Gladiabots vs Pochemeow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladiabots
Design the AI for your robot squad and deploy them in strategic combat. Refine your tactics through a single-player campaign and online multiplayer modes. Customize your robots and compete in various game modes without ads or pay-to-win mechanics.
- Create and program robot AI
- Customize robot crew
- Single player campaign
- Online multiplayer modes
- Multiple game modes
- Tournament creation
- Asynchronous multiplayer
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Gladiabots is a robot combat strategy game in which you carefully construct the AI of your robot squad and send them into the battle arena. Improve, refine and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online. Features: - Create your own AI and watch your robots execute it in the arena - Fix it, improve it and repeat it until you outsmart all your opponents - Simple and powerful AI programming system offering millions of possible combinations (with no programming skills required) - Create and customize your robot crew - Single player campaign with hundreds of solo missions - Online multiplayer career mode featuring, ranked, unranked and private matches - 3 distinctly different game modes: elimination, domination and collection - Create and compete in tournaments - Asynchronous multiplayer - battle friends even if they are not online - Sandbox mode in which you control both teams to test your tactics - Rank up and earn points to unlock new robot skins IMPORTANT NOTE This game doesn't have any ads and is NOT pay-to-win! The in-app purchases allow you to buy in-game credits that you can use to unlock new skins for your robots. They are optional, purely cosmetic and don't give any gameplay advantages.
Pochemeow
Engage in a strategic economic trade war. Develop your city, outmaneuver opponents, and achieve victory through smart economic decisions. This game offers a pure, ad-free, and microtransaction-free experience.
- Economic strategy gameplay
- City development
- Trade war simulation
- Campaign mode (250 levels)
- Daily calendar levels
- Sandbox mode
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Pochemeow is a simple economic strategy game about trade war. Develop your city, reshape the economic landscape and bankrupt your opponents. I respect the players, so I did not add advertising or microtransactions to the game. Features: - Easy to understand tutorial - Campaign with 250 levels - Calendar mode (new level each day) - Sandbox mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pochemeow at none against Gladiabots's 5. Pochemeow also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Gladiabots's advantage is ratings volume (90 vs 22). On review sentiment, 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
Gladiabots costs $3.99 and Pochemeow $2.99 up front. Gladiabots sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pochemeow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pochemeow holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Gladiabots's written reviews are positive against 90% of Pochemeow's.
Gladiabots ships an update every 2 weeks, Pochemeow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiabots | Pochemeow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (90 ratings) | 4.9 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastien Dubois | Ivan Yakovliev |
Customer experience
Gladiabots
Pochemeow
User reviews
Gladiabots
From 90 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative programming concept
- 🧠 Great for learning logic/programming
- 👍 Satisfying to see AI work
- 🚀 Deep and complex gameplay
- 😊 Rewarding when AI works
Room to improve
- 🐛 Steep learning curve
- 🤔 UI can be confusing
- 📚 Tutorials can be complex
- 💸 Some find it expensive
- ⚠️ English-only wiki/hints
Pochemeow
From 22 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great developer, no ads/microtransactions
- 💡 Innovative and complex gameplay
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging
- 💎 Minimalist masterpiece
- ✨ Polished and high quality
Room to improve
- 📉 Lacks replayability/gameplay depth
- 🐌 Slow pacing, quick ramp-up
- 🧐 Readability could be improved
- 🚫 No difficulty scaling
- 📱 Not optimized for screen size
Bugs and requests
Gladiabots
Reported bugs
4 issues- iOS version not up-to-date
- AI logic bugs/unexpected behavior
- Screen not fitting iPad Pro
- Game not running on older iPads
Requested features
4 requests- Korean language support
- Option to toggle FPS (30/60)
- Add more robots
- "Quit" confirmation button in training
Pochemeow
Reported bugs
5 issues- Visual glitches in menus
- Flashing when moving through menus
- Missing textures (pink)
- App goes grey when switching apps
- Game stuck in Spanish on first launch
Requested features
6 requests- City conquest and territory expansion
- Larger map sizes
- Custom city names
- Multiplayer element
- Free play mode available immediately
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- iPad version that scales to full screen
In-app purchases
Gladiabots
- Hello World Pack$0.99
- Script Pack$1.99
- Algorithm Pack$4.99
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- Automaton Pack$8.99
- Neural Network Pack$17.99
Pochemeow
No in-app purchases
