Comparison

Ships Squared vs Rope Pins

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

Rope Pins

Features
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Fill your pins correctly to make perfect loop! When you make perfect loop you will gain more! Gain more to merge your wheels! Upgrade your game mechanics!

Screenshots

Ships Squared2 screens
Rope Pins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ships Squared at 9.3 against Rope Pins's 11.0. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ships Squared versus Rope Pins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips SquaredRope Pins
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversalis Publishingozan akbaba

In-app purchases

None

Ships Squared

No in-app purchases

None

Rope Pins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Squared free?
Ships Squared is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rope Pins free?
Rope Pins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ships Squared or Rope Pins have ads?
Neither Ships Squared nor Rope Pins shows ads.

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