Comparison

Ships Squared vs Bound Balls!

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

Bound Balls!

Engage in a fast-paced bubble shooter where you must eliminate all balls before gravity pulls them to the bottom. Test your reflexes and strategic thinking in this colorful and challenging game.

Highlights
  • Bubble shooter gameplay
  • Fight against gravity
  • Fast-paced action
  • Colorful graphics
  • Challenging levels
Features
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Fight against gravity in this bubble shooter-style game! The race is on! You’ll have to flex your cat-like reflexes and tap the screen like a pro to erase all the balls before gravity pushes them all to the bottom of the screen! Imagine: you’re down to two blue balls! But just when you think you’ve got this level in the bag… A red ball appears! Forced to shoot it onto the board and with gravity closing in, what will you do? Enjoy this colorful, fast-paced, and sometimes frustrating bubble shooter from wowGame!

Screenshots

Ships Squared2 screens
Bound Balls!3 screens

Verdict

The call

Ships Squared and Bound Balls! both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bound Balls!'s. Bound Balls!'s advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 9.3). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ships Squared against 5.0 for Bound Balls!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Ships Squared's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bound Balls!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, Bound Balls! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ships Squared versus Bound Balls!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips SquaredBound Balls!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.35.1.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversalis PublishingAISE Inc

Customer experience

Ships Squared

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

Bound Balls!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Ships Squared

No in-app purchases

None

Bound Balls!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Squared free?
Ships Squared is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bound Balls! free?
Bound Balls! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ships Squared or Bound Balls!?
Ships Squared and Bound Balls! are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ships Squared or Bound Balls! have ads?
Neither Ships Squared nor Bound Balls! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ships Squared or Bound Balls!?
Ships Squared ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bound Balls! every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ships Squared was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bound Balls! on November 1, 2026.

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