QUARTO.GG vs Ancient Board Game Collection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QUARTO.GG
A digital adaptation of a strategic board game where players aim to get four pieces in a row. Pieces are unique, with each having four distinct characteristics, and the goal is to select a piece for your opponent to place, adding a layer of strategic depth.
- Strategic board game
- Unique piece characteristics
- Opponent selects opponent's piece
- Masterable complexity
- Digital adaptation
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Quarto is a simple board game, but can be very hard to master.
Ancient Board Game Collection
Explore a collection of historical board games from ancient civilizations. Play against AI, friends online, or locally on a single device. Offers accessibility features for visually impaired players.
- 9 unique ancient board games
- Online multiplayer against friends
- Local multiplayer on one device
- AI opponent for solo play
- VoiceOver and Voice Control support
- High contrast game boards
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Have you ever heard of Hnefatafl, a game played during the Viking Age? Or Latrunculi, popular over 2000 years ago in ancient Rome? Discover these games and many more in the "Ancient Board Game Collection". Features: - 9 different games: Konane, Hnefatafl, Nine Men's Morris, Dablot Prejjesne, Gomoku, Halatafl, Latrunculi, Five Field Kono and Bagh-Chal - Play online against your friends or compete with via Game Center - Local Multiplayer on a single device - Step up your game by playing against the AI - Fully Accessible via VoiceOver and Voice Control - High Contrast Game Boards for people with low vision Note: There are no Ads for anyone, but the game comes with In-App-Purchases. The free download allows you to play one online game at a time and lets you try out the local multiplayer and AI mode once. Unlimited online games and playing locally as often as you want can be bought as an In-App Purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ancient Board Game Collection at 53% against QUARTO.GG's 9%. Ancient Board Game Collection also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 4) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). QUARTO.GG's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Ancient Board Game Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QUARTO.GG asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ancient Board Game Collection holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Board Game Collection has 101 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of QUARTO.GG's written reviews are positive against 53% of Ancient Board Game Collection's.
QUARTO.GG ships an update every 4 weeks, Ancient Board Game Collection monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QUARTO.GG | Ancient Board Game Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Rasmussen | Klemens Strasser |
Customer experience
QUARTO.GG
Ancient Board Game Collection
User reviews
QUARTO.GG
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun simple game
- 👍 Good AI for learning
- 👍 Nice interface for free game
- 👍 Enjoyable game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes constantly
- 🐛 Unplayable
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Game crashes on start
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to set skill level
Ancient Board Game Collection
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and design
- 📚 Great collection of ancient games
- 💡 Well-explained rules
- 💰 Fair pricing for premium content
- ✨ Culturally respectful design
Room to improve
- 💸 Most features are paywalled
- ⏳ Long waiting times for online opponents
- 🤖 Weak AI opponents
- 🚫 Limited free trial/play
- 🤷 Online multiplayer issues
Bugs and requests
QUARTO.GG
Reported bugs
73 issues- App crashes
- Game crashes
- Intro works, but nothing else
- Never made it past the main menu
- Crashes every time
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- App is not functional
- Started crashing a couple years ago
- Can't even start a game
- Not able to set skill level
- Only thing able to do is read directions
- Tells you to read instructions and crashes
- App crashes every time I try to open it
- Crashes every time without fail
- Game is unplayable due to crashing
- Unplayable on iPhone 8+
- Crashes after the intro every time
- Crashes, first time every time
- Game crashes when trying to start game
- Game crashes when opening user settings
- Says "THIS IS AN OLD RESEARCH PROJECT AND DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE"
- Still isn’t working
- Rien ne fonctionne
- Can’t use app at all
- Says to read intro again and again and again. Click OK, crash.
- Game crashes every time before starting a game
- Hasn’t been updated in 2yrs
- Crashes on start. No place to set level as required!
- This game doesn’t work
- Won’t let me play
- Deleted and downloaded several times to no avail
- Waste of time until it is fixed
- Crashes immediately
- Game won’t even open
- There’s a bug
- Game closes itself after reading the instructions
- Crashes every single time after the introduction
- Crashes on the “enter user skill level” screen in iOS11
- Could never get it open on iPad 7
- Crashed when trying to set user info
- Only part that works is the intro
- App crashes when clicking on user info
- App crashes when clicking on start game link at end of introduction
- Game is unplayable
- Need QA testing on all supported devices
- New form at the end of each game is annoying and 100% crashes
- Crashed all the time
- Need to set skill level to play. Crashes when you try to set it.
- Requires you to set a skill level before playing but throws you out before you can
- Has been out since 2016 and still not resolved the problem
- Crushes right away
- App not working at this time
- Crashes when you try to set the skill level
- Buggy
- Crashes constantly
- Crash Central
- Unable to start a game
- Crashed every time I try to start a game
- Crashed every time I try to go into the settings
- Doesn't work!!!
- Keeps crashing when I try to enter info!
- Can't even make it to the game!
- Remove this broken app!
- App crashes every time before you can even try playing the game
- App crashes the moment it is opened
- Crashes every time and on every device
- Asks to set skill level before beginning and then closes down when I try to do that
- Straight up doesn't work
- Game crashed each time I went to click "user info"
- Couldn't play once
- Crashed anytime I tried to open settings
- Crashed anytime I tried to go through the intro
- AI interface wins when it doesn't even have a quarto
- AI interface wins incorrectly
Requested features
11 requests- Update the app
- Fix the crashing issue
- Fix the game
- Repair the app
- Update coming
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- Fix the bug
- QA testing on all supported devices
- Remove non working apps from the store
- Different levels of play
- Play human opponents
- Turn the board for better view
Ancient Board Game Collection
Reported bugs
14 issues- Gomoku AI lets you win easily
- Online games remain untouched by opponents
- No wins or forfeit notices for inactive opponents
- Online players are missing/inactive
- Opponents have two days to respond, leading to long waits
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- Matches start but opponents don't play their next move
- Giant picket sign dances around the board blocking view
- Online mode doesn't allow play after a turn
- Game crashes when surrendering
- Online multiplayer doesn't work
- Cannot find anyone online
- Opponent takes a very long time to move
- Paid version via Apple store not unlocking full game
- Free version limits play significantly
Requested features
25 requests- Add Renju rules for Gomoku
- Change board size
- Add more game variations
- Add Go and Japanese Chess
- Add more themes
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- Add an undo button
- Add an expert level for the computer
- Add more ancient board games from Africa, Middle East, East Asia, etc.
- Add missing difficulty levels in 'Train' mode
- Add 'Extra Hard' mode
- Add Bagh Chal to 'Train' mode
- Add Chinese Chess, Fanorona, Go, Mancala
- Add a full Go mode on the Gomoku board
- Option to keep head-to-head game statistics vs the computer
- Easier way to invite others to play within the app
- Add Senet to the game set
- Add Japanese Chess - Shogi
- Add a confirm button
- Add time limits for turns
- Add difficult modes for Gomoku and Hnefatafl
- Add Go game
- Add chess
- Add a timer for turns
- Option to cancel a game without a loss if opponent is inactive
- Add more complex training levels for all games
In-app purchases
QUARTO.GG
No in-app purchases
Ancient Board Game Collection
- Royal$4.99
Questions
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