Kōnane Lite vs Ancient Board Game Collection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kōnane Lite
Experience an ancient Hawaiian board game similar to checkers. Learn the rules with a tutorial, play against the device on a 6x6 board, and customize difficulty. Features beautiful graphics and a Hawaiian glossary.
- Learn to play with tutorial
- Play against device AI
- 6x6 board
- Adjustable difficulty and hints
- Coral and lava rock graphics
- Hawaiian glossary with pronunciation
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Welcome to kōnane, a game played by the ancient people of Hawaii! Legend has is that King Kamehameha could not be defeated. Can you become a master of kōnane as well? --- FEATURES --- - Learn to play by viewing the tutorial. Gameplay is similar to checkers. - Play against the device on a 6 by 6 board. - Various settings to control aspects such as difficulty and the inclusion of hints. - Beautiful graphics to include coral and lava rock playing pieces. - Hawaiian glossary with visual and audio pronunciations. Upgrading to the full version will add the following: - Play games on a larger 8 by 8 board. - Earn your place on leaderboards and obtain achievements using Game Center. - More challenging games when playing against a device. - Share and play.
Ancient Board Game Collection
Explore a collection of historical board games from ancient civilizations. Play against AI, friends online, or locally on a single device. Offers accessibility features for visually impaired players.
- 9 unique ancient board games
- Online multiplayer against friends
- Local multiplayer on one device
- AI opponent for solo play
- VoiceOver and Voice Control support
- High contrast game boards
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Have you ever heard of Hnefatafl, a game played during the Viking Age? Or Latrunculi, popular over 2000 years ago in ancient Rome? Discover these games and many more in the "Ancient Board Game Collection". Features: - 9 different games: Konane, Hnefatafl, Nine Men's Morris, Dablot Prejjesne, Gomoku, Halatafl, Latrunculi, Five Field Kono and Bagh-Chal - Play online against your friends or compete with via Game Center - Local Multiplayer on a single device - Step up your game by playing against the AI - Fully Accessible via VoiceOver and Voice Control - High Contrast Game Boards for people with low vision Note: There are no Ads for anyone, but the game comes with In-App-Purchases. The free download allows you to play one online game at a time and lets you try out the local multiplayer and AI mode once. Unlimited online games and playing locally as often as you want can be bought as an In-App Purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kōnane Lite at none against Ancient Board Game Collection's 1. Kōnane Lite also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). Ancient Board Game Collection's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Ancient Board Game Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kōnane Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Kōnane Lite against 4.5 for Ancient Board Game Collection. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Board Game Collection has 101 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Kōnane Lite's written reviews are positive against 53% of Ancient Board Game Collection's.
Kōnane Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Ancient Board Game Collection monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kōnane Lite | Ancient Board Game Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | 4.5 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instant Interactive | Klemens Strasser |
Customer experience
Kōnane Lite
Ancient Board Game Collection
Bugs and requests
Kōnane Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ancient Board Game Collection
Reported bugs
14 issues- Gomoku AI lets you win easily
- Online games remain untouched by opponents
- No wins or forfeit notices for inactive opponents
- Online players are missing/inactive
- Opponents have two days to respond, leading to long waits
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- Matches start but opponents don't play their next move
- Giant picket sign dances around the board blocking view
- Online mode doesn't allow play after a turn
- Game crashes when surrendering
- Online multiplayer doesn't work
- Cannot find anyone online
- Opponent takes a very long time to move
- Paid version via Apple store not unlocking full game
- Free version limits play significantly
Requested features
25 requests- Add Renju rules for Gomoku
- Change board size
- Add more game variations
- Add Go and Japanese Chess
- Add more themes
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- Add an undo button
- Add an expert level for the computer
- Add more ancient board games from Africa, Middle East, East Asia, etc.
- Add missing difficulty levels in 'Train' mode
- Add 'Extra Hard' mode
- Add Bagh Chal to 'Train' mode
- Add Chinese Chess, Fanorona, Go, Mancala
- Add a full Go mode on the Gomoku board
- Option to keep head-to-head game statistics vs the computer
- Easier way to invite others to play within the app
- Add Senet to the game set
- Add Japanese Chess - Shogi
- Add a confirm button
- Add time limits for turns
- Add difficult modes for Gomoku and Hnefatafl
- Add Go game
- Add chess
- Add a timer for turns
- Option to cancel a game without a loss if opponent is inactive
- Add more complex training levels for all games
In-app purchases
Kōnane Lite
No in-app purchases
Ancient Board Game Collection
- Royal$4.99
Questions
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