X Versus O vs Count How Many
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X Versus O
Enjoy a classic tic-tac-toe experience with multiple ways to play. Challenge friends online via Game Center, play locally with another person, or test your skills against an AI with three difficulty levels.
- Play against friends via Game Center
- Local multiplayer mode
- Single-player AI mode
- Three AI difficulty levels
- Leaderboards and Achievements
- Background Game Center support
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A classic tic-tac-toe game that you can play against friends using Game Center, or locally on your device against another player or an AI. Features: • Play multiple Game Center matches at once. • Close the game. It's okay. You can use other apps while staying in Game Center matches. • Enjoy local multiplayer or single-player modes against an AI. • Three AI difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. • Leaderboards and Achievements. • It's free [there are ads]; Requirements: • Game Center is needed for online play. Note: If you don’t have any Game Center friends, you can use Auto-Match to find someone random to play with.
Count How Many
Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rotate and count 3D shapes
- Increasing difficulty
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter friend challenges
- 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Count How Many at 100% against X Versus O's 0%. Count How Many also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). X Versus O's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Count How Many holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count How Many has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of X Versus O's written reviews are positive against 100% of Count How Many's.
X Versus O ships an update every 4 months, Count How Many every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X Versus O | Count How Many |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X2 Studios | Gianluca Capraro |
Customer experience
X Versus O
Count How Many
In-app purchases
X Versus O
No in-app purchases
Count How Many
No in-app purchases
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