Advanced Mill vs Cowboy Mills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advanced Mill
Experience the classic board game of Nine Men's Morris on your iOS device. Play against an advanced AI with multiple difficulty levels, challenge friends locally or online, and utilize helpful features like undo and hints.
- Play against AI with four difficulty levels
- Local two-player mode
- Network multiplayer via Game Center
- Undo move functionality
- CPU hints and optional beginner hints
- Game statistics and tie handling
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Advanced Mill is an iOS adaptation of the traditional board game Mill. The game also known as Merils and Nine Men's Morris. Features: Play against CPU - Advanced AI with four difficulty levels. Two player game on the same device. Two player network game with Game Center. No ads. Undo function to take back moves. Getting CPU hint during a move. Displaying elapsed time, number of turns, reason of win at the end of the game. Checking and handling tie situations. Optional hints for beginner players. Displaying available moves. Saving and loading games from Main Menu. Thanks for your continuous support and reviews. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vtdevinfo
Cowboy Mills
Experience the classic board game of Nine Men's Morris in a visually engaging 3D environment. Strategize to form triplets and remove opponent pieces to achieve victory. Challenge a friend or test your skills against the AI.
- 3D graphics
- Play against AI
- Local multiplayer
- Classic board game mechanics
- Strategic gameplay
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Play the beloved board game of Mills, also known as Nine Men's Morris or Cowboy Checkers, with fancy 3D visuals. Create triplets and take away your opponent's figures to win the match. You can play against a friend or against the computer. Do you think you measure up? Take the challenge, but as cowboys say: "Don't go in if you don't know the way out."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cowboy Mills at 100% against Advanced Mill's 47%. Cowboy Mills also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Advanced Mill's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 55 months). On ads 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
Cowboy Mills is free to download; Advanced Mill costs $1.99 up front. Cowboy Mills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Advanced Mill asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cowboy Mills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Mill has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Advanced Mill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cowboy Mills's.
Advanced Mill ships an update every 7 months, Cowboy Mills every 55 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advanced Mill | Cowboy Mills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 55 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VTDev Informatikai Kft | Jonas Krucher |
Customer experience
Advanced Mill
Cowboy Mills
In-app purchases
Advanced Mill
No in-app purchases
Cowboy Mills
- Pawn Figure$0.99
- Star Figure$0.99
- Candy Figure$0.99
