Takeover RTS vs Lanecraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Takeover RTS
Command squads of units in a real-time strategy game to defend your strongholds and conquer enemy buildings. Choose from multiple nations, each with unique units, spells, and upgrades, to lead your forces to victory in a war-torn land.
- Real-time strategy gameplay
- Command squads of units
- Defend and seize strongholds
- Multiple nations with unique abilities
- Magic spells and Grand Spells
- Army upgrades and edicts
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Takeover is a real-time strategy game where you command squads of units to protect your strongholds from enemies and seize their buildings to win. For centuries the Rivadis Empire ruled the continent in its shine and glory. But now it fell into necromancers’ hands and dying. Time for Takeover has come! Lead one of 3 nations in the battle for Rivadis. Each nation has 5 types of squads, 3 types of strongholds and magic spells. In addition, you can build gold mines, farms to hire more squads, and obelisks to get more mana. Key features: - Real-time strategy with squads - 3 nations that you can control (and an extra Necromancers nation) - 5 squad types - 3 spells and a powerful Grand Spell for each nation - Edicts - upgrdes that make your army stronger - 8 levels for each nation
Lanecraft
Build bases, spawn armies, and battle for supremacy in this free real-time strategy game. Choose from 9 unique races, each with distinct units and abilities, and engage in multiplayer battles or face challenging AI opponents. Upgrade your units and manage resources to dominate the battlefield.
- 9 unique playable races
- Branching unit upgrade trees
- 1v1 to 4v4 multiplayer modes
- AI opponents with 4 difficulty levels
- Online multiplayer via party codes
- Status effects and unit combos
- Resource management (gold, wood, meat)
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Lanecraft is completely free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no paywalls, and nothing to buy. Build towers, train armies, and fight across lanes in real time. Each of the nine races has its own heroes, units, racial abilities and economy, and branching upgrade paths change how units fight and how they look. Nine campaigns, ninety missions. Every race has a full story: voiced briefings, events that fire mid-battle, and named villains who take the field as real heroes. Hunt them down or raze their keep, pick your loadout at the war table, and claim a victory plaque with your bonus objectives on it. Play online in co-op or PvP, create a lobby, and invite friends with a party code. You can also play the full game offline against AI with no internet connection. Features: • 9 races: Crown, Horde, Goblins, Oozlings, Demon, Deep, Wild, Geists, and Tenders • 9 campaigns, 90 missions, all of them voiced • 3 heroes and 21 units per race • 52 maps, from duels to six-team free-for-alls • Ground that fights back: clan halls, tunnels, river fords, curse obelisks, bunkers, powder barrels, meteor strikes and rising floods • Online co-op and PvP with lobbies and party codes • Full offline play against AI • 4 AI difficulties, Easy through Nightmare • Towers you can build and upgrade • Branching unit upgrades that change abilities and appearance • 21 status effects and 4 combos, each one explained in the gallery • Pings and quick chat for team coordination • Player profiles, stats, achievements, and unlockable avatars Lanecraft is a complete strategy game built for playing alone, with friends, or against other players.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lanecraft at 5.0 against Takeover RTS's 4.3. Lanecraft also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Takeover RTS's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Takeover RTS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lanecraft asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lanecraft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Takeover RTS has 73 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Takeover RTS ships an update every 2 months, Lanecraft every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Takeover RTS | Lanecraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | IriySoft | Kenny Preston |
Customer experience
Takeover RTS
Lanecraft
In-app purchases
Takeover RTS
- No Ads$2.99
Lanecraft
No in-app purchases









