Comparison

Formation Battle vs MonsterOrb

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

Head to head
About

Formation Battle

A casual RPG where you collect heroes, form strategic party formations, and engage in auto-battles. Master character types and unique skills to overcome challenging stages and bosses.

Highlights
  • Hero collection via summon
  • Strategic party formation
  • Auto-battle gameplay
  • Three character types (Attacker, Magician, Healer)
  • Unique hero skills and limit skills
  • Attribute system with weaknesses
  • Boss battles and leaderboards
Features
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Formation Battle is a simple and casual RPG. Collect heroes by summon and create a party. Form a formation on stages and battle. - Auto battle In stages, characters battle automatically. And you can change members formation. Change positions strategically. - 3 character types Characters has 3 types, 'Attacker', 'Magician', and 'Healer'. Attacker has high HP and attack power. Attacker stands front line. On front line, heroes can damage enemy with double power. Magician is not so strong. But magician can attack on center line. Replace attacker when attacker's HP became low. Healer can heal heroes on same column. - Get heroes By rewards earned on stage, you can summon heroes and get them. Get hero you don't have the type, or has attribute advantageous for stages. - Various heroes Heroes have original skills. When heroes act on stage, limit gauge gains. If limit gauge filled, hero can use limit skill. A skill damage all enemies, and a skill affects buff or debuff. Character has attribute. Attribute has weakness. Get many advantageous characters for all types of stages. - Boss On stages over normal difficulty, sometimes boss appears. If you knock down it, you can earn Dia. Collect Dia and play max rare summon. - Ranking This game is using leaderboard of Game Center. Compete the Arrival level.

About

MonsterOrb

Features
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Drop, merge, and battle! Monster Orb is a puzzle RPG where every orb you drop powers up your monster team. HOW TO PLAY - Slide the falling orb left or right, then release to drop it. - Merge two orbs of the same color and size to grow them: Small, Medium, Large, Huge. - When orbs evolve, allies of that color attack. The bigger the orb, the harder they hit. - Make a Huge orb to charge an ally's skill, then tap to unleash it. - Watch the board: if orbs pile up to the top, it's game over. COLLECT AND RAISE MONSTERS - Over 250 monsters across Fire, Water, Wood, and Light. - Build a team of up to 4, each with skills, leader skills, and abilities. - Level up, evolve, and reach Ultimate Evolution. - Summon new monsters by dropping the orb yourself, with special effects for 4-star pulls and up. LOTS TO PLAY - Story quests and dungeons with Easy to Extreme difficulty. - Star-5 super-difficulty challenges. - Climb the Infinite Castle and set high scores in score attacks. - Daily missions with Gem rewards. BATTLE OTHER PLAYERS - Ranked Match ฮฒ: compete for rating in monthly seasons and climb the leaderboard. - See past monthly and yearly top 10s. - Battle friends in real time with a room number. - Earn titles and show them on your Ranked card. Easy to pick up, deep to master. Drop your first orb today!

Screenshots

Formation Battle4 screens
MonsterOrb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Formation Battle at 9.0 against MonsterOrb's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Formation Battle ships an update every 2 days, MonsterOrb every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Formation Battle versus MonsterOrb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormation BattleMonsterOrb
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB200 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShoichi NambaHaruki Ouchi

In-app purchases

None

Formation Battle

No in-app purchases

None

MonsterOrb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Formation Battle free?
Formation Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MonsterOrb free?
MonsterOrb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Formation Battle or MonsterOrb have ads?
Neither Formation Battle nor MonsterOrb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Formation Battle or MonsterOrb?
Formation Battle ships an update every 2 days, and MonsterOrb every 3 days. Most recently, Formation Battle was updated on October 24, 2026 and MonsterOrb on October 24, 2026.

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