Comparison

X vs Squad

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

Head to head
About

X

Features
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This game is a cooperative game where you should solve the puzzles with your friend to save humanity.

About

Squad

Features
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Draft eleven players. Win four knockout rounds. Lose once and it's over. Squad is a football roguelike with no second chances. Each run drops you into a draft where clubs are dealt at random — you might get Liverpool, you might get Angers. Pick one player per round, place them on the pitch, and build an XI out of whatever the draw gives you. Then the bracket begins. Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinal, final. Four wins for the title. One defeat and the run is gone — squad, stats, everything. WHAT MAKES A RUN • A draft of 11 rounds, one club drawn per round • Nine formations, from 4-3-3 to 5-4-1, chosen before the first pick • Five rerolls per run when the club you drew has nothing you need • Real clubs from the top five European leagues, plus elite sides from the rest of the world THE MATCHES DECIDE THEMSELVES Every result comes from a machine learning model trained on the strength of both sides. It runs on your device, in a match you watch play out minute by minute — goals arrive when they arrive, and a penalty shootout is always on the table. Favourites win about seven times in ten. The other three are why the run ends. Speed it up, slow it down, or jump straight to the final whistle. HARDCORE Turn it on and player ratings are hidden during the draft. You pick on name and position alone. NO ACCOUNT, NO INTERNET, NO ADS Squad works entirely offline. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold. Your record lives on your phone.

Screenshots

X3 screens
Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

X and Squad are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
X versus Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXSquad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size269 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao CarneiroEnzo Tonatto

In-app purchases

None

X

No in-app purchases

None

Squad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is X free?
X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squad free?
Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do X or Squad have ads?
Neither X nor Squad shows ads.

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