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Grub Guardian – Family Game Review
Grub Guardian is a Family/Strategy game from KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc., first launched in 5th November 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 584+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Grub Guardian Stand Out
A Guardian Defense game unlike any other, new from KingsIsle Entertainment!
Defend the grub against swarms of different enemies while you train your Wizard101 pet or play to receive free Wizard101 game codes.
• 28 Free maps ranging in difficulty from Easy to Wondra
• Each pet has different strengths & abilities
• New maps unlock as you progress
• Different strategy needed for new enemies
• Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for high scores
• Ability to purchase premium in-game items and additional maps with Crowns
Grub Guardian is the first mini game that ties directly to your live Wizard101 account! Logging into Grub Guardian allows you to unlock new maps as well as train your pets for experience points. Please be aware – you will not be able to log into Grub Guardian and Wizard101 at the same time. If you do not have a Wizard101 account, you can create one, but non-logged in players can still play a limited number of Grub Guardian maps for Wizard101 game codes.
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Grub Guardian is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th September 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
iOS11 compatibility
Upgrade SSL Library
Various bug fixes
Download & Availability
Grub Guardian is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Grub Guardian on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Please add compatibility for console accounts asap.
We are a fan of Wizard101 and this was a fun game to play cause we can train our pets offline and extra rewards are good.
Also – it would be great to play this while Im logged into the full game on our laptop. Im getting kicked off because our account is logged in. Please allow for simultaneous play. – Hi. Ive been playing Wizard101 for over a decade. We appreciate that WizardBlox is now available on the iPad. We would love to play the full game on the iPad too Thank you.
Please fix the game it just says internal error everytime we try to login, we paid for all the maps and guardians and we cant use any :( Its a great game when it works.
We love training our pets on here we love this game best tower defense it.
This game is really fun! The lack of ads is honestly pretty refreshing since there seem to be ads everywhere these days, and while microtransactions are very much so present in this game, they dont feel very pushed which is really nice. Plus getting rewards/being able to train your wizard101 pet through this game is very, very nice.
We love this game but the size of the game doesnt feel our iPhone screen at all.
Please update and start working on this mobile game again! This mobile game allowing us to play and earn in game redeemable rewards is a treasure. Bring it back.
We just would like more updates to the game! But other than that it is a wonderful game to play.
We love this game, getting to upgrade our pets on the go. Especially as an adult with less time to play the main game.
We would like to know our enemies please.
The game is very good and allows for an easy pet training experience. If you dont want to train your pets you can use it to gain other in-game rewards for W101. We just wish that they had a Pirate101 version.
Apparently kingsisle is shutting down all mobile games, so yea , rip.
We just downloaded this game, even with all the low reviews, to give it a shot. But, we should have known that it wouldn't connect to a server for us, as is our luck with all things KI. One can hope… Update: So, we have finally been able to play the game and it's been a great experience so far. Thus, we have changed our 1 star review to 5 because the game is enjoyable and it runs smoothly when we play it.
We just got this game yesterday and so far we love it but the fact that is hasnt been updated in 3 years is really bad cause we have a iPhone 11 and we want them to update the game so the screen fits the entire phone screen. So plz make this happen.
Hello! Ive been playing Wizard101 for months now and we got Grub Guardian around the same time we started playing. Wizard101 has locked areas and Ive been using Grub Guardian to pay for those areas. Currently, the game is broken. We cant log into Grub Guardian! Its been WEEKS, we would even say that its been a month without a fix. Im getting extremely impatient. Ive emailed Wizard101 support, we did what they said and nothing has been solved. Our friends arent experiencing any problems with theirs. Ive deleted the app multiple times and tried everything. Something needs to happen or Im going to give up.
Can we please get a update Ive been playing wiz for years and this app no longer works so please fix it so we can level up our pets while we are away from our pc thank you.
We gave this 5 stars because it is amazing, of how you can level up and everything, but we have been having problems with it. On mobile we cant log into the server. Why is this.
Hey kingsisle! Im just writing this review to let you know that ever since the new IOS update came out, players are unable to log into grub guardian. This app is what allows us to buy crowns(we use iTunes since we dont have a credit card) and we wont be able to do so without this app! Let us know if this is fixed. Thanks! Jonathan DeathSlinger.
You need to update your device to log in. Its an annoying bug as a lot of people stay with older versions of iOS, but hey, the app isnt totally broken. :) -Vanessa Stardust.
This is very helpful towards leveling some small stuff with your pet on the go! We hope they improve more on this and maybe create even more mobile things for Wizard 101.
Used this app a ton on our old iPhone 8, now with our iPhone 11 on iOS 13, it is not compatible. We cannot use the app now. Please update soon.
How do you get mounts Ive been doing this for years and havent gotten mounts.
We recently got the iphone xs max and when we try to feed our pet after a level, the game shows a gray-clear screen. Its like the snacks arent loading in.
We love Wizard101! Its our favorite game! The only thing that Id ask for is to bring the flute wands back. When they were in the crown shop, we didnt have the chance to get crowns. But we have crowns now and Im saving them for the flute wands IF you bring them back soon please.
This game is a fun useful way to train your pet from outside of wizard101 when your offline, although if we could get notified that our pets energy has been restored then that would be amazing.
This game is still great. Love how we can train our pets on the go! So lucky that this game does not get outdated and unplayable.
Hey KingsIsle!! Something you should do to make the game better is make it a player versus player! Keep one player as a defender of the treats, and the other as the attacker! (Buying attackers should still use a coin system, and getting to a treat they should receive bonus coins as a reward.).
The game is very handy but why are the prices in the app much higher than the prices for buying crowns on wizard101 website? It would be nice to have the same prices and offers as the website.
Im so happy we love this game, so happy for new iOS support cant wait for wizardblox to get updated.
Please update this game. We cant stand how we have to log in to the app and the websites every time we want to use this app.
So its an ok tower defense game but the main draw is that you can get multiple free energy elixirs for Wizard101 every day, and its not even that difficult. Look up guides for more info but yeah we would say thats the main draw for this game. We think you can also get lore packs. Or if you are really intent on training pets but never near your computer you can use it for that too.
This game helped a lot when needing to level your pets in game. However this game hasnt had an update in forever and crashes. We would love to see these wizard101 apps revamped with their upcoming console updates.
We love this game and love that we can train pets and not waste pet energy while away from the computer. Only problem is we can log in on our phone due to the Prove you arent a robot screen on the webpage not showing the full please confirm and we cant press confirm cause its whited out. Therefore cant play on our account at all.
Played this a lot in school and after a while it stopped working cause of the lack of updates. Decided to try and see if maybe it would work again. It works to just play normally, havent checked to see if logging in will work. Would be nice to be able to train our pets and get rewards again. Wish they would have continued to update the game and add more levels.
For anyone trying to get into this game and having issues: grab your older ios device and download it. Doesnt garuntee itll work but way more likely. It hasnt been updated in 3 years so its not properly set up for newer ios which makes it much buggier.
We absolutely love this game because it lets us level up our pets on the go while also playing a genuinely fun game. But we keep being logged out and when we log back in we need to verify our account by logging on to the wizard101 website. Nothing wrong with the game itself but this issue becomes increasingly more annoying every time it does it.
Its a good/fun app, but there should be a way to check how many games youve played a day, and when the ability to gain prizes from playing resets.
Theres a weird bug where we cannot login through the Grub Guardian app. Even with our correct credentials it keeps saying cannot connect to server or something like that. Even when we uninstall and reinstall the app, login and logout on the official W101 website.
For years Ive played this game to earn elixirs and packs and to just have fun! Although, the last good week, almost every level we complete, it says we have lost connection. So we rarely get a prize or experience once completing the level, so kind of a waste of time now… ~Magnifficentmerlin.
We absolutely love this game, but it constantly kicks us off from the server, thus cancelling the experience we are trying to gain for our pet. And yet it still uses up our energy.
Ive been playing Wizard101 for over seven years, and this game has helped us level our pets when we dont have access to our computer. The annoying thing is that it always glitches when Im about to receive our rewards, and it gets old. We would be happy to give five stars if this gets fixed.
It always tells us to login to the website and when we do it still tells us that. Please fix.
Great app to train pets when you dont have a computer but tiny problem. The prices of buying crowns is messed up. Is it because kingsisle has not updated the app yet or is it because you just ignore the app pricing? It would also be great if the crowns deals would work on the app to.
This app is great for pet training! No complaints. We think that they should make an app to take care of your garden next. Gardens need a lot of attention so this would be very convenient.
This game is very fun and a great way to train your pet if you don't feel like doing the Pet Pavilion games. We three wizards from the same account say that this is an awesome way to train pets, and we enjoy the challenge and how every level gets harder. However, the rewards are not really worth it. One of us three is a Prodigious, so it is easy to get gold. And the reagents we don't really need, except one of us is a crafter. We think it needs better rewards in the W101 prizes section. We all agree it deserves a four star rating. Sincerely, Tatiana Dayfountain, Prodigious Shannon Blueleaf, Transcendent Cori Story, Master.
Hey so this app has been telling us to log in the website of wizard101 but it doesnt let us on the phone. It even shows a white block on the accepting log in. Like we can barely confirm the pictures and thats it. We just wanna train our pets.
It is difficult to play and very hard to go back to our home page on our phone. As in hard to go to another app. You cant close this app.
Game is fine on mobile, wish they would update the game more. Can't log in on m1 macbook though.
Works like we remember. Wish you could yield more exp for free players.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.60.0
- Size: 31.91 MB
- iOS: 5.1.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc.
Last updated: 28th September 2017 | Genre: Family, Strategy | Developer: KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc.