Comparison

ShipPuzzle vs Three Kingdoms

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ShipPuzzle

A logic puzzle game where players deduce the location of hidden ships on a grid. Numbers indicate occupied squares in rows and columns, guiding players to find the armada. Offers an endless supply of unique puzzles.

Highlights
  • Grid-based ship placement puzzle
  • Numerical clues for rows and columns
  • Automatic puzzle generation
  • Endless gameplay
  • Original puzzle engine
Features
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ShipPuzzle is a logic puzzle based on the ship guessing game. It is played in a grid of squares that hides ships of different sizes. Numbers alongside the grid indicate how many squares in a row or column are occupied by part of a ship. In ShipPuzzle, an armada of ships is hidden in a square grid of 10×10 small squares. The armada includes one battleship four squares long, two cruisers three squares long, three destroyers two squares long, and four submarines one square in size. Each ship occupies a number of contiguous squares on the grid, arranged horizontally or vertically. The boats are placed so that no boat touches any other boat, not even diagonally. The goal of the puzzle is to discover where the ships are located. A grid may start with clues in the form of squares that have already been solved, showing a submarine, an end piece of a ship, a middle piece of a ship, or water. Each row and column also has a number beside it, indicating the number of squares occupied by ship parts in that row or column, respectively. This app has original engine which create a puzzle automatically. The player can enjoy this game for a very long or seemingly endless time.

About

Three Kingdoms

Features
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Two people, face to face, submitting orders on the same turn without seeing each other's move. ■ Simultaneous Orders Each player commits on their own phone. Your opponent's choice stays hidden until the reveal. Target the same region and you collide head-on. ■ Structured Negotiation Propose non-aggression pacts, gold, regions, generals, and joint attacks. There is no free chat — the proposal itself is the language. ■ Betrayal Treaties can be broken. It costs you: morale falls, renown drops, and all eight factions reconsider you. ■ No server. No account. No internet. No ads. The two devices connect directly over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Nothing is collected and nothing is transmitted. ■ Only one of you needs to buy If the player who opens the room has unlocked the game, both play with the full content. ■ Scope 51 generals · 24 regions · 4 scenarios · 30 turns per match (20-40 minutes) ■ Solo practice Learn the rules first against an on-device opponent.

Screenshots

ShipPuzzle2 screens
Three Kingdoms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShipPuzzle at none against Three Kingdoms's 1. ShipPuzzle also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Kingdoms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShipPuzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ShipPuzzle versus Three Kingdoms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShipPuzzleThree Kingdoms
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB71 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYuki FujimotoByoungho Kim

In-app purchases

None

ShipPuzzle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Kingdoms

One-time1
  • Unlock All$3.99

Questions

Is ShipPuzzle free?
ShipPuzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Three Kingdoms free?
Three Kingdoms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShipPuzzle or Three Kingdoms have ads?
Neither ShipPuzzle nor Three Kingdoms shows ads.

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