Comparison

Set a Watch vs SpaceCorp

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

Head to head
About

Set a Watch

A tactical board game adaptation where players manage dice rolls to control unique adventurers fighting creatures. Strategize actions like attacking, resting, or preparing to prevent darkness from consuming the world. Victory requires careful planning and strategic combat.

Highlights
  • Tactical dice management gameplay
  • Control unique adventurers with distinct skills
  • Fight creatures and prevent world darkness
  • Secure nine locations
  • Choose special abilities before battle
  • Build squads from six unique heroes
Features
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Set a Watch is an adaptation of modern board game. Tactical dice management gameplay offers unique decisions for the players trying to fight back creatures. Control a party of unique adventurers, each with distinct skills to vanquish evil before the Unhallowed consume the world in darkness. Secure nine locations to prevent the acolytes from breaking the seals ... and try to survive. Every dice roll determines your actions—attack, rest, or prepare for the next wave. Plan wisely, fight strategically, and survive the darkness. Will you rise to the challenge? Victory is earned, not given. Fight monsters using your special skills. Attack directly with dice or activate the right abilities. The right timing for each spell is key to surviving so use your options carefully - mistakes can cost you a run. Dice Management. Roll first, strategize next - every result is useful if you play it right. Finding the best way out of multiple options is the key to victory. Choose special abilities to prepare before each battle Choose your actions wisely - Heal, Scout, Equip, or Light the Fire. Will you unleash powerful magic runes now or save your best dice for the battle ahead? Six unique heroes Pick members of your team before your journey. Build the best squad or experiment with different combinations from six adventurers with unique skills. Will you overpower foes with a brute-force warrior, outwit them with a wizard’s magic, tame forest creatures to your advantage, or stand resilient in the light as a cleric? Master the Chaos Regular and Unhallowed monster abilities combine with each other, 20 different locations, 6 heroes, 30 abilities, and countless outcomes. Will you claim victory? Set a watch!

About

SpaceCorp

Lead humanity's expansion into space, building bases, mining resources, and exploring distant star systems. This turn-based strategy game offers a complete sci-fi experience playable in under an hour, featuring a card-driven system and various game modes.

Highlights
  • Build bases on Moon and Mars
  • Survey Saturn's rings
  • Explore Europa's oceans
  • Send generational colony ships
  • Card-driven hand management
  • Multiple game modes
  • Three distinct eras of play
Features
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Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, explore the vast oceans of Europa, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri and beyond, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game, playable in 60 minutes or less! Using a clever card-driven, hand-management system, SpaceCorp plays in under 60 minutes, and has many exciting game modes, from playing against aggressive AI's to playing against a devious, hand-crafted, card-driven automa. It also includes optional era situation cards to add additional variety. Do you have what it takes to lead mankind into the future? ------------------------------- In SpaceCorp, the player explores and develops outer space over three eras. The player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and nearby stars. In SpaceCorp you can … - Assemble a spaceport at a Lagrange Point. - Launch an exploration mission to Mars. - Mine asteroids. - Earn profit from exotic resources discovered on the Jovian moons. - Discover microbial life in the subsurface oceans of Charon. - Decode exo-DNA to develop radiation resistant human pioneers. - Undertake a mission to Alpha Centauri in a generation ship. - Break through technological barriers to achieve faster-than-light travel. - Establish a colony in the Tau Ceti star system. - Each of the three eras is played on a different map: - The first era, Mariners, covers exploration and development out to Mars. - In Planeteers, players settle the outer solar system. - In Starfarers, players send missions to nearby star systems and establish interstellar colonies. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a digital adaptation of the award-winning board game by the same name released in 2018 by John Butterfield and GMT Games. It was nominated for the "2018 Golden Elephant Award" on Board Game Geek, along with Root and Brass: Birmingham. Other award winners on Board Game Geek include Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Dune: Imperium. As a fast-playing, tight strategy game, SpaceCorp is perfect for players looking to get their strategy game fix in short time frames. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: Ventures is an expansion for SpaceCorp under development, and planned for release in Fall of 2025. In SpaceCorp: Ventures, players will be able to play as any one of 14 different rival corporations, each with their own powers, abilities, and motivations, leading to very dynamic games and ever changing strategies.

Screenshots

Set a Watch4 screens
SpaceCorp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpaceCorp at 4.1 against Set a Watch's 3.6. SpaceCorp also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and price ($6.99 vs $8.99). Set a Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, ads 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

Set a Watch costs $8.99 and SpaceCorp $6.99 up front. SpaceCorp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Set a Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpaceCorp holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Set a Watch's written reviews are positive against 72% of SpaceCorp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Set a Watch ships an update every 3 months, SpaceCorp weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Set a Watch versus SpaceCorp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSet a WatchSpaceCorp
Price$8.99$6.99 — better
Rating3.6 (18 ratings)4.1 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1823 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size838 MB341 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAcram DigitalLogix Interactive LLC

Customer experience

Set a Watch

All ratings19 ratings
Positive52.6%
Neutral21.1%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

SpaceCorp

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%

Bugs and requests

Set a Watch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SpaceCorp

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when starting the game
  • Tutorial doesn't work consistently

Requested features

2 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Improved tutorial experience

In-app purchases

None

Set a Watch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SpaceCorp

One-time1
  • Ventures Expansion$4.99

Questions

Is Set a Watch free?
Set a Watch costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpaceCorp free?
SpaceCorp costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Set a Watch or SpaceCorp?
SpaceCorp is rated higher. Set a Watch averages 3.6 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while SpaceCorp averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Set a Watch or SpaceCorp have ads?
Neither Set a Watch nor SpaceCorp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Set a Watch or SpaceCorp?
Set a Watch ships an update every 3 months, and SpaceCorp weekly. Most recently, Set a Watch was updated on November 4, 2026 and SpaceCorp on October 30, 2026.

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