Ships Squared vs Where Cards Fall
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.
Where Cards Fall
Build houses of cards to relive formative memories in this slice-of-life adventure. Navigate dreamlike spatial puzzles that represent the challenges of adolescence and beyond. Experience a wordless, coming-of-age narrative with a unique art style and immersive audio.
- Build houses of cards
- Solve spatial puzzles
- Coming-of-age story
- Unique art style
- Accessible controls
- Immersive audio and soundtrack
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Where Cards Fall is a slice of life story where you build houses of cards to bring formative memories to life. Create pathways through dreamlike spatial puzzles to navigate the insecurities and emotions of high school and beyond. Features: • Over 50 challenging spacial puzzles that exercise your imagination and strategic thinking skills • A captivating coming-of-age story told without dialogue • A unique art style inspired by contemporary artistic movements • Tactile, accessible controls hand-crafted for every device • Immersive audio and an original soundtrack. Headphones recommended!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ships Squared at 5.0 against Where Cards Fall's 3.8. Ships Squared also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (80% vs 48%). Where Cards Fall's advantage is ratings volume (243 vs 5) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ships Squared holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where Cards Fall has 243 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 48% of Where Cards Fall's.
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Where Cards Fall monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ships Squared | Where Cards Fall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (243 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 243 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Snowman |
Customer experience
Ships Squared
Where Cards Fall
Bugs and requests
Ships Squared
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Where Cards Fall
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game progress resets unexpectedly
- Crashes and freezes on certain levels
- Inability to move character after certain actions
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to skip cutscenes
- Improve save/load functionality
- Provide more clarity in storytelling
- Optimize performance on older devices
- Add controller support
In-app purchases
Ships Squared
No in-app purchases
Where Cards Fall
No in-app purchases
Questions
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