Formation Battle vs MonsterOrb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
MonsterOrb
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Formation Battle ships an update every 2 days, MonsterOrb every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Formation Battle | MonsterOrb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 โ better | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shoichi Namba | Haruki Ouchi |
In-app purchases
Formation Battle
No in-app purchases
MonsterOrb
No in-app purchases
Questions
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