Kōnane Lite vs Ancient Games
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 Games
Explore and play a collection of ancient board games brought back to life with modern app design. Enjoy offline and online play, collect customizable game pieces, and tackle fun challenges. Save progress across all games with cloud saves.
- Play multiple ancient games in one app
- Offline and online multiplayer
- AI, friend, and random player matches
- Collectible game pieces and boards
- Challenges with rule variants
- Free cloud saves across games
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/!\ If you play more than one of my Ancient Games, I suggest you delete the individual apps and install this one. It will allow you to play them all and save disk storage. /!\ -Languages : English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Turkish. The past is full of fascinating games that haves been mostly forgotten. The Ancient Games collection aims to resurrect them as a meticulously crafted mix between what a player wants from an historical game and what he/she expects of a modern application. Features : -Play against the IA, friends and random players from around the world (Coming back soon) -Play Online & Offline. -Multiple collectibles : boards, game pieces, dice, nameplates, etc. -Challenges (Fun rule variants) -Free cloudsave across the collection : your progress in one game is available in all the others. -Much more features to come! Currently, the collection is comprised of four games : the Royal Game of Ur, Senet, XII Scripta and Puluc, but 40 games are in the works! You can see the roadmap here : https://trello.com/b/QYtOXwJi/ancient-games-roadmap Each game will be added to the Ancient Games app and will have its own individual app as well. The privacy policy has been updated in accordance to the latest data protection laws.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kōnane Lite at none against Ancient Games's 11. Kōnane Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). Ancient Games's advantage is ratings volume (262 vs 6) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Ancient Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 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 4.6 for Ancient Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Games has 262 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 78% of Ancient Games's.
Kōnane Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Ancient Games every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kōnane Lite | Ancient Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (262 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 262 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instant Interactive | Sullivan Bousiniere |
Customer experience
Kōnane Lite
Ancient Games
Bugs and requests
Kōnane Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ancient Games
Reported bugs
11 issues- Game freezes after match completion
- Screen goes dark and becomes unresponsive post-game
- Ad removal purchase only lasts one game
- Paid ad removal still shows advertisements
- Game continues playing after player wins
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- Cannot make legal moves despite availability
- XII Scripta piece stacking rules not enforced correctly
- Purchased board content inaccessible due to subscription requirement
- Report button links to Mail app instead of App Store
- Text rendering issues making content hard to read
- Online play frequently unavailable or non-functional
Requested features
10 requests- Two-player local multiplayer mode
- Friends list and challenge system
- Leaderboards and ranking system
- Win/loss statistics and game history tracking
- Ability to play offline while waiting for online opponents
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- Permanent one-time purchase option instead of subscription
- More ancient games added to collection
- Harder difficulty levels beyond current maximum
- Better XP progression for unlocking boards
- Improved customer support contact options
In-app purchases
Kōnane Lite
No in-app purchases
Ancient Games
- AG+$3.991 Month
- Ancient Artifact$0.99
- Purchase Game Edition2 variants$1.99
- Dawn of Civilization DLC$2.99
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- Purchase Game Edition$2.99
- Skeleton Key$2.99
- Ur Divine Edition$3.99
- Purchase Game Edition$3.99
- Purchase Game Edition$10.99
- Royal Pass$12.99
Questions
Is Kōnane Lite free?
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