Kriegspiel vs Achikaps
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.
Achikaps
Engage in a straightforward economic strategy game. Explore both a story-driven campaign and a freeform sandbox mode. Enjoy a user-friendly interface and fluid animations.
- Easy to learn
- Campaign mode
- Sandbox mode
- Simple UI
- Smooth animations
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Achikaps is a simple economic strategy. Features: - Easy to learn - Campaign and sandbox modes - Simple UI - Smooth animations
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Verdict
Kriegspiel and Achikaps both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Achikaps's written reviews are positive against 74% of Kriegspiel's. Achikaps also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kriegspiel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 185 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Kriegspiel's written reviews are positive against 88% of Achikaps'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, Achikaps every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kriegspiel | Achikaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (66 ratings) — better | 4.4 (185 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 185 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Galloway | Ivan Yakovliev |
Customer experience
Kriegspiel
Achikaps
Bugs and requests
Kriegspiel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Achikaps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Screen turns grey when opening notifications
- Buttons and UI elements become unresponsive
Requested features
4 requests- Add multiplayer mode
- Improve enemy AI difficulty scaling
- Provide more building and unit options
- Allow renaming of saved files
In-app purchases
Kriegspiel
No in-app purchases
Achikaps
No in-app purchases
