When comparing Fruit Ninja Free vs Bloons TD 5, the Slant community recommends Bloons TD 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best casual co-op iOS games?” Bloons TD 5 is ranked 1st while Fruit Ninja Free is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Bloons TD 5 is:
There's a great variation in towers, their stats and upgrade trees, as well as enemy types (bloons) and levels you have your battles in.
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Pros
Pro Addictive gameplay
Fruit Ninja is a well-known application famous for its addictive gameplay mechanics, but the developers have improved the Free version of the app to make it even more fun by adding multiple new, shorter game modes and customization options.
Pro Extensive multiplayer options
Fruit Ninja Free has a large focus on multiplayer gameplay. The iPad-version of the app features local multiplayer while all players can also compete for the highest score in weekly leaderboards.
Pro Great depth and variety
There's a great variation in towers, their stats and upgrade trees, as well as enemy types (bloons) and levels you have your battles in.
Pro Clean graphics
The gameplay in previous games (TD4 and lower) was a bit laggy at times, luckily TD5 has cleaned up the graphics to make them a bit more simple while also allowing for new designs that differentiate things in the game in order to make it easier to tell what is going on. The cleaned up graphics also allow for smother gameplay due to them using less resources, meaning no more laggy gameplay.
Pro Co-op mode
Unlocked at rank 10, two players can work together to beat a game, with a set map and difficulty, of Bloons. In co-op mode players can transfer money between them opening up new possibilities of gameplay.
Cons
Con In-app purchases
Fruit Ninja Free features in-app purchases that are both purely cosmetic and have a slight impact on the gameplay. Prices range from $0.99 to $9.99.
Con In-app purchases
This app does contain in app purchases, and plenty of them. Though they're not necessary for normal play, they are still present, and needed to unlock special perks (double cash mode). Everything else can be purchased with coins and bucks, which can be earned (or bought) through normal game play. They range from $0.99 - $49.99 per item.
Con Old graphics
Bloons TD's 2D Graphics are old and they don't fit in nowadays standards.
Con Coop mode networking is spotty
Frequent disconnects which can ruin a long game, no LAN mode or direct connect (it uses facebook).