Comparison

Hidden Ships (Puzzle) vs Deep Trouble

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

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About

Hidden Ships (Puzzle)

A logic puzzle game where you locate hidden battleships on a grid. Follow simple rules to deduce ship placements and solve thousands of unique levels. Designed for strategic thinking and logical deduction.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzle gameplay
  • Thousands of unique levels
  • Varying difficulty levels
  • Solvable with logic only
  • Simple rules, tricky solutions
  • No guessing required
Features
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Hidden Ships, also known as Bimaru, is a logic puzzle game with simple rules but tricky solutions. You need to find the location of all the battleships hidden in the field. Some battleships can be partially opened. A battleship is a straight line of successive black cells. The rules of the game are very simple: • The number of battleships of each size is indicated in the legend next to the grid. • 2 battleships cannot touch each other even diagonally. • The numbers outside the grid show the number of cells occupied by battleships in that row / column. In our application, we have created 12,000 unique levels with varying degrees of difficulty. If this is your first time playing "Hidden Ships", try the first beginner level. Each difficulty level contains 2000 unique levels. Where level 1 is the easiest and 2000 is the hardest. If you can easily solve the 2000th level, try the first level of the next difficulty level. Each level has only one unique solution, each puzzle can be solved using only logical methods, without guessing. Have a good time!

About

Deep Trouble

Navigate treacherous caves, outwit bats, and race against the clock in this retro cave-crawler. With simple controls and brutal levels, test your skills to reach the exit before time runs out. Features 30 challenging levels with no hand-holding.

Highlights
  • Retro cave-crawler gameplay
  • 30 challenging underground levels
  • Race against the clock for high scores
  • Tight d-pad controls for mobile
  • Skip levels with a long-press option
  • Earn grades from C to S
Features
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Deep Trouble is a retro cave-crawler inspired by the classic Boulder Dash. Navigate treacherous underground caverns, outwit the bats lurking in the dark, and reach the exit before the clock runs out. Simple controls. Brutal caves. Zero mercy. 30 underground levels — each more devious than the last. Think you can breeze through? Good luck. Features: - Tight d-pad controls built for mobile — tap once for a single step, hold to keep moving - 10 lives stand between you and a fresh start from the top - Race against the clock — your score is all about speed - Boulders and bats have a lot to say about your performance - Stuck on a level? Long-press to skip it — but it'll be waiting for you at the end - Shake to restart (we understand) - Earn a grade from C to S when you clear all 30 levels No diamonds to collect. No power-ups. No hand-holding. Just you, a cave full of problems, and a door somewhere at the end of it. Deep Trouble. A Delulu adventure.

Screenshots

Hidden Ships (Puzzle)4 screens
Deep Trouble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Deep Trouble at none against Hidden Ships (Puzzle)'s shown. Deep Trouble also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hidden Ships (Puzzle)'s advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deep Trouble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Ships (Puzzle) ships an update every 2 months, Deep Trouble every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hidden Ships (Puzzle) versus Deep Trouble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden Ships (Puzzle)Deep Trouble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB8 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperAliaksandr UvarauFrank Neumann

Customer experience

Hidden Ships (Puzzle)

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Deep Trouble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hidden Ships (Puzzle)

No in-app purchases

None

Deep Trouble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hidden Ships (Puzzle) free?
Hidden Ships (Puzzle) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep Trouble free?
Deep Trouble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hidden Ships (Puzzle) or Deep Trouble?
Deep Trouble is rated higher. Hidden Ships (Puzzle) averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Deep Trouble averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hidden Ships (Puzzle) or Deep Trouble have ads?
Hidden Ships (Puzzle) shows ads; Deep Trouble does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Ships (Puzzle) or Deep Trouble?
Hidden Ships (Puzzle) ships an update every 2 months, and Deep Trouble every 9 days. Most recently, Hidden Ships (Puzzle) was updated on November 4, 2026 and Deep Trouble on November 5, 2026.

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