Comparison

9Plays vs Ship Battling Multiplayer

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

Head to head
About

9Plays

Experience a unique puzzle game with nine hidden plays across nine squares. Challenge your logic and strategy in this minimalist yet engaging experience. Perfect for quick brain teasers.

Highlights
  • Nine hidden plays
  • Nine squares grid
  • Logic puzzle
  • Strategy challenge
  • Minimalist design
Features
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9 possibilities of 9 hidden plays in 9 squares

About

Ship Battling Multiplayer

Engage in turn-based naval combat against friends or random players. Generate or join game codes for real-time matchmaking. Requires two players and two devices to play.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer ship battles
  • Real-time matchmaking
  • Join code generation
  • Play with friends
  • Turn-based gameplay
Features
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Battle ship style game multiplayer! Generate a join code or join someone else's public game. Real-time match making for turn based multiplayer game. Play with your friends. Game requires 2 people and 2 devices. Do not need to be near each other to play and can play random players.

Screenshots

9Plays4 screens
Ship Battling Multiplayer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ship Battling Multiplayer at weekly against 9Plays's every 7 months. 9Plays's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 9Plays against 5.0 for Ship Battling Multiplayer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 9Plays has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

9Plays ships an update every 7 months, Ship Battling Multiplayer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
9Plays versus Ship Battling Multiplayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter9PlaysShip Battling Multiplayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRunaway2k LLCTwo Loons Consulting LLC

Customer experience

9Plays

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ship Battling Multiplayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

9Plays

No in-app purchases

None

Ship Battling Multiplayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 9Plays free?
9Plays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ship Battling Multiplayer free?
Ship Battling Multiplayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 9Plays or Ship Battling Multiplayer?
9Plays and Ship Battling Multiplayer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 9Plays or Ship Battling Multiplayer have ads?
Neither 9Plays nor Ship Battling Multiplayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 9Plays or Ship Battling Multiplayer?
9Plays ships an update every 7 months, and Ship Battling Multiplayer weekly. Most recently, 9Plays was updated on October 3, 2026 and Ship Battling Multiplayer on October 12, 2026.

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