Comparison

Rogue Captain vs Battledom

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

Head to head
About

Rogue Captain

A roguelike survival management game where you captain a ship, explore the seas, and manage resources. Face unique challenges with randomly generated maps, diverse crew, and strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Roguelike survival management
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Resource management
  • Diverse crew and captains
  • Variable battle objectives
  • Terrain and event variety
  • Boss battles
Features
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"Rogue Captain" is a roguelike survival management game. Take up the responsibilities of a captain, explore unknown seas, and experience the fun of sailing. Product specialties: Randomly generated level maps, each challenge is unique and full of surprises. Survival elements that introduce a highly strategic element to gameplay. Limited storage, which requires you to manage your resources intelligently and discourages greedy hoarding. A colorful cast of crew and captains, with highly variable battle objectives that will keep you on your toes. All manner of terrain, building, and event types that will affect your odds at victory. Exciting boss battles that will keep you coming back for more.

About

Battledom

Engage in an ultimate real-time strategy experience with resource management, large-scale battles, and deep army customization. Command hundreds of soldiers, deploy siege weapons, and defend your territory in a rich world with a compelling story.

Highlights
  • Command massive armies
  • Real-time tactical combat
  • Deep army customization
  • Resource gathering and trading
  • Build and upgrade structures
  • 20+ handcrafted levels
  • Endless Mode
Features
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FROM THE CREATOR OF HERODOM Battledom is a handcrafted pixel RTS designed for iPhone and iPad. Create your army soldier by soldier, then command hundreds of units in real-time battles. Fight back the Undead, defend mighty strongholds, control devastating siege weapons, and rebuild your kingdom between missions. Battledom is free to try and contains no ads. Unlock the complete campaign—including future content—with one purchase. COMMAND THE BATTLEFIELD Deploy your troops, organize formations, and lead entire armies across expansive battlefields. Adapt your strategy to each mission, protect important structures, and hunt down enemy forces before they overwhelm your kingdom. CONTROL SIEGE WEAPONS Take direct control of catapults, ballistae, cannons, and other powerful weapons. Aim your attacks carefully and break through enemy defenses. CREATE YOUR OWN ARMY Design and equip your soldiers using an enormous collection of weapons, armor, shields, clothing, and accessories. Your choices affect both their appearance and their abilities in battle. GATHER, CRAFT, AND UPGRADE Collect resources from farms, forests, and mines. Craft new equipment, trade materials, prepare useful dishes, and improve buildings such as the blacksmith, university, and siege workshop. CAMPAIGN AND ENDLESS MODE • 20+ handcrafted campaign missions • Large real-time battles with hundreds of soldiers • 150+ units and enemies • Extensive army and character customization • Directly controllable siege weapons • Resource gathering, crafting, trading, and cooking • Endless defense on procedurally generated maps • Game Center leaderboards • A world filled with secrets to discover Will you restore the kingdom and defeat the Undead? For the King!

Screenshots

Rogue Captain4 screens
Battledom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Battledom at 4.7 against Rogue Captain's 4.4. Battledom also leads on ratings volume (164 vs 16) and review sentiment (82% vs 73%). Rogue Captain's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Rogue Captain sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Battledom sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Battledom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battledom has 164 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Rogue Captain's written reviews are positive against 82% of Battledom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rogue Captain ships an update every 5 days, Battledom every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rogue Captain versus Battledom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRogue CaptainBattledom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings)4.7 (164 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size311 MB313 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBeijing MengDongShiJi Technology Co., LTDSander Frenken

Customer experience

Rogue Captain

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral19.5%
Negative7.3%

Battledom

All ratings157 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rogue Captain

One-time2
  • Pirate Captain$0.99
  • Luxury pack$1.99
2 purchases

Battledom

One-time2
  • Tip the developer$1.99
  • Unlock the full game$3.99

Questions

Is Rogue Captain free?
Rogue Captain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Battledom free?
Battledom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rogue Captain or Battledom?
Battledom is rated higher. Rogue Captain averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Battledom averages 4.7 from 164 ratings.
Do Rogue Captain or Battledom have ads?
Neither Rogue Captain nor Battledom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rogue Captain or Battledom?
Rogue Captain ships an update every 5 days, and Battledom every 10 days. Most recently, Rogue Captain was updated on November 2, 2026 and Battledom on November 4, 2026.

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