MachingBattle! vs Flat Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MachingBattle!
Engage in a battle RPG where you collect characters and aim to make male friends. Utilize matching apps to expand your social circle and find the perfect boyfriend. This game combines collection elements with strategic RPG gameplay.
- Battle RPG gameplay
- Character collection
- Utilize matching apps
- Make male friends
- Find a boyfriend
- Collection elements
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Try to escape from single women! I want the perfect boyfriend! But I don't even have any male friends and I'm not immune... But I don't even have any male friends. So let's use matching apps and make lots of male friends first! It's a battle RPG with collection elements!
Flat Machine
Control a limbless robot tasked with defending a settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Engage in simple, timing-based battles against various threats and make choices that influence the game's multiple endings. Discover the mystery of your own identity.
- Simple, timing-based battles
- Item combination system
- Respond to various visitors
- Multiple endings based on choices
- Daily events and encounters
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■ Story In the not-so-distant future, a world on the brink of ruin. Awakening in the wasteland is a single robot—with no limbs and no memories. You become the settlement's "gatekeeper," fending off the strange visitors who arrive day after day. Can you protect the settlement through its final days? And what is the true nature of the Flat Machine...? ■ Features [1] Easy, satisfying defense battles—just tap! Tap with the right timing to repel the enemies closing in. Simple to play, yet endlessly strategic through gear and item combinations. Build your own ultimate defense style. [2] Your "choices" change the future—multiple endings Not everyone at the gate is an enemy. Help a struggling mutant, or coldly turn it away? Your decisions steer the story to its ending in this rich sci-fi adventure. [3] Charming pixel art and a wistful apocalyptic world Lovable yet lonely characters brought to life in beautiful retro pixel art. An original atmosphere, deepened by a carefully crafted soundtrack. ■ Perfect for players who love - Pixel-art (retro) games - Dystopian, sci-fi, and apocalyptic worlds - Story-driven indie games - Quick, pick-up-and-play sessions - Tower defense, idle games, and RPGs - Playing free to the end, at your own pace, with no stamina Step into the "everyday apocalypse" woven by an amnesiac gatekeeper robot and the inhabitants of a dying world.
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Verdict
MachingBattle! and Flat Machine both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Flat Machine's written reviews are positive against 61% of MachingBattle!'s. Flat Machine also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. MachingBattle! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Flat Machine sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MachingBattle! against 4.9 for Flat Machine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flat Machine has 68 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of MachingBattle!'s written reviews are positive against 94% of Flat Machine's.
MachingBattle! ships an update every 10 days, Flat Machine every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MachingBattle! | Flat Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | daisuke uehara | zxima.LLC |
Customer experience
MachingBattle!
Flat Machine
Bugs and requests
MachingBattle!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flat Machine
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads redirect to app store and prevent item rewards
- Ad BGM continues playing after ad ends
- Ad BGM persists even after restarting app
- Agoda ads prevent continuing the game
Requested features
6 requests- Add Chinese translation
- Add Vietnamese translation
- Add Spanish translation
- Option for one-time purchase to remove ads
- More interactions with certain characters (e.g., training robot)
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- Consider adding taxi or bakery characters in future works
In-app purchases
MachingBattle!
- Cosmetics 10$0.99
- Macaron 10$0.99
- Minimalist Book$0.99
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- TrainingMat$1.99
Flat Machine
- AD removal$2.99
- Donation(S)$3.99
- Donation(M)$14.99
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- Donation(L)$34.99
Questions
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