Comparison

battalion vs GLURMB!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Control giant monsters
  • Four unique monster characters
  • Cause destruction and havoc
  • Battle against the military
  • Classic VR game adaptation
Features
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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.

About

GLURMB!

Features
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GLURMB! is a fun snake game. Choose speed, gamefield size, snake appearance, and reward appearance to customize your play. Levels and points increase as you go - see how high you can get!

Screenshots

battalion4 screens
GLURMB!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: battalion at every 11 months against GLURMB!'s every 40 months. battalion also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

battalion ships an update every 11 months, GLURMB! every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
battalion versus GLURMB!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbattalionGLURMB!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAndrew JohnsonJonah Scheib

In-app purchases

None

battalion

No in-app purchases

None

GLURMB!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is battalion free?
battalion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GLURMB! free?
GLURMB! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do battalion or GLURMB! have ads?
Neither battalion nor GLURMB! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, battalion or GLURMB!?
battalion ships an update every 11 months, and GLURMB! every 40 months. Most recently, battalion was updated on October 12, 2026 and GLURMB! on September 29, 2026.

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