Pill Fortress vs Squaring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pill Fortress
Defend your fortress against waves of viruses in this immune-themed base defense game. Strategically place and upgrade unique pill defenders to overcome evolving viral threats. Enjoy kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics.
- Dynamic pill placement
- Evolving viral threats
- Unlock new pill characters
- Vibrant 2D graphics
- Strategic upgrades
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Dive into Pill Fortress, a Base Defense game set in an immune-themed world. Defend your fortress against waves of viruses using strategic pill placements and tactical upgrades to max out your chances of survival. - Dynamic Pill placement on the Wall to better damage the viruses - Evolving viral threats over levels, with newer, meaner viruses to exterminate - Unlock powerful new Pill characters to help you defend the Fortress - Kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics Pill Fortress offers a simple yet engaging gameplay, perfect for quick entertainment or strategic mastery. Join the Defense effort and keep the viral invaders at bay!
Squaring
A turn-based multiplayer game where players compete to fill the four corners of a square before their opponent. The game board size can be adjusted, adding a strategic layer to the competition.
- 1v1 turn-based gameplay
- Fill 4 corners of a square
- Adjustable square size
- Strategic competition
- Multiplayer mode
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In this Multiplayer 1v1 turn based game, your goal is to fill the 4 corners of a square before your opponent does. The square can be any size, so it can be as small as a 2 by 2 square, or as large as the game board 10 by 10 square! The key is to create your square before your opponent can create their square. The screenshots will help you understand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Squaring at 100% against Pill Fortress's 33%. Squaring also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14) and ads (none vs shown). Pill Fortress's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pill Fortress sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Squaring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squaring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pill Fortress has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Pill Fortress's written reviews are positive against 100% of Squaring's.
Pill Fortress ships an update every 2 weeks, Squaring every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pill Fortress | Squaring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 323 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Boris Piker |
Customer experience
Pill Fortress
Squaring
Bugs and requests
Pill Fortress
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during battles
- Progression loss on crashes
- Targeting/tracking issues
- Unresponsive ad screens
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- More pill variety
- Improved boss difficulty
- Customizable controls
- Endless/challenge modes
Squaring
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pill Fortress
- Very Small Nucleus Pack$0.99
- Small Nucleus Pack$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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- Perma Speed Up$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Medium Nucleus Pack$5.99
- Equipment Pack$7.99
- Perma Boosts$7.99
- Plasma Waves Pill$8.99
- Skills Tickets$9.99
- Skills Pack$9.99
- Big Nucleus Pack$9.99
- Gigantic Nucleus Pack$24.99
- Instant Video Rewards$29.99
Squaring
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pill Fortress free?
Is Squaring free?
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