Comparison

War.app vs Gain Stat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

War.app

Engage in strategic turn-based warfare on thousands of community-created maps. Enjoy fair play with no pay-to-win mechanics, and compete against players worldwide or tackle challenging single-player levels. Customize your experience with flexible settings and a variety of in-game cards.

Highlights
  • No pay-to-win
  • Single-player and multi-player modes
  • Cross-platform play
  • Asynchronous games
  • Customizable game settings
  • Thousands of community maps
  • Clans and tournaments
Features
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If you like Hasbro's RISK® game, you'll love War.app! War.app (previously known as Warzone) is a deep, skill-based online strategy game inspired by classic board games but built for modern multiplayer. Fair, Skill-Based Gameplay • No pay-to-win, ever. All games are equally fair for all players. • Luck-free: By default, War.app games are determined entirely by your skill. Single-Player & Multiplayer • Active community: Over 10,000 multi-player games are played every day. • Cross-platform: You can play from your phone, tablet, or computer. You can play against other players no matter what platform they're on. All for free! • Join a clan and compete in clan wars! • Games can be up to 400 players, and can be free-for-alls, teams, co-op, and more! Endless Maps & Customization • War.app has a very flexible engine. When creating games, you have hundreds of settings you can tweak to create anything from a minor variant to a whole new experience. • There are thousands of maps to choose from, all made by the community. Or you can design your own! Maps range from small brawls to epic conquests with 4000 territories. • Play against real people, or play any of the thousands of single-player levels against the computer. Both are 100% free. • Community levels: Play single-player levels from the community, or make your own level and watch replays of other players defeating it. • Cards: War.app has a variety of cards with varying effects, like the Diplomacy Card, Spy Card, Airlift Card, Blockade Card, and more! • Mods allow extending the game engine. No installation required. Play at Your Own Pace • Faster games: All players can take their turn at the same time. Your friends don't need to be all be online at the same time to play with them. Take your turns when it's convenient and War.app will wait for you. Competitive Play • Compete in tournaments, ladders, clan wars, quickmatch. War.app has a highly active competitive community. • Quickmatch: QM makes it easy to jump into multi-player by matching you with players of equal skill on templates you like playing. • Open Games: If Quickmatch isn't to your liking, you can always browse through a list of games made by other players, or make your own! Truly Independent • War.app is an indie game in the truest sense of the word, as the entire game is made by a single person known as Fizzer, who has been developing the game since 2008. • Fizzer hopes to continue developing this game for the rest of his life. Terms of service: https://war.app/TermsOfService RISK® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. War.app is not affiliated with Hasbro, Inc.

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Gain Stat

Features
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Gain Stat lets you follow the evolution of your winnings when you play with friends for stakes, for example at Poker. Gain Stat lets you create groups of people who usually play together. Its advantage is that you can follow your winnings while sometimes being absent, and sometimes having guests. Each group you create offers the following features: - rename the group - change the name, color and order of the players, and add new players - start a new game with Siri - add a single game or a grouped set of games - possibility of being absent - possibility of including one or more guests - automatic ranking of players based on winnings - score table with an indication when winnings are distributed incorrectly - three chart types: evolution of annual or cumulative balances, and balances per year - statistics for the group and for each player Gain Stat syncs across all your devices signed in to the same Apple ID via iCloud. Gain Stat also lets you share groups or subscribe to them, with real-time synchronization whenever you or another participant makes a change. By default, participants of a group are read-only, but you can individually allow each of them to create or edit games. You can also export a group as a file to make a manual backup, or manually sync another device by importing the file. How to use: First, create a group with a set of players. You can then change the players' name, color and order, and add more players (they will be marked absent for games already played). Tap "Save". Once the group is created, tap it to see the list of games. Start a game with the + button at the top right. When the game is over, tap "Game in progress" and confirm the dialog. Check the date and duration, then enter (default value): - the number of guests (0) - the number of games covered (1) - the total stake per player (taken from the previous game, otherwise 0) (the number of games is only used for statistics and not in the stake calculation. When grouping games, enter the total stake per player) - any absent players Then distribute the WINNINGS among the regular players (min 0). Players are ranked automatically. A line is displayed below the stake with yourself: - the balance left to distribute if there are no guests - the guests' winnings, if any A negative balance means there is an error in the distribution of winnings! The games table and the charts show everyone's BALANCES, calculated automatically from the stake. For example, if the stake was 5 and the person lost, their balance is -5. If someone else won 7, their balance is 2. To delete a game, it must first be validated, then edited. Using Siri: Each time you start a game in a group, a suggestion is made to Siri. Then go to iOS Settings -> Siri & Search -> All Shortcuts and look for Gain Stat. The idea is to assign a phrase to a suggestion so Siri can record and run it. Pick a suggestion, tap "+", then record the proposed phrase or any phrase of your choice and confirm. In Gain Stat, make sure there is no game in progress for the group, then go back to the Home screen. Say the phrase you recorded to Siri and Gain Stat will open and start a new game for the group.

Screenshots

War.app4 screens
Gain Stat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gain Stat at none against War.app's 10. War.app's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. War.app sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Gain Stat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

War.app ships an update every 4 weeks, Gain Stat every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
War.app versus Gain Stat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWar.appGain Stat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size283 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRandy FickerJerome Haegeli

Bugs and requests

War.app

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when playing cards
  • Progress loss after updates
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Map loading issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved map editor on mobile
  • Pass and play local multiplayer
  • Clan/team features on mobile
  • Difficulty settings

Gain Stat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

War.app

Subscriptions2
  • Membership$3.991 Month
  • Idle Premium$8.991 Month
One-time8
  • Mother's Day Sale$3.99
  • 500 Coins$5.99
  • 1,000 Coins$9.99
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  • Super Camp$9.99
  • 2,500 Coins$23.99
  • Halloween Bundle$29.99
  • 5,000 Coins$46.99
  • 10,000 Coins$89.99
None

Gain Stat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is War.app free?
War.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gain Stat free?
Gain Stat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do War.app or Gain Stat have ads?
Neither War.app nor Gain Stat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, War.app or Gain Stat?
War.app ships an update every 4 weeks, and Gain Stat every 5 months. Most recently, War.app was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gain Stat on November 2, 2026.

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