Comparison

1944 Burning Bridges vs Backburn

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

Head to head
About

1944 Burning Bridges

Experience strategic World War II battles by leading Allied or Axis forces. Master turn-based tactical warfare, plan attacks, and command diverse combat units across historical battlefields. Unlock new missions and utilize a massive arsenal to achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical warfare
  • Command diverse combat units
  • Destructible and fixable bridges
  • Radar technology
  • Variety of battlefields
  • Unlock new missions and maps
Features
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Duty calls: Experience an exciting strategy gameplay and master challenging military missions! Storm the beaches of Normandy with the Allied troops or take command of the Axis and defend the Atlantic Wall. History depends on you! TOTAL WORLD WAR This is the decisive World War II battle between the Allied forces and the Axis powers! Choose your path and lead your army to victory! TURN-BASED TACTICAL WARFARE The right war strategy is the key to the ultimate victory! Plan your attacks and conquer or destroy connecting bridges, bunkers and roadblocks, to get yourself a tactical advantage! DANGEROUS MISSIONS Become the greatest general of all time and prove your tactical skills in plenty of different war campaigns! Unlock new missions, maps and scenarios! DEADLY COMBAT UNITS Take command of special units like paratroopers and bomber squadrons! Surprise your opponents from above and conquer strategic points in the enemy territory! MASSIVE WEAPON ARSENAL Fight with tanks, warplanes, infantry, paratroopers and much more powerful combat units and weaponry! Heavy artillery, espionage balloons and flamethrowers included! VARIETY OF BATTLEFIELDS Battle your way through the enemy lines by land, by sea and in the air! Lead your soldiers into battle and crush your enemies on the historical battlefields! MORE FEATURES – FREE TO PLAY! – Impactful WW2 strategy setting! – Destructible and fixable bridges as tactical hot spots! – Radar technology to detect enemy forces! – Huge fortresses and fortified MG nests! – Wide range of military vehicles like trucks, transporters and supply units! – Detailed game graphics and epic sounds! – Game Center support! – A very own '1944 Burning Bridges' Facebook community! You can play '1944 Burning Bridges' entirely for FREE, though various items are available via in-app purchase. If you don’t want to use in-app purchases, please deactivate them in your device settings. Thank you for playing '1944 Burning Bridges'! © www.handy-games.com GmbH

About

Backburn

This offline strategy game lets you plan up to six turns ahead in wildfire scenarios. Compare different decisions, manage resources, and learn from your choices in a fictional environment. Rehearse before advancing to make every turn count.

Highlights
  • Plan six turns ahead
  • Compare strategy branches
  • Manage resources and crews
  • Offline gameplay
  • Thirty authored incidents
  • After-action reports
Features
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NEW IN 5.0: SEE THE NEXT TURN, UNDO A MISTAKE, TAKE A DAILY INCIDENT • Forecast: the map outlines every cell the fire will reach on your next Advance, and rings any structure that turn would lose. Change an order and the forecast redraws. It is exact for one turn because the game is deterministic. • Undo: step back any order placed since the last Advance, from a single line cell to a burnout. Undo never rerolls the fire. • Daily Incident: one new incident per date, generated on your device. An authored map with the wind turned 30 to 60 degrees and a fresh random sequence, the same for everyone that day. Your first finished attempt counts; practise as often as you like. Build a streak and share a plain-text result card. • Recruit, Standard or Veteran: Recruit slows the fire for learning, Standard is the campaign as you know it, Veteran spreads faster, spots more and makes engines work within two cells of their water target. • Service Record: nineteen commendations, from regime specialist to seven-day streaks, computed on your device. • Field Training that waits for you to act, briefings that introduce each new resource, iPad keyboard shortcuts, VoiceOver map summaries and high-contrast overlays. Make the next turn count. Backburn is an offline wildfire incident-command strategy game for iPhone and iPad, with thirty authored incidents and tools for trying, reviewing and learning from your decisions. COMMAND THE MAP Select and move resources, build line, place water or retardant, burn out from completed line and evacuate housing groups. Each Advance passes twenty minutes. Working crews tire; HOLD lets them recover. An authored weather schedule shows when winds shift, gust fronts arrive, inversions lift and spotting pressure rises. REHEARSE BEFORE ADVANCING Decision Desk resolves the next turn in two copies: your current orders, or crews held in place. Strategy Lab explores up to six turns of three fixed policies. Neither changes your incident or its random sequence. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Every campaign incident and the Daily Incident save their map, orders, weather, clock and random state. Resume from the menu, briefing or Daily screen. Completed incidents can be reopened to review the report. COMPARE YOUR ATTEMPTS A restart keeps one previous attempt per scenario. Compare both recorded timelines and their acres, structures lost and line completed at the same turn. LEARN FROM ACTUAL RESULTS After-action reports state recorded growth, losses, injuries and score, plus any commendation earned. Passing a scenario and extinguishing all fire are different outcomes. The Field Guide explains the real rules, including the forecast, difficulty and Daily Incident. Thirty incident maps across grassland, chaparral, conifer, peat and interface fuels, with seeded spread and spotting, resource rosters and housing groups. Play in landscape on iPhone or iPad. No account, advertising, subscription or in-app purchases; gameplay works offline and progress stays on your device. Backburn is a fictional strategy game with a surface-fire model adapted for play. It is not a real-world fire forecast, emergency tool or professional training. The in-game forecast predicts only this game's next turn. There is no live weather feed, online leaderboard or app-managed cloud synchronization.

Screenshots

1944 Burning Bridges4 screens
Backburn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 1944 Burning Bridges at 62% against Backburn's 0%. 1944 Burning Bridges also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Backburn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

1944 Burning Bridges is free to download; Backburn costs $0.99 up front. 1944 Burning Bridges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Backburn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1944 Burning Bridges ships an update every 3 months, Backburn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
1944 Burning Bridges versus Backburn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1944 Burning BridgesBackburn
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (369 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings369 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB118 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHRobert Corbin

Customer experience

1944 Burning Bridges

All ratings369 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews220 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative28.2%

Backburn

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

1944 Burning Bridges

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing during turn transitions
  • Inability to move units in certain directions
  • Ads blocking gameplay and causing crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More campaign missions and maps
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Map editor for custom scenarios
  • Additional units and vehicles

Backburn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

1944 Burning Bridges

One-time6
  • Remove Ads!$2.99
  • 25,000 Gold$5.99
  • 60,000 Gold$10.99
Show 3 more
  • 125,000 Gold$21.99
  • 325,000 Gold$54.99
  • 700,000 Gold$89.99
None

Backburn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1944 Burning Bridges free?
1944 Burning Bridges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backburn free?
Backburn costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1944 Burning Bridges or Backburn have ads?
1944 Burning Bridges shows ads; Backburn does not.
Which is updated more often, 1944 Burning Bridges or Backburn?
1944 Burning Bridges ships an update every 3 months, and Backburn every 4 days. Most recently, 1944 Burning Bridges was updated on October 21, 2026 and Backburn on October 24, 2026.

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