Comparison

TinyShip.io vs Boring Time

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

Head to head
About

TinyShip.io

Pilot modern warships through challenging stages, collecting resources to upgrade your fleet. Engage in naval battles against enemies and compete globally for leaderboard dominance. Enjoy a relaxing action game with cute art and diverse gameplay mechanics.

Highlights
  • Unlock and upgrade warships
  • Navigate perilous stages
  • Engage in naval combat
  • Collect resources for upgrades
  • Global leaderboard competition
  • Cute art style
  • Diverse mechanisms and terrains
Features
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Welcome to the Blue Star Ocean! Unlock warships, upgrade attributes, and pilot your ship through perilous stages to face incoming enemy challenges! This is a unique action game themed around modern warships. With its cute art style, single progression path, simple and relaxing stat development, massive stages, diverse mechanisms and terrains, and linear map flow, commanders can freely release stress in the vast blue ocean. Here, you can operate various warships to challenge and sweep through long and winding enemy stages. Face different machines and turrets, dodge danger with excellent ship controls, and destroy enemy units. In the enemy-controlled sea regions, defeat multiple warships, collect resources, bring them back to base, and upgrade your ship. Lead your fleet to battle across the Blue Star Ocean, protect the adorable natives, and defeat alien invaders. Test your warship’s endurance and battle freely with players around the world in wide-open seas—survive as long as possible, defeat more players, earn higher scores, and claim the crown on the Blue Star leaderboard! More individual challenge stages for different ships will be released in the future. Tower defense mode, alchemy mode, collection mode, and friend gift exchange are all in development. More unique warships and brand-new stages will continually be added. Captains, please look forward to it!

About

Boring Time

This app offers a collection of classic puzzle games to entertain you when you're bored. It includes Sudoku, 2048, Minesweeper, FreeCell Solitaire, and an original triple-match card game. Designed for mild entertainment during downtime.

Highlights
  • Sudoku puzzles
  • 2048 sliding puzzle
  • Minesweeper strategy game
  • FreeCell Solitaire
  • Digit triple-match game
Features
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BoringTime Hey there, fellow bored soul! Are you tired of staring at the ceiling, questioning the meaning of life, and contemplating whether you should finally clean your room? Well, worry no more! I, an extremely bored and questionably productive individual, have created BoringTime – a collection of classic puzzle games designed to keep your brain mildly entertained while you wait for something more exciting to happen. Inside this treasure trove of time-wasting wonders, you’ll find: • Sudoku – Because nothing says “fun” like meticulously placing numbers in a grid! • 2048 – The addictive sliding puzzle that will make you feel smart… until you realize you’re just moving tiles around aimlessly. • Minesweeper – Test your luck and strategy by clicking boxes and hoping you don’t explode. • FreeCell Solitaire – Because shuffling virtual cards is a great alternative to shuffling through existential dread. • Digit – Our original triple-match card stacking game that’s as fun as it is totally unnecessary. I made this because I was bored. Now, you can play it because you’re bored. It’s a win-win! Download BoringTime and let’s embrace the art of productive procrastination together!

Screenshots

TinyShip.io4 screens
Boring Time3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boring Time at none against TinyShip.io's 10. Boring Time also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). TinyShip.io's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. TinyShip.io sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Boring Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TinyShip.io against 5.0 for Boring Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TinyShip.io ships an update every 4 days, Boring Time every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TinyShip.io versus Boring Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinyShip.ioBoring Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size484 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuhan CrystalInk Network Technology Co.,Ltd.zheng cao

Customer experience

TinyShip.io

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Boring Time

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

TinyShip.io

One-time10
  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 01$0.99
  • New Captain's Gift Pack$1.99
  • Azure Pack$4.99
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  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 02$4.99
  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 03$9.99
  • Gilded Gift Pack$19.99
  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 04$19.99
  • Rainbow Gift Pack$44.99
  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 05$49.99
  • Blue Crystal Gift Pack 06$99.99
None

Boring Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TinyShip.io free?
TinyShip.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boring Time free?
Boring Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TinyShip.io or Boring Time?
TinyShip.io and Boring Time are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do TinyShip.io or Boring Time have ads?
TinyShip.io shows ads; Boring Time does not.
Which is updated more often, TinyShip.io or Boring Time?
TinyShip.io ships an update every 4 days, and Boring Time every 6 weeks. Most recently, TinyShip.io was updated on October 13, 2026 and Boring Time on October 7, 2026.

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