Battledom vs KR 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battledom
Engage in an ultimate real-time strategy experience with resource management, large-scale battles, and deep army customization. Command hundreds of soldiers, deploy siege weapons, and defend your territory in a rich world with a compelling story.
- Command massive armies
- Real-time tactical combat
- Deep army customization
- Resource gathering and trading
- Build and upgrade structures
- 20+ handcrafted levels
- Endless Mode
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FROM THE CREATOR OF HERODOM Battledom is a handcrafted pixel RTS designed for iPhone and iPad. Create your army soldier by soldier, then command hundreds of units in real-time battles. Fight back the Undead, defend mighty strongholds, control devastating siege weapons, and rebuild your kingdom between missions. Battledom is free to try and contains no ads. Unlock the complete campaign—including future content—with one purchase. COMMAND THE BATTLEFIELD Deploy your troops, organize formations, and lead entire armies across expansive battlefields. Adapt your strategy to each mission, protect important structures, and hunt down enemy forces before they overwhelm your kingdom. CONTROL SIEGE WEAPONS Take direct control of catapults, ballistae, cannons, and other powerful weapons. Aim your attacks carefully and break through enemy defenses. CREATE YOUR OWN ARMY Design and equip your soldiers using an enormous collection of weapons, armor, shields, clothing, and accessories. Your choices affect both their appearance and their abilities in battle. GATHER, CRAFT, AND UPGRADE Collect resources from farms, forests, and mines. Craft new equipment, trade materials, prepare useful dishes, and improve buildings such as the blacksmith, university, and siege workshop. CAMPAIGN AND ENDLESS MODE • 20+ handcrafted campaign missions • Large real-time battles with hundreds of soldiers • 150+ units and enemies • Extensive army and character customization • Directly controllable siege weapons • Resource gathering, crafting, trading, and cooking • Endless defense on procedurally generated maps • Game Center leaderboards • A world filled with secrets to discover Will you restore the kingdom and defeat the Undead? For the King!
KR 2
Lead a medieval kingdom, develop its economy and technology, and expand your territory through diplomacy, trade, and warfare. Manage resources, research new advancements, and defend against barbarians and rival nations to build a powerful empire. Engage in espionage and strategic combat to achieve global dominance.
- Deep strategic component
- Offline mode gameplay
- Diplomacy and trade
- Economic development and resource management
- Scientific research
- Warfare and army management
- Colonization and territorial expansion
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Kievan Rus 2 is a large-scale economic strategy in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Lead a small kingdom and turn it into a huge and powerful empire! Manage it through the ages, explore new technologies, expand your empire and become the hero of an epic story. Fight with other countries and prove yourself as a wise king and a successful military commander. FEATURES OF THE GAME - Deep strategic component – it is easy to win playing for Byzantium or France, but try to do it for Poland or Norway! It will take the talent of a brilliant strategist to capture the whole world using not only troops, but also diplomacy, science and economics. - Offline mode – Kievan Rus 2 can be played offline without the Internet: on the road, on the plane, in the subway, it will always be with you. - Diplomacy – build embassies, conclude trade agreements, non-aggression pacts, defense agreements, research agreements. Improve relations with other states. - Economy – organize the development of deposits, the collection and processing of resources, the construction of manufactories, the production of raw materials for the manufacture of military equipment. - Trade – organize trade with other countries, buy and sell food, resources and military equipment. - Colonization – discover new territories, establish control over them, conduct missionary work in the colonized territories. - Scientific development – 63 different technologies are available for the development of your empire. - War and Army – hire numerous medieval warriors, such as horsemen and spearmen. With the right strategy and tactics, seize state after state, establish your control over all countries in the world. - Barbarians – fight the barbarians, put a decisive end to their raids on your empire. - Pay off the war – pursue a flexible military policy. If you see that your army will not be able to defeat the enemy attacking your empire, then you can always negotiate with the aggressor for a certain amount of gold or resources. - Command – appoint people to key positions in the army and the imperial court who will strengthen your kingdom. - Pirates and Pirate brotherhoods – establish your control over the seas so that pirates are afraid of the imperial fleet! -Taxes – collect taxes from the working population, but do not forget to take care of the happiness of the population, otherwise there will be a riot and complete despair in the empire. - Spies and Saboteurs. Use spies to scout out information about the enemy’s army before each battle. Hire saboteurs to conduct secret operations on the territory of your enemies, saboteurs will help significantly reduce the combat potential of the enemy. - Random events will not let you get bored! Events can be positive, for example, receiving help from an ally, or negative: catastrophes, epidemics, pandemics, sabotage. - Wide variety of countries with unique game features: Byzantium, France, Roman Empire, Kievan Rus, Anglo-Saxons, Poland, Japan, Maya and others. Create your own story with your strategy and tactics. Immerse yourself in one of the most sophisticated mobile strategies, become a legendary emperor and build your mighty empire in this medieval strategy game. Play Kievan Rus 2 and do not forget: download the game “Kievan Rus 2” and play it for free! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Battledom at 82% against KR 2's 45%. Battledom also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Battledom sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and KR 2 sells 32 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Battledom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Battledom's written reviews are positive against 45% of KR 2's.
Battledom ships an update every 10 days, KR 2 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Battledom | KR 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (157 ratings) — better | 4.2 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 44.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 873 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sander Frenken | OXIWYLE LLC |
Customer experience
Battledom
KR 2
In-app purchases
Battledom
- Tip the developer$1.99
- Unlock the full game$3.99
KR 2
- 7-Day Subscription7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Crystal subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Gold subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Wars$0.49
- Premium$0.49
- Quick Army Restoration$0.99
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- Pack$0.99
- Disable ads$0.99
- 600 crystals$0.99
- +500 000 gold$0.99
- Accelerated Time$0.99
- Return to Power$0.99
- Quick Resource Restoration$1.99
- Quick Army Restoration$4.99
- Craftsman$4.99
- Easy start for any state$4.99
- Builder$4.99
- +3 000 000 gold$4.99
- +3 000 gold per day$4.99
- 3 940 crystals$4.99
- Quick Resource Restoration$4.99
- Welcome Pack$4.99
- Top 3 Sales2 variants$9.99
- Gem Madness$9.99
- Royal set$9.99
- +7 000 000 gold$9.99
- 8 250 crystals$9.99
- Quick Resource Restoration$9.99
- Invincible Army$9.99
- Perfect Set$9.99
- +16 000 000 gold$19.99
- Quick Resource Restoration$19.99









