no longer in the level and I have to restart entirely. I’m not into that.
FORTRESS OF GEARS
Really fun it’s a make you think also I like saying the game name it a deep voice like FORTRESS OF GEARS
Ads are bad!
Just constant ads to do anything…the premise of the game is fine and is kinda fun…but you just spend all your time watching ads to do anything!
Love it but…
I love the game, for once it’s a game without a million ads, and it’s not p2w. But, the knock back is way to strong, the big dudes just hit you and then you knock way back and can’t hit them so they just slowly walk to your tower thing with nothing you can do. Still love the game though.
Where are the updates???
No game save if you have to step away, wasted energy due to this. Cant make suggestions from the app/contact the creators thru any email in settings like all the other apps. Game gets boring if you watch ads, stomp enemies too easily. Good art, just poor design for mechanics and technical support/contact
Games amazing jsut the enemy scaling
Ah yes, 1-4. Should be peaceful, should be nice for a first world. NOPE, BIG ARCHER WITH 150 hp who snipes anyone and align with this has insane knock back. Yeah, seems cool for someone who has archer and soilder.
Soundtrack is excellent and the game is fun
There’s really no reason for a game like this to have two songs that hit so hard but it does. The game mechanics are interesting for tower defense game and it doesn’t overly bash you with ads like a lot of other games do. There are of course ads, but not as many as I’ve seen and you get to choose if you want to watch more ads for small benefits. It’s a fun game and I found myself playing it a lot lately.
Watch Ads to Win!
Seriously. You want X thing to clear the wave, you better unlock this thing watching an ad. To add insult to injury, if you background the app for over a minute, it will delete your progress of a level. Just. Do something, anything better than this to kill time
Good but needs to be optimised
The game is actually really good, I’ve been playing for a couple days and have enjoyed it this far, however when there are lots of troops on the screen the frame rate drops to an unplayable level. I’m unsure of the best way to correct this issue, but something that would make sense to me is a button at the bottom of the screen where the number of units produced are collected, you could hold down the button so you can control how many you have on the screen at the same time. Also I am unable to contact support as there doesn’t appear to be a feature in game and on the website there is no way to contact support
poor frame rate
after about 20 minutes of playing i had to delete it because of the very slow frame rate it’s disappointing and unplayable so i’ve deleted it good game though which is a shame
Fun Game and its not too ad heavy but…
While the game is very fun to play and it’s soo nice that the ads are at your discretion for help mostly. The thing that kills this game is sometimes switching without closing out to another app can reset the game and completely reset the progress of the level. If there wasn’t that issue this game absolutely would be a 10/10 for me. But the progress killer cause I’d leave to respond to a text or something kills the enjoyment immensely.
Great but…
Love this game! Only thing I don’t like is when you go to check out something from an add you are watching and you go back to the game it starts the level over! Several times I am on 11 out of 12 or the final level usually the 12th and I have to start over again! If this could be fixed I would have no problems with it!
No good
To many advertisers
iPad version update
Needs a fix so it fits an iPad screen! Been playing the game and noticed that half the screen is missing. When you go to the soldiers screen all I get is the top 3 and I can’t scroll or look up the rest. So all I’m left with is the top 3. Same with skills page can’t select a skill because all I see is the word skill and can’t select a skill. Now on my phone it works and I see the whole screen but not on my tablet. So plz do a fix because I actually enjoy the game
Data Wiped
Fun game till it deleted my data
Good game but it crashes
It’s a good game and I really like it but sometimes it crashes and gets rid of the upgrades you just bought in the game. It refunds you your gems and coins but takes away the upgrades
So fun and so cool heros
So fun and the best game because its hard
Unnecessary ads.
I get ads are sometimes required for some developers. But it’s infuriating when I’m trying to play the game and the slot directly to the left of my starter yellow gear is blocked off by a gear that needs an ad to be watched to be “unfrozen” or unlocked. This quite literally impedes how good I can do on the level unless I watch an ad. It’s really unacceptable.
One small issue…
Great game! However there is one thing glaring right at me. I’d get to around 3-2 then sometimes it would just put me back at the tutorial when I open the game. This major bug must be fixed as it is a massive roadblock to progress and enjoyment. When I was playing, I felt like I was challenged unless I used the most recently unlocked unit, and swords, archers and spears became obsolete as the large archers would just keep knocking things back, plus the high HP swordsmen. If the game is supposed to be: ‘You play a level many times to upgrade units’ the stats are fine, but the knockback with kind of fast attacks of the big enemies may be a bit much. I enjoy playing and the concept is great, just a couple of tweaks and it would be amazing! Hope this feedback helped.
😡
Too many ADS.
Freeze
This game would be great if it didn’t freeze. It’s aggravating and it kills my battery. Fix it and I’ll keep playing. And it will get a higher rating. Too bad I can show pictures on here, the way the “king” can move across the middle of the board and not take damage is really disappointing.
Some issues
The game is good although I have a few setbacks, one of the worst is the lag from so many units. During some runs I do too well and I have too many units on screen at the same time which cause so much lag that something that would be over in 5 seconds takes ten minutes (which is under exaggeration). If you could, there should be a button to remove all current friendly units to try and reduce lag. Issue two, for the skill tab, it’s showing that there’s a skill I can equip, however, I am unable to scroll the page down to equip it. Other than that though, it’s a very good game.
Horrible
One of the worst games I’ve ever played
Fun
Really fun for the start but it then got really hard as the enemy archers would spawn in massive groups so my soldiers couldn’t even hit an enemy. They just feel pretty overwhelming
App stops working. Site stops working
Tried to use app. App doesn’t work. Go to dev website to submit issue. Dev website doesn’t work either. Makes sense now. Hope you enjoy the game itself which is fun. But apparently their dev AND web team both can’t get their product to work
Unfair Timing of Attacks
The game is great and thought out well but the only complaint I have is the enemies. The enemies get in range to attack quicker than I do so with a big enemy or the boss, it becomes basically impossible to do any good damage. I’d like this game more if the enemies were just a bit slower so that the infantry can get at least one hit in before they die.
Fortress of Gears price by country
A one-time purchase costs $9.15 in Canada and $15.12 in Colombia — 1.7× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | One-time |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $9.99 |
| Albania | $11.99 |
| Algeria | $9.99 |
| Angola | $9.99 |
| Anguilla | $9.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $9.99 |
| Argentina | $9.99 |
| Armenia | $11.99 |
| Australia | A$14.99$10.48 |
| Austria | €9.99$11.37 |
| Azerbaijan | $11.99 |
| Bahamas | $9.99 |
| Bahrain | $9.99 |
| Barbados | $11.99 |
| Belarus | $11.99 |
| Belgium | €9.99$11.60 |
| Belize | $9.99 |
| Benin | $11.99 |
| Bermuda | $9.99 |
| Bhutan | $9.99 |
| Bolivia | $9.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €9.99$11.37 |
| Botswana | $9.99 |
| Brazil | R$59.90$11.56 |
| British Virgin Islands | $9.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $9.99 |
| Bulgaria | €9.99$11.37 |
| Burkina Faso | $9.99 |
| Cambodia | $9.99 |
| Cameroon | $11.99 |
| Canada | CA$12.99$9.15 |
| Cape Verde | $9.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $9.99 |
| Chad | $9.99 |
| Chile | CLP 9,990$10.39 |
| Colombia | COP 49,900$15.12 |
| Congo | $11.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $9.99 |
| Costa Rica | $9.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $11.99 |
| Croatia | €9.99$11.37 |
| Cyprus | €9.99$11.37 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 249.00$11.61 |
| Denmark | DKK 89.00$13.55 |
| Dominica | $9.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $9.99 |
| Ecuador | $9.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 499.99$9.60 |
| El Salvador | $9.99 |
| Estonia | €9.99$11.37 |
| Fiji | $9.99 |
| Finland | €9.99$11.37 |
| France | €9.99$11.37 |
| Gabon | $9.99 |
| Gambia | $9.99 |
| Georgia | $11.99 |
| Germany | €9.99$11.37 |
| Ghana | $11.99 |
| Greece | €9.99$11.37 |
| Grenada | $9.99 |
| Guatemala | $9.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $9.99 |
| Guyana | $9.99 |
| Honduras | $9.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$88.00$11.22 |
| Hungary | HUF 4,490$14.28 |
| Iceland | $11.99 |
| India | ₹999.00$10.57 |
| Indonesia | IDR 199,000$11.06 |
| Iraq | $9.99 |
| Ireland | €9.99$11.37 |
| Israel | ₪29.90$9.74 |
| Italy | €9.99$11.37 |
| Jamaica | $9.99 |
| Japan | ¥1,500$9.53 |
| Jordan | $9.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 5,990.00$13.59 |
| Kenya | $11.99 |
| Kosovo | €9.99$11.37 |
| Kuwait | $9.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $9.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $9.99 |
| Latvia | €9.99$11.37 |
| Lebanon | $9.99 |
| Liberia | $9.99 |
| Libya | $9.99 |
| Lithuania | €9.99$11.37 |
| Luxembourg | €9.99$11.60 |
| Macao | $9.99 |
| Macedonia | $9.99 |
| Madagascar | $9.99 |
| Malawi | $9.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 49.90$12.23 |
| Maldives | $9.99 |
| Mali | $9.99 |
| Malta | €9.99$11.37 |
| Mauritania | $9.99 |
| Mauritius | $11.99 |
| Mexico | MX$199.00$11.12 |
| Micronesia | $9.99 |
| Moldova | $11.99 |
| Mongolia | $9.99 |
| Montenegro | €9.99$11.37 |
| Montserrat | $9.99 |
| Morocco | $11.99 |
| Mozambique | $9.99 |
| Myanmar | $9.99 |
| Namibia | $9.99 |
| Nauru | $9.99 |
| Nepal | $11.99 |
| Netherlands | €9.99$11.37 |
| New Zealand | NZ$19.99$11.76 |
| Nicaragua | $9.99 |
| Niger | $9.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 14,900.00$11.21 |
| Norway | NOK 129.00$13.54 |
| Oman | $9.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 2,900$10.47 |
| Palau | $9.99 |
| Panama | $9.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $9.99 |
| Paraguay | $9.99 |
| Peru | PEN 44.90$13.13 |
| Philippines | ₱599.00$9.59 |
| Poland | PLN 49.99$13.47 |
| Portugal | €9.99$11.37 |
| Qatar | QAR 39.99$10.99 |
| Romania | RON 49.99$11.04 |
| Russia | RUB 899.00$10.66 |
| Rwanda | $9.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $9.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 39.99$10.66 |
| Senegal | $11.99 |
| Serbia | €9.99$11.60 |
| Seychelles | $9.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $9.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 14.98$11.70 |
| Slovakia | €9.99$11.37 |
| Slovenia | €9.99$11.37 |
| Solomon Islands | $9.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 199.99$12.19 |
| South Korea | ₩17,000$12.62 |
| Spain | €9.99$11.60 |
| Sri Lanka | $9.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $9.99 |
| St. Lucia | $9.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $9.99 |
| Suriname | $9.99 |
| Swaziland | $9.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 129.00$13.47 |
| Switzerland | CHF 9.00$10.82 |
| Taiwan | NT$320.00$10.06 |
| Tajikistan | $9.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 29,900.00$11.30 |
| Thailand | THB 399.00$11.88 |
| Tonga | $9.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $9.99 |
| Tunisia | $9.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 499.99$10.20 |
| Turkmenistan | $9.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $9.99 |
| Uganda | $11.99 |
| Ukraine | $11.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 39.99$10.90 |
| United Kingdom | £9.99$13.25 |
| United States | $9.99 |
| Uruguay | $9.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $9.99 |
| Vanuatu | $9.99 |
| Venezuela | $9.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫299,000$11.54 |
| Yemen | $9.99 |
| Zambia | $11.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $11.99 |
Fortress of Gears FAQ
- Is Fortress of Gears free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 174 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $2.99 (US), across 10 one-time purchases.
- Does Fortress of Gears have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Fortress of Gears cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs CA$12.99 (≈$9.15) in Canada and COP 49,900 (≈$15.12) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Fortress of Gears?
- Minetap Craft Idle Mine Tycoon (4.7 from 32,065 reviews, premium from $0.99), Lucky Guy! Defense Game (4.6 from 27,720 reviews, premium from $1.99) and Hex Warriors (3.8 from 19,244 reviews, premium from $2.99).
Fortress of Gears download
Last updated 1 year ago.
Fortress of Gears sells in 174 countries. It was released 1 year and 5 months ago, on 13 Apr 2025. It holds a 4.5 rating from 10,323 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Fortress of Gears make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 51%
- United Kingdom 5%
- Canada 5%
- Japan 4%