Comparison

Ships Squared vs Dominate

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

Dominate

This logic puzzle challenges you to identify and connect 28 dominoes on a 7x8 grid. Apply deductive reasoning to determine the correct placement of each domino, ensuring each is used only once to solve the board.

Highlights
  • Auto-generated boards
  • Limitless puzzle variations
  • Inbuilt solver with hints
  • Full tutorial
  • Progress tracking
  • Pause game functionality
Features
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Dominate is a logic puzzle that uses a standard 'double six' set of 28 dominoes. The puzzle board represents all of the 28 dominoes from 0:0 to 6:6 placed next to each other in a 7 by 8 grid. The problem is, you can't see which squares join to which others to form the dominoes. Your task is find those links, by applying logic to determine a layout for the entire board such that each domino is used only once. FEATURES: + Auto-generated boards + An almost limitless number of puzzles + Inbuilt solver provides hints and a target time to beat + Full tutorial to help you learn the game + Tracks your progress, keeping puzzles challenging + Pause the game to easily see your progress TIMING & HINTS: Dominate rates each puzzle it generates to give you a target time, the faster you are the higher your score. If you're stuck you can ask for a hint, but the better you get, the more hints will cost you. If all you want to do is solve puzzles and you don't care how long it takes, that's cool, you will still be able take advantage of the virtually limitless number of puzzles in the game. LEARN MORE: Check out the Dominate at: http://dominate.talibard.com/

Screenshots

Ships Squared2 screens
Dominate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ships Squared at every 6 weeks against Dominate's every 19 months. Ships Squared also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Dominate every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ships Squared versus Dominate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips SquaredDominate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversalis PublishingCharles Talibard

Customer experience

Ships Squared

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

Dominate

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ships Squared

No in-app purchases

None

Dominate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Squared free?
Ships Squared is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dominate free?
Dominate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ships Squared or Dominate?
Ships Squared is rated higher. Ships Squared averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Dominate averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Ships Squared or Dominate have ads?
Neither Ships Squared nor Dominate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ships Squared or Dominate?
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dominate every 19 months. Most recently, Ships Squared was updated on October 13, 2026 and Dominate on October 16, 2026.

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