Comparison

Battledom vs Sea Drifter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Command massive armies
  • Real-time tactical combat
  • Deep army customization
  • Resource gathering and trading
  • Build and upgrade structures
  • 20+ handcrafted levels
  • Endless Mode
Features
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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!

About

Sea Drifter

Features
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Sea Drifter is a 2D top-down ocean survival game about one named ship and the long voyage to rebuild her, from the Coastal Waters to the Forgotten Ocean. Sail out of Port Haven, plunder the cargo drifting on the tide, brave island expeditions, and out-sail — or ram — the pirates who want your hold. Everything you salvage goes back into the same vessel: six keel refits, fittings, relics and masteries that all carry forward. There is only ever one ship. She is yours to lose. — SAIL A LIVING SEA — A full day passes every five minutes: dawn gold, bright noon, amber dusk, deep blue night. Weather rolls between clear skies, rain, fog banks and storms, and the wind genuinely pushes your hull. Pirates see less far at night and in bad weather, so the dark hours are the sneaky hours. — PLUNDER EVERYTHING — Sail close and safe loot scoops itself: driftwood, scrap iron, rations, coin purses, crates, barrels, chests and rare glowing Gilded Caches that often carry a temporary boon. Sealed Cargo is a visible gamble — smuggler's stash, booby trap or pirate bait — that only opens on a deliberate tap. — REBUILD ONE PERSISTENT SHIP — Port Haven's shipyard lays your ship out as a blueprint. Tap a part — keel, hull, sails, nets, cannon, spyglass — to refit or upgrade it. Gold pays the shipwright; wood, iron, food and rare artifacts become permanent fittings. Founder's Keel → Coastal → Bluewater → Deepwater → War Keel → Wayfinder. — ISLANDS, OUTPOSTS & CONTRACTS — Procedurally placed isles run a five-step rail: scout, clear, claim, outpost. Claimed islands produce on their own and ship the goods home. Harbormaster contracts, merchant escorts and treasure-fleet interceptions are always posted at the dock. — HUNT THE ENDGAME — Sink the Pirate King to claim the Heart of the Forgotten Ocean. Then the Drowned Court rises: three Ghost Admirals bound to fog, storm and midnight, a Drowned King in the Maelstrom, permanent trinkets, and New Voyage+ — a fresh, tougher sea with your trophies carried over. — SOLO OR CO-OP — Play the whole voyage alone, or open your sea to friends on the same Wi-Fi for drop-in co-op. No account, no sign-up. Plays fully offline. — AT A GLANCE — • One persistent ship, six keel configurations, dozens of fittings and relics • Fog-of-war Sea Chart, treasure maps that lead to real dug-up gold, live waypoints • Arcade sailing — thrust, drag, turn, ram • Day/night, dynamic weather and wind • Code-composed music and ~20 synthesized sound effects • Local save; autosaves on docking, after expeditions, and on a timer • No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking.

Screenshots

Battledom4 screens
Sea Drifter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sea Drifter at none against Battledom's 2. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Battledom sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sea Drifter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Battledom versus Sea Drifter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattledomSea Drifter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (164 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB66 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSander FrenkenULF SIMON VICTOR ANDERSSON

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Battledom

One-time2
  • Tip the developer$1.99
  • Unlock the full game$3.99
None

Sea Drifter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Battledom free?
Battledom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sea Drifter free?
Sea Drifter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Battledom or Sea Drifter have ads?
Neither Battledom nor Sea Drifter shows ads.

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