Comparison

Morabaraba Trainer vs Morabaraba | Mlabalaba

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

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Morabaraba Trainer

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Learn to play Morabaraba from a perfect player. Training examples take you from beginner to expert in no time. When you are ready, play the full 8 stone game (hardest know variant). Because the computer always responds perfectly, even expert players can use this App to fine-tune their game.

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Morabaraba | Mlabalaba

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Morabaraba (Mlabalaba) — the classic Southern African strategy game. One of Africa's oldest and most-loved board games, played for generations across Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana. Learn it in a minute, spend years getting good at it. PLAY ONLINE • Get matched with a real opponent, casual or ranked • Challenge a specific player, or host an open game anyone can join • Tournaments with a live bracket • A global leaderboard with ratings and country flags • Follow players, and see who is online • Chat rooms, direct messages and post-game discussion • Everyone plays in one pool, so there is always an opponent to meet PLAY OFFLINE • Seven levels of computer opponent, Easy through Master • Pass-and-play on one device • Watch two computer players fight it out • No connection needed — the whole single-player game works offline TWO RULE SETS • Traditional (South African) — the 24-point board, mills protected • Koti (Lesotho) — the 25-point board with the centre point and diagonals, plus the restrictive rules: you must form a mill when you can, you must block one when you can, a blocked player passes instead of losing, and no cow is safe inside a mill Or set the four rules yourself and play your house variant. THINGS TO COME BACK FOR • A new puzzle every day • Daily quests and a weekly challenge • Experience, levels, and three journeys across Southern Africa • Achievements to collect MADE TO BE PLAYED • Move hints, threat warnings and confirm-before-you-move, all optional • Colour-blind mode that tells the herds apart by shape, not only colour • Seven sound themes, or none at all • Two piece sets: River Stones and Carved Bulls • Full statistics, and a replay of any finished game you can step through, scrub and share HOW TO PLAY Placing: take turns putting your twelve cows on the board, trying to line three up. Moving: once every cow is placed, slide one to a neighbouring point each turn. Flying: down to three cows, you can jump to any empty point. A mill is three of your cows in a line. Make one and you take one of theirs. Reduce your opponent to two cows, or leave them with nowhere to move, and you have won. MORE THAN A GAME Morabaraba is played on scratched boards and bottle tops across the region, and the vocabulary is part of it: your pieces are cows, a mill sends one of your opponent's to the kraal. The game carries its own history, and so does this app. Free. No adverts.

Screenshots

Morabaraba Trainer1 screens
Morabaraba | Mlabalaba4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Morabaraba Trainer at none against Morabaraba | Mlabalaba's shown. Morabaraba Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). Morabaraba | Mlabalaba's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Morabaraba Trainer ships an update every 5 months, Morabaraba | Mlabalaba daily. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Morabaraba Trainer versus Morabaraba | Mlabalaba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorabaraba TrainerMorabaraba | Mlabalaba
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size792 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRalph GasserItumeleng Victor Tlali

In-app purchases

None

Morabaraba Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Morabaraba | Mlabalaba

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Morabaraba Trainer free?
Morabaraba Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Morabaraba | Mlabalaba free?
Morabaraba | Mlabalaba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Morabaraba Trainer or Morabaraba | Mlabalaba have ads?
Morabaraba | Mlabalaba shows ads; Morabaraba Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Morabaraba Trainer or Morabaraba | Mlabalaba?
Morabaraba Trainer ships an update every 5 months, and Morabaraba | Mlabalaba daily. Most recently, Morabaraba Trainer was updated on September 20, 2026 and Morabaraba | Mlabalaba on September 20, 2026.

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