Advanced Mill Lite vs Ancient Board Game Collection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advanced Mill Lite
Experience the classic Nine Men's Morris board game on your iOS device. Challenge an advanced AI with adjustable difficulty, utilize an undo function, and get helpful hints. Track your game stats and save progress for later.
- Play against CPU with two difficulty levels
- Undo function for moves
- CPU hints available
- Track game time and turns
- Save and load games
- Optional beginner hints
- Display available moves
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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. This app is the ad supported version of the game. Features: Play against CPU - Advanced AI with two difficulty levels. 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
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: Advanced Mill Lite at none against Ancient Board Game Collection's 1. Ancient Board Game Collection's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Advanced Mill Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ancient Board Game Collection holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 101 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Advanced Mill Lite's written reviews are positive against 53% of Ancient Board Game Collection's.
Advanced Mill Lite ships an update every 5 months, Ancient Board Game Collection monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advanced Mill Lite | Ancient Board Game Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (46 ratings) | 4.5 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VTDev Informatikai Kft | Klemens Strasser |
Customer experience
Advanced Mill Lite
Ancient Board Game Collection
Bugs and requests
Advanced Mill 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
Advanced Mill Lite
No in-app purchases
Ancient Board Game Collection
- Royal$4.99
Questions
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