Kriegspiel vs Some Ball Level
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kriegspiel
Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Napoleonic warfare. The objective is to capture enemy arsenals by deploying lines of communication and blocking enemy movements on a large game board. Offers online and local multiplayer, as well as AI practice.
- 20x25 game board
- Capture enemy arsenals to win
- Deploy lines of communication
- Block enemy lines
- Online multiplayer
- Local multiplayer
- AI practice mode
- Level editor
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Inspired by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz and the European war campaigns of Napoleon, Kriegspiel is a chess-variant played by two opposing players on a 20 x 25 game board. Capture the enemy's Arsenals to win. Deploy your Lines of Communication to keep friendly units in contact. Block enemy lines for strategic advantage. "The surprises of this Kriegspiel seem to be inexhaustible," wrote French Situationist Guy Debord. In Debord's view the game represents the totality of factors at play in wartime maneuvers, what he called "the dialectic of all conflicts." -- Play 2P online against another player -- Play 2P in person on the same device -- Practice against the computer -- Level editor for customizing formations -- Language support for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and English Kriegspiel is produced and maintained by Alexander R. Galloway. The game is noncommercial. There are no in-app purchases. No advertisements. No Patreon. No GoFundMe. No monetization of player data. There is literally no possible way to take your money.
Some Ball Level
Engage your mind with unique puzzle challenges that offer novel solutions. This game provides an ad-free experience with innovative gameplay mechanics.
- Unique puzzle mechanics
- Interesting solutions
- No ads
- Challenging gameplay
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Just some puzzles with insteresting solutions. On the plus side: - No ads - You haven't tried this kind of puzzles before ;)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kriegspiel at none against Some Ball Level's 3. Kriegspiel also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1). Some Ball Level's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 74%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Some Ball Level sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Kriegspiel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kriegspiel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Kriegspiel's written reviews are positive against 88% of Some Ball Level's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kriegspiel ships an update every 6 months, Some Ball Level daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kriegspiel | Some Ball Level |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (66 ratings) — better | 4.1 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Daily — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Galloway | Nurkhametov Tagir |
Customer experience
Kriegspiel
Some Ball Level
In-app purchases
Kriegspiel
No in-app purchases
Some Ball Level
- Donate 1$0.99
- Donate 2$3.99
- Donate 3$8.99
