battalion vs Count How Many
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
battalion
Control giant monsters to cause destruction and battle the military. Choose from four unique creatures and unleash chaos. Originally a VR game, this title brings classic monster mayhem to your mobile device.
- Control giant monsters
- Four unique monster characters
- Cause destruction and havoc
- Battle against the military
- Classic VR game adaptation
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monsters, explosions, senseless destruction. you've seen the movies, you know what to do. Choose one of four giant monsters (Googelon, flutter, Techs, and the Vapour) and start causing havoc. Your sudden arrival has caught the military off guard, but they're on their way. battalion was originally written in 1994 as a virtual reality game for the CAVE. To celebrate its 15th anniversary all the original monsters are back to blow stuff up on the iPhone.
Count How Many
Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rotate and count 3D shapes
- Increasing difficulty
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter friend challenges
- 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Count How Many at 5.0 against battalion's 3.0. Count How Many also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). battalion's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Count How Many holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count How Many has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of battalion's written reviews are positive against 100% of Count How Many's.
battalion ships an update every 11 months, Count How Many every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | battalion | Count How Many |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Johnson | Gianluca Capraro |
Customer experience
battalion
Count How Many
In-app purchases
battalion
No in-app purchases
Count How Many
No in-app purchases
