Ships Squared vs Radiant Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ships Squared
A logic puzzle game where players deduce the hidden layout of thirteen ships on a 10x10 grid. It offers varying difficulty levels, from casual to intensely challenging, and allows for custom game creation and sharing with friends.
- Deduce hidden ship layouts
- 10x10 grid gameplay
- 12 difficulty levels
- Unlimited custom games
- Design and share own layouts
- Workout for the mind
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Ships Squared (Ships²) is a new game exclusive to the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. You probably grew out of Battleships a long time ago. Now it's time to grow back in. Because Ships² is for adults, not children. Ships² is addictive. If you let it, it will take over your mind and ruin your life. Thirteen ships are laid out on a 10x10 board according to strict rules. You fire at squares. You get the results. You deduce where the ships are. And you draw them. Unlike traditional Battleships, you don't actually need to sink the ships: it's deducing their layout that is the achievement. There are 12 levels, all using the same basic rules. The lightest ones can be played casually while waiting for the bus. The middling ones take from 5 to 20 minutes of concentrated thought. The heaviest levels demand intense, rigorous, error-free reasoning for half an hour or more. Only a few geniuses will attempt the top level, which takes two hours at least. Ships² is not a game of chance but of reasoning. It's a workout for the mind. Like all workouts, you mustn't overdo it. As it says on the bottle: please think responsibly! Ships² can create an unlimited number of different games for you to play. You can design your own layouts too, and send them to your friends to see how well they do. Full, illustrated instructions are included as part of the game.
Radiant Grid
A calming puzzle game featuring 99 handcrafted levels with increasing difficulty. Players tap squares to light a path across a grid, following number clues to solve each challenge. Enjoy a soothing soundtrack and a beautiful, minimalist design.
- 99 challenging handcrafted levels
- Mindful and relaxing gameplay
- Ambient soundtrack
- Simple tap controls
- Increasing difficulty curve
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A mindful, relaxing puzzle game with 99 increasingly challenging, handcrafted levels. Simple to play but not so simple to complete! Immerse yourself in the soothing ambient soundtrack and focus on solving the grid. “Quite simply one of the most beautiful puzzle games I have ever played. The design is simple, yet aesthetically pleasing, and the soundtrack is a wonderful sonic wash that perfectly compliments the gameplay. The puzzles themselves are well pitched. The introductory rounds are small enough to lend themselves to both a studied approach or random tapping. They gradually ramp up the difficulty level, and with so many to work through, there is great value for money to be had." - an App Store customer from the UK. How to play: Start at the origin and tap the squares to light a path across the grid. There’s just one rule! The numbers scattered across the grid tell you how many squares you must light up around each one to solve the puzzle… and that’s where the skill comes in!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ships Squared at Free against Radiant Grid's $1.99. Ships Squared also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). Radiant Grid's advantage is chart position (#190 vs unranked) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Ships Squared is free to download; Radiant Grid costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ships Squared holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 85% of Radiant Grid's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Radiant Grid every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ships Squared | Radiant Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #190 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Open Planet Software |
Customer experience
Ships Squared
Radiant Grid
In-app purchases
Ships Squared
No in-app purchases
Radiant Grid
No in-app purchases









