Comparison

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy vs ArcadeBox

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

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About

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy

Engage in retro-style, turn-based strategy battles across diverse historical and sci-fi scenarios. Guide your forces to victory as a Protector or embrace destruction as a Destroyer. Features a voice-narrated tutorial and over 30 unique combat units.

Highlights
  • 3D turn-based strategy boardgaming
  • Play as Protector or Destroyer
  • Voice narrated tutorial
  • 30+ Unique Combat Units
  • Save game option
  • Multiple scenarios
Features
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Welcome to Pocket Wars! Take control of your army and guide them to victory in this retro-style, turn based strategy board game. Bring reinforcements and supplies to an ailing 13th Century Castle in Wales, Britain before the invading Uzgoth Horde can destroy it. Help the employees of a mining station escape the invading elemental demons of Io. Or, maybe you prefer to be the Destroyer and bring vengeance to Hrethra and ensure that the LunarCol employees will never escape? Designed and optimized for iPad, Pocket Wars is a 3D strategy board game designed for people who prefer a laid back ‘pick up and play’ style gaming experience, while also having a hands-on learning curve. Remember those magazines where you cut out game pieces in order to play? Pocket Wars is like that: Easy to learn with specific scenario objectives, enough unique piece and behavior variation to keep things exciting, and with an easy-going pace of play. Features: - High resolution 3D turn-based strategy boardgaming - Play as a Protector and aid those in need, or become evil and play as a Destroyer - Voice narrated tutorial teaches you the basics - 30+ Unique Combat Units with multiple special attacks - Composed music and stereo ambient sound - Save game option for all maps - Scenario One: The Battle for Snowdonia, a 13th century war set in medieval Wales, Great Britain - Scenario Two: The Mining Station, a science-fiction battle between Cyborgs and Elementals on the moon of Io - Scenario Three: The Exclusion Zone. Modern Ukraine. Fend off the Corrupted and protect the nuclear facility. Note: Users of iPhone X/XS and 11 devices may see occasional screen display glitches when Pocket Wars is played on these specific models. iPhone 8 and other devices run without issue. Read on to learn more about each scenario: The Battle for Snowdonia Castle Dinas Bran, in the remote environs of the Welsh mountains stands alone. The Uzgoth – demons from another world – will soon have the castle under siege. A minimal complement of men remain at the Castle, their grisly fate certain if reinforcements do not arrive soon. The Wizard Morden, a stranger from another world, arrives to bring reinforcements and supplies for Castle Dinas Bran. Morden has faced the Uzgoth before, and their dreaded leader Khaaaz. Take on the role of Protector and guide Morden and save Castle Dinas Bran. Or be a Destroyer and aide Khaaaz and the Uzgoth in their plan to dominate the Earth. The Mining Station In the future, Humanity has conquered the planets. They are mined for their rich minerals and other resources. On the Jupiter moon of Io, the mining company LunarCol has established a base – beating the competition by many years. The celebrations are short as the unwitting clone workers have awoken an ancient being. And now the demon Hrethra is bringing her rage upon the mining base and LunarCol must escape. Escort and save the employees to the escape shuttle, or take on the role of Hrethra and ensure that your planet is never disturbed again by those wishing to steal and pillage its resources. The choice is yours. The Exclusion Zone In April, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in Ukraine results in the irradiation of a vast area surrounding the plant. It is the world’s worst nuclear accident. Twenty years later and the plant has been shutdown with only a routine staff of maintenance engineers and scientists now maintaining the facilities. The unthinkable happens in 2012 when a massive earthquake occurs, with its epicenter in the center of the zone. A mysterious monolith has appeared, and now the corrupted come from everywhere: soldiers, ordinary people, veterans – all intent on capturing the monolith for themselves. Survive twelve turns while you are invaded from all sides to win this scenario.

About

ArcadeBox

This application serves as a free emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. It supports iCade controllers and offers customizable game modes. Users can legally add their own purchased ROMs via file sharing.

Highlights
  • GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulation
  • iCade controller compatibility
  • 80s and 90s arcade style design
  • Color or green game mode
  • Supports user-added ROMs
Features
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"ArcadeBox" is a free emulator for GameBoy, GameBoyColor. The emulator is free, what you pay (at the price indicated in the App Store for downloading the app ArcadeBox) is the ROM of the ArkAttack game (COLOR version, copyright Gianluca Natalini 2024) already pre-installed inside the ArcadeBox emulator. To add new ROMs: ArcadeBox allows the installation (using file sharing or the FILE application - copy/paste or share with or AirDrop, see screenshots of the app) of additional original ROMs for GameBoy, purchased by You in other stores. Please remember that downloading ROMs from internet is ILLEGAL; you can therefore only install the ROMs that you have regularly purchased and for which you have the license to use. COMPLIANCE with the LAWS / COPYRIGHT for the ROMs is your responsibility. Features: - compatible with iCade - 80s and 90s arcade style console/controller - color or green game mode (green phosphors, it depends on the installed ROM) LICENSE for ArcadeBox: - ArcadeBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 License. LICENSE for ArkAttack ROM: - ArkAttack ROM is NOT FREE (copyright: Gianluca Natalini 2024).

Screenshots

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy4 screens
ArcadeBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy and ArcadeBox both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's. Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy is free to download; ArcadeBox costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy ships an update every 10 months, ArcadeBox every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy versus ArcadeBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Wars Protect or DestroyArcadeBox
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size714 MB5 MB
Age rating9++4
DeveloperDownsideup GamesGianluca Natalini

Customer experience

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ArcadeBox

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy

No in-app purchases

None

ArcadeBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy free?
Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArcadeBox free?
ArcadeBox costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy or ArcadeBox?
Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy is rated higher. Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ArcadeBox averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy or ArcadeBox have ads?
Neither Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy nor ArcadeBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy or ArcadeBox?
Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy ships an update every 10 months, and ArcadeBox every 12 months. Most recently, Pocket Wars Protect or Destroy was updated on October 23, 2026 and ArcadeBox on October 24, 2026.

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