Ships Squared vs Shape
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.
Shape
A captivating puzzle game where players must strategically move uniquely shaped tiles into a designated box without overlap. It challenges problem-solving skills with simple yet intricate gameplay.
- Strategic tile placement
- Non-overlapping shapes
- Problem-solving challenges
- Intuitive gameplay
- Mind-bending puzzles
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Embark on a mind-bending journey with Shape-It Puzzle Game, a captivating puzzle experience that will put your problem-solving skills to the test. The objective is simple yet deceptively intricate: move all the uniquely shaped tiles into the designated box, ensuring that they don't overlap with each other.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ships Squared at 5.0 against Shape's 4.0. Ships Squared also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). Shape's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ships Squared has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Shape fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ships Squared | Shape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Hong Chen |
Customer experience
Ships Squared
Shape
In-app purchases
Ships Squared
No in-app purchases
Shape
No in-app purchases
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