Slay vs The Number Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slay
Engage in a turn-based strategy game set in medieval times. Conquer enemy territories, expand your own, and strategically upgrade your units from peasants to powerful barons. Balance resource management to avoid bankruptcy and achieve victory.
- Territory capture and expansion
- Unit upgrades (Peasants to Barons)
- Strategic combat and castle sieges
- Resource management and bankruptcy risk
- Turn-based multiplayer
- AI opponents
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Slay is a simple to learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided up between the six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link up your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once your territories become richer you can combine peasants to make stronger and stronger people (Spearmen, Knights and then Barons) who can kill weaker enemy troops, or knock down their castles. Just be careful that you don't create too many expensive men or the territory will go bankrupt! "This game is pure strategy! It's a work of genius. Brilliant AI. Engaging turn-based multiplayer strategy. Sid Meier, eat your heart out!" - GameSpy.com "I love this game! I play it all the time, and when I'm not, I think about wanting to play it." - PocketNow.com "At first glance, Slay looks elementary, but hidden beneath are cunning strategy elements that must be finely balanced for success" - PC Magazine "Deceptively delightful. The graphics are simple, but the strategy is complex." - Download.com For the latest news on all my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!
The Number Challenge
Test your reflexes and logic by arranging randomly generated numbers in ascending order. Compete against the clock and aim for the top spot on the global leaderboard. This addictive puzzle game offers endless replayability.
- Random number generation
- Order numbers quickly
- Time-based challenges
- Global leaderboard
- Addictive gameplay
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Want to challenge yourself? Try the number challenge! The famous internet craze is now on your phone! Generate random numbers and try to put them in order. You'll never know what number you'll get next, so place them wisely! Complete the number challenge in the shortest amount of time and join the leaderboard. See you at the top!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Number Challenge at Free against Slay's $4.99. The Number Challenge also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Slay's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (271 vs 1).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
The Number Challenge is free to download; Slay costs $4.99 up front. Slay sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. The Number Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Number Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slay has 271 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Slay's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Number Challenge's.
Slay ships an update every 3 months, The Number Challenge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slay | The Number Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (271 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 271 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean O'Connor | FRAMEWRK, Incorporated |
Customer experience
Slay
The Number Challenge
Bugs and requests
Slay
Reported bugs
3 issues- Multiplayer not working
- Progress not saving in custom levels
- Graphical issues on newer devices
Requested features
6 requests- Option to revert to classic graphics
- Ability to choose starting color
- Larger/randomized map sizes
- Online/multiplayer mode
- Level editor or custom map creation
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- Stats tracking and achievements
The Number Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Slay
- Countries 1$0.99
- Countries 2$0.99
- Patterns 1$0.99
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- Patterns 2$0.99
- Patterns 3$0.99
- Patterns 4$0.99
- US States$0.99
- Whole row of 18 pages$9.99
- Whole 3rd row$9.99
- Whole 4th row$9.99
The Number Challenge
No in-app purchases
