Ships Squared vs Coovel
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.
Coovel
Prevent sleepy baddies from stacking and going out of bounds in this physics-based game. Tap strategically to clear them, earning extra taps for successful streaks. Challenge friends and climb the leaderboards.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Prevent stacking enemies
- Limited taps with bonus rewards
- Challenge friends
- Leaderboard competition
- Universal app support
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How many coovels can you smash? These baddies are lazy and sleepy, prevent them from stacking and going out of bounds! Taps are limited, you'll be awarded additional taps for every 5 successful taps. Can't spam! Challenge your friends and get to the top of the ladder! Enjoy ^.^ - Physics-based world - Universal App
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ships Squared at Free against Coovel's $0.99. Ships Squared also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Coovel's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On rating, 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
Ships Squared is free to download; Coovel costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ships Squared against 5.0 for Coovel. 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. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coovel's.
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Coovel every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ships Squared | Coovel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Karl Boghossian |
Customer experience
Ships Squared
Coovel
In-app purchases
Ships Squared
No in-app purchases
Coovel
No in-app purchases
