Comparison

Ships Squared vs Image Puzzle Advance

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

Image Puzzle Advance

Features
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Image Puzzle (Advance) is a very wonderful and exciting puzzle game. This app brings you several exciting images to which you can puzzle-up & solve. Image Puzzle can be played by any person of any age group. It's also allows you to take your own photo(using Camera or phone Memory ) and puzzle it as your wish. Image Puzzle app have three levels 'Easy','Medium' & 'Hard' by which you can play this game as per your satisfaction. So why are you waiting for, install it and have fun.

Screenshots

Ships Squared2 screens
Image Puzzle Advance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ships Squared at Free against Image Puzzle Advance's $0.99. Ships Squared also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On 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

Ships Squared is free to download; Image Puzzle Advance costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Image Puzzle Advance every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ships Squared versus Image Puzzle Advance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips SquaredImage Puzzle Advance
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversalis PublishingPrimosoft Inc

In-app purchases

None

Ships Squared

No in-app purchases

None

Image Puzzle Advance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Squared free?
Ships Squared is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image Puzzle Advance free?
Image Puzzle Advance costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ships Squared or Image Puzzle Advance have ads?
Neither Ships Squared nor Image Puzzle Advance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ships Squared or Image Puzzle Advance?
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, and Image Puzzle Advance every 13 months. Most recently, Ships Squared was updated on October 22, 2026 and Image Puzzle Advance on May 17, 2026.

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