Comparison

Battledom vs Contraptix

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

Contraptix

Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you complete unfinished machines by adding missing parts. Solve over 300 levels with unique mechanics and compete in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Chain reaction physics puzzles
  • 300 levels across 75 stages
  • Daily challenge with leaderboards
  • Free mode for creative building
  • Community-created maps
  • Offline play
Features
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Place ramps, gears, magnets, balloons and rockets, press Play and watch every piece set off the next one. Contraptix is a physics puzzle game where every level is an unfinished machine: you add the missing parts and real physics decides whether it works. 300 LEVELS ACROSS 75 STAGES Start with simple chain reactions and finish with huge machines full of belts, pulleys, pipes, switches and timers. Every stage introduces a new part. A THOUSAND WAYS TO SOLVE IT There's no single answer. There's always a spare part on purpose: choosing well is part of the puzzle. Use few parts and be quick to earn all three stars. PARTS WITH PERSONALITY Bouncing balls, gears passing on their spin, fans, scissors that cut ropes, boxing gloves, light bulbs, cannons, trampolines and a mouse running in its wheel. Plus lasers and mirrors, portals, springs, electromagnets, dynamite and upside-down gravity zones. DAILY CHALLENGE A new puzzle every day. Fewest parts wins; on a tie, the fastest. Compete on the world and country leaderboards. FREE MODE Build whatever you like with every part you've discovered. COMMUNITY Build your own maps in Free mode, remove some parts and publish them as a challenge. Play other players' maps, rate them and climb the community and creator leaderboards. ACHIEVEMENTS Unlock achievements and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. PLAY YOUR WAY No sign-up, plays offline. Link Google or Apple whenever you like and your progress follows you to any phone. Available in 9 languages. Contraptix is free, with ads and optional in-app purchases (coins for hints and removing ads).

Screenshots

Battledom4 screens
Contraptix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Battledom at 4.7 against Contraptix's 4.0. Battledom also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (164 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Battledom sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Contraptix sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Battledom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battledom has 164 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battledom ships an update every 10 days, Contraptix every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Battledom versus Contraptix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattledomContraptix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (164 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB69 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSander FrenkenRoberto Diaz

Customer experience

Battledom

All ratings157 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Contraptix

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Battledom

One-time2
  • Tip the developer$1.99
  • Unlock the full game$3.99
4 purchases

Contraptix

One-time4
  • Bag of coins$0.99
  • Chest of coins$2.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
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  • Coin treasure$5.99

Questions

Is Battledom free?
Battledom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contraptix free?
Contraptix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Battledom or Contraptix?
Battledom is rated higher. Battledom averages 4.7 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Contraptix averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Battledom or Contraptix have ads?
Contraptix shows ads; Battledom does not.
Which is updated more often, Battledom or Contraptix?
Battledom ships an update every 10 days, and Contraptix every 9 days. Most recently, Battledom was updated on November 4, 2026 and Contraptix on November 6, 2026.

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