Comparison

Footmen Tactics vs Royal Castle!

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

Head to head
About

Footmen Tactics

Strategically deploy your units at opportune moments to gain control of the battlefield. Outmaneuver your opponents and conquer the map.

Highlights
  • Strategic unit deployment
  • Battlefield control
  • Real-time gameplay
  • Conquer the map
Features
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Use your units at the right times to take over the battlefield

About

Royal Castle!

Defend your castle from incoming attacks by strategically deploying powerful weapons. Combine boosters to create unique destructive tools and build a formidable army to ensure your stronghold's safety.

Highlights
  • Castle defense
  • Weapon customization
  • Booster combinations
  • Army building
  • Defeat attackers
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Keep your castle safe from attack! Defeat attackers with your powerful weapons and build the greatest army! Create a unique weapon of destruction with thousands of possible booster combinations!

Screenshots

Footmen Tactics4 screens
Royal Castle!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Royal Castle! at 4.6 against Footmen Tactics's 2.1. Royal Castle! also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 7). Footmen Tactics's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Footmen Tactics sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Royal Castle! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Royal Castle! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Royal Castle! has 1.5K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Footmen Tactics ships an update every 2 months, Royal Castle! every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Footmen Tactics versus Royal Castle!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFootmen TacticsRoyal Castle!
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (7 ratings)4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—8.0% of reviews
Number of ratings71.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB305 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperYso CorpBhanuben Patel

Customer experience

Footmen Tactics

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

Royal Castle!

All ratings1,532 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive8.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative84.0%

Bugs and requests

Footmen Tactics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Royal Castle!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads not removed despite purchase
  • Scoring issue makes the game unplayable after level 13

Requested features

1 request
  • Make the game a little bit harder

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Footmen Tactics

One-time7
  • 10k Gem$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Nuke$4.99
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  • 27k5 Gem$4.99
  • 50k Gem$5.99
  • 75k Gem$12.99
  • 200K Gem$24.99
1 purchases

Royal Castle!

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Footmen Tactics free?
Footmen Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Royal Castle! free?
Royal Castle! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Footmen Tactics or Royal Castle!?
Royal Castle! is rated higher. Footmen Tactics averages 2.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Royal Castle! averages 4.6 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Footmen Tactics or Royal Castle! have ads?
Both Footmen Tactics and Royal Castle! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Footmen Tactics or Royal Castle!?
Footmen Tactics ships an update every 2 months, and Royal Castle! every 9 months. Most recently, Footmen Tactics was updated on October 9, 2026 and Royal Castle! on October 24, 2026.

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