Comparison

Conquest vs Idle War.app

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

Head to head
About

Conquest

Experience a classic board game of global domination. Engage in strategic conquest against AI opponents or challenge friends locally or online. Enjoy a fully functional free version with optional map purchases to support development.

Highlights
  • Global conquest gameplay
  • Strategic AI opponents
  • Solo play
  • Local multiplayer
  • Online multiplayer
  • Customizable maps
Features
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Conquest is a version of the classic board game where you combine risk and strategy to conquer the world. You can play solo or multiple human games against the randomly selected computer controlled opponents, each with their own personality and strong artificial intelligence. You can play solo games against the sophisticated computer AI, multiplayer games on a single device, or network games between friends over the internet! This version is fully functional and free and if you enjoy it please buy the extra maps to support further development! For the latest news on all of my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

Idle War.app

An incremental empire-building game where you conquer territories, manage resources, and upgrade your empire. Progress even while offline with automated features and discover new maps and challenges.

Highlights
  • Army generation and upgrades
  • Resource mining and smelting
  • Item crafting with recipes
  • Territory conquest and bonuses
  • Technology upgrades
  • Artifact discovery and upgrades
  • Advancement Points for permanent boosts
  • Auto-play features
Features
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Conquer the world while you sleep! War.app (previously known as Warzone) is an innovative incremental game that puts you in charge of an empire. As you use your armies to conquer neighboring territories, you'll discover tons of exciting assets you can use to strengthen your empire further. • Army camps generate armies continuously. You can capture more and upgrade them. Use your armies to conquer territories on the map to discover more things to help you. • Mines generate ores continuously, such as copper ore, tin ore, etc. You can upgrade them to produce more. • Smelters work continuously to smelt your ore into bars. Bars can be sold for more than the ore it took to make it. • Crafters work continuously to turn your smelted bars into items, such as copper bars into copper wire. • Find recipes on the map to unlock additional things your smelters and crafters can do. • Find caches on the map to give you an injection of free armies, money, or resources. • Technologies can be purchased to turn your items into useful bonuses, such as increasing army camps, better smelters, or drafting armies. • Regions of the map are separate into bonuses. Conquer an entire bonus to unlock sources of money, or other assets. • Mercenary Camps lets you hire armies to grow even faster. • Hospitals allow you to save armies when conquering territories. They can be upgraded to save even more. • Find a dig site and start digging for artifacts, which are permanent upgrades to fuel your empire. Artifacts can be upgraded by sacrificing ones you don't need. • Complete an entire map and you will earn Advancement Points (AP). These can be spent on Advancements which give you permanent upgrades, such as improving army camps, mines, sell prices, drafts, etc. • By default, you can accrue two hours of idle time. The Max Idle Time advancement can upgrade this time to any value, and you can also find artifacts that increase it. • Auto-advancements help you out by playing the game for you. For example, auto-conquer automatically conquers territories on the map, auto-sell automatically sells resources you don't need, auto-draft automatically picks up drafts, etc. Getting all of them can completely automate the game. • Over 30 maps are available, covering all parts of the world as well as fictional places. If you complete them all you can Ascend. • Powers can be used to accelerate your empire. Find them on the map, get them from the daily bonus, or spin the War.app Wheel to win powers or coins. • The multi-level power or advancement allow playing multiple levels at the same time. This is an effective way to boost your progression. • Find Arenas to compete against other War.app players in a strategic battle. The winner will get additional armies, money, and resources to fuel their empire. • Compete against up to 30 other players in a chaotic Battle Royale multi-player mode! Launch attacks against others and see who comes out on top! • Fight against an AI in challenges for additional AP, if your advancements and artifacts are strong enough to out-expand them. • Join a clan and compete in Clan Wars! • Participate in global or clan chat rooms built into the app • Earn and complete all of the achievements! Terms of service: https://war.app/TermsOfService

Screenshots

Conquest4 screens
Idle War.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle War.app at 4.7 against Conquest's 3.4. Idle War.app also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 52%). Conquest's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Conquest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Idle War.app sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle War.app holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 148 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Conquest's written reviews are positive against 60% of Idle War.app's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Conquest versus Idle War.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConquestIdle War.app
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (122 ratings)4.7 (148 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.7% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings122148 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB277 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorRandy Ficker

Customer experience

Conquest

All ratings122 ratings
Positive54.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative35.2%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative38.0%

Idle War.app

All ratings148 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral0.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Conquest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Armies disappearing during battles
  • Inability to attack certain territories
  • Map not displaying properly after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • More advanced AI difficulty settings
  • Random map generation option
  • Ability to edit player/faction names

Idle War.app

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Conquest

One-time5
  • Geographical maps$2.99
  • Fantasy maps 1$2.99
  • Fantasy maps 2$2.99
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  • Space maps$2.99
  • All of the maps$4.99
27 purchases

Idle War.app

Subscriptions1
  • Idle Premium$8.991 Month
One-time26
  • Day against Nuclear Tests$2.99
  • Mothers Day Bundle$3.99
  • Father's Day Bundle$3.99
Show 23 more
  • 500 Coins$5.99
  • Super Camp$9.99
  • 1,000 Coins$9.99
  • Spring Bundle$9.99
  • Cyber Monday Bundle$9.99
  • Summer Solstice Bundle$9.99
  • Holiday Bundle$14.99
  • New Years Bundle$14.99
  • January Jumpstart Bundle$14.99
  • World Kindness Day Bundle$14.99
  • Autumn Bundle$14.99
  • International Day of Peace$14.99
  • World Chess Day Bundle$14.99
  • World Environment Day Bundle$14.99
  • Day of Human Spaceflight$19.99
  • World Water Day Bundle$19.99
  • Summer Sale$19.99
  • 2,500 Coins$23.99
  • Birthday Bundle$29.99
  • Valentine's Day Sale$29.99
  • Auto Artifact Swapper$34.99
  • 5,000 Coins$46.99
  • 10,000 Coins$89.99

Questions

Is Conquest free?
Conquest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle War.app free?
Idle War.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Conquest or Idle War.app?
Idle War.app is rated higher. Conquest averages 3.4 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while Idle War.app averages 4.7 from 148 ratings.
Do Conquest or Idle War.app have ads?
Neither Conquest nor Idle War.app shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conquest or Idle War.app?
Conquest ships an update every 2 months, and Idle War.app every 2 months. Most recently, Conquest was updated on September 16, 2026 and Idle War.app on September 19, 2026.

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