Comparison

Ships Squared vs Ordinary Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Deduce hidden ship layouts
  • 10x10 grid gameplay
  • 12 difficulty levels
  • Unlimited custom games
  • Design and share own layouts
  • Workout for the mind
Features
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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.

About

Ordinary Puzzles

A minimalistic puzzle game where you extend numbers into lines to cover all dots. Each puzzle is solvable through logic alone, with no trial and error required. It's a free, open-source experience.

Highlights
  • Extend numbers into lines
  • Cover all dots
  • Logical deduction
  • Single solution puzzles
  • Minimalistic design
  • Open-source
Features
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The rules of Ordinary Puzzles are simple: - Extend each number into a line of that length. - Cover all the dots of the puzzle with lines. And that's it! Each puzzle has a single solution and can be solved trough logical deduction alone: no trial and error is needed. Ordinary Puzzles is free, open-source, with no in-app purchases. Forever.

Screenshots

Ships Squared2 screens
Ordinary Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ships Squared at every 6 weeks against Ordinary Puzzles's every 8 months. Ships Squared also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). Ordinary Puzzles's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ships Squared holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ordinary Puzzles has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ordinary Puzzles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Ordinary Puzzles every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ships Squared versus Ordinary Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips SquaredOrdinary Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.8 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings530 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversalis PublishingMatteo Mazzarolo

Customer experience

Ships Squared

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Ordinary Puzzles

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ships Squared

No in-app purchases

None

Ordinary Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Squared free?
Ships Squared is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ordinary Puzzles free?
Ordinary Puzzles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ships Squared or Ordinary Puzzles?
Ships Squared is rated higher. Ships Squared averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Ordinary Puzzles averages 4.8 from 30 ratings.
Do Ships Squared or Ordinary Puzzles have ads?
Neither Ships Squared nor Ordinary Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ships Squared or Ordinary Puzzles?
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ordinary Puzzles every 8 months. Most recently, Ships Squared was updated on September 18, 2026 and Ordinary Puzzles on August 10, 2026.

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