Comparison

Squares vs No. 10

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

Head to head
About

Squares

A strategy game inspired by classics like Othello and Reversi. Players take turns copying or moving squares to capture opponent's pieces, aiming to block all possible moves. Enjoy a variety of boards and play modes.

Highlights
  • 125 unique boards
  • 5 board sizes
  • 1 and 2-player modes
  • Play against device or friend
  • Random board generation
  • Resume previous games
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*** REVIEWS *** "SQUARES IS AWESOME!" "This gamne is addictive! I pretty much play it all the time!" A simple strategy game like Othello, Reversi & Attaxx. Play against your device or another player. Choose one of your squares and then either copy or move that square into one of the highlighted squares surrounding it. Take over the other player's squares by jumping next to them, and win by making it impossible for the other player to move. Forget about the daily commute - fire up Squares! STILL FREE! Features: - 125 boards - 5 board sizes: 8x10, 8x12, 9x14, 9x16, 10x16 - fits all iPhone displays! - 1 and 2-player modes: play against your device or another player - Random boards - Full boards with no missing places - Skip boards you don't want to play - Bonus squares - Resume a previous game - Compatible with iOS 13+

About

No. 10

Step into the role of Prime Minister and navigate a series of political crises. Manage factions like your cabinet, MPs, media, and the public to avoid being sacked. Your decisions have lasting consequences, impacting future leaders and the nation's fate.

Highlights
  • 300+ political crises
  • Multi-part storylines
  • Persistent world
  • Faction management
  • General election survival
  • Game Centre achievements
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Welcome to 10 Downing Street. You're the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in this satirical strategy game for people who think they could do better. Try not to get sacked. A crisis lands on your desk every month. Pretty much everyone is on strike. Your Chancellor has done something you're hoping the press don't find out about. The Daily Reckoning has turned. You have seconds to respond but every decision might please one faction and infuriate another. Four groups hold your fate: - Cabinet: Your inner circle. Lose them, lose control. - Backbenchers: Your own MPs. Several have started a WhatsApp group. - Media: They were briefly on your side. That was a different week. - Public: Patient, mostly. They remember the big decisions. Let any faction hit zero and it's over. A new Prime Minister inherits your mess and the world remembers every decision you made. FEATURES - 400+ political crises - Multi-part storylines where your choices echo forward - Timed decisions under pressure - Prime Minister's Questions: face the Leader of the Opposition at the despatch box - General elections, second terms and escalating instability - The Chief Mouser chase is on, find it in the PM History Corridor - Custom PMs - change your portrait, name and party colour - Each PM continues where the last one fell - The Queen of the Humber leadership challenge - Reshuffles to help you stay in power, or resign when you have had enough - PM history, records and portraits of your fallen leaders - The Daily Reckoning newspaper reacts to your every failure - Game Centre achievements Optional Special Adviser Pack: Impact previews, longer timer, crisis log, post-crisis briefings, PMQs perks and more! COMMONS COMBAT Whenever your ministerial car feels like it, it will pull up outside No. 10. Outside No. 10, your ministerial car will now start appearing whenever it feels like it, and whisk you off to The Commons, where the Leader of the Opposition awaits. Hurl Insults, Tell a Dad Joke, or just Blame the EU! Do whatever it takes to battle out your record in Parliament and try and leave without embarrassing yourself or damaging your factions. Not in the mood? Send the Deputy PM, it's what they are there for, but the factions will notice. Good luck ... THE WORLD REMEMBERS Each Prime Minister continues where the last one fell. Decisions echo forward. A bad call from the first PM can land on your successor's desk. The longer Britain has been ungoverned, the harder it is to govern. Survive a term and face a general election. Win a majority and carry on into a second term, with harder crises, and a party that is starting to wonder if someone else might do it better. Lose and it's over. Britain moves on. It always does. HOW LONG WILL YOU LAST? Your record as PM will be remembered. The epitaphs are not kind. Your portrait will hang in a corridor no-one visits but you can do better than that. Maybe. A work of satire. All characters, crises, and political parties are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual governance is purely coincidental. Terms: https://sleepyboystudios.com/terms

Screenshots

Squares4 screens
No. 104 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Squares at Free against No. 10's $2.99. Squares also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). No. 10's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

Squares is free to download; No. 10 costs $2.99 up front. No. 10 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squares asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Squares holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: No. 10 has 34 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Squares's written reviews are positive against 65% of No. 10's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squares ships an update every 5 months, No. 10 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Squares versus No. 10: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquaresNo. 10
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better4.3 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews — better64.8% of reviews
Number of ratings534 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#81 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChris HaynesSleepy Boy Studios Ltd

Customer experience

Squares

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative9.4%

No. 10

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral11.4%
Negative23.8%

Bugs and requests

Squares

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Game crashes when AI has one move left
  • Game freezes during gameplay
  • Crashes on app launch in certain versions
  • One-player mode exits to home screen
  • Incorrect win/loss determination
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  • Infinite stalemate moves possible
  • App doesn't load after installation without restart

Requested features

11 requests
  • Difficulty levels or harder AI
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Custom level/board creation
  • More board layouts
  • Achievements or tournament mode
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  • Campaign mode
  • Multiple player colors
  • Volume adjustment settings
  • Sequel (Squares 2)
  • Local Wi-Fi multiplayer
  • Animation when copying squares

No. 10

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Squares

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

No. 10

One-time1
  • Special Advisor Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Squares free?
Squares is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is No. 10 free?
No. 10 costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Squares or No. 10?
Squares is rated higher. Squares averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while No. 10 averages 4.3 from 34 ratings.
Do Squares or No. 10 have ads?
Neither Squares nor No. 10 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Squares or No. 10?
Squares ships an update every 5 months, and No. 10 every 6 days. Most recently, Squares was updated on October 23, 2026 and No. 10 on October 25, 2026.

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