Comparison

KR 2 vs Building Colonies

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

Head to head
About

KR 2

Lead a medieval kingdom, develop its economy and technology, and expand your territory through diplomacy, trade, and warfare. Manage resources, research new advancements, and defend against barbarians and rival nations to build a powerful empire. Engage in espionage and strategic combat to achieve global dominance.

Highlights
  • Deep strategic component
  • Offline mode gameplay
  • Diplomacy and trade
  • Economic development and resource management
  • Scientific research
  • Warfare and army management
  • Colonization and territorial expansion
Features
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Kievan Rus 2 is a large-scale economic strategy in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Lead a small kingdom and turn it into a huge and powerful empire! Manage it through the ages, explore new technologies, expand your empire and become the hero of an epic story. Fight with other countries and prove yourself as a wise king and a successful military commander. FEATURES OF THE GAME - Deep strategic component – it is easy to win playing for Byzantium or France, but try to do it for Poland or Norway! It will take the talent of a brilliant strategist to capture the whole world using not only troops, but also diplomacy, science and economics. - Offline mode – Kievan Rus 2 can be played offline without the Internet: on the road, on the plane, in the subway, it will always be with you. - Diplomacy – build embassies, conclude trade agreements, non-aggression pacts, defense agreements, research agreements. Improve relations with other states. - Economy – organize the development of deposits, the collection and processing of resources, the construction of manufactories, the production of raw materials for the manufacture of military equipment. - Trade – organize trade with other countries, buy and sell food, resources and military equipment. - Colonization – discover new territories, establish control over them, conduct missionary work in the colonized territories. - Scientific development – 63 different technologies are available for the development of your empire. - War and Army – hire numerous medieval warriors, such as horsemen and spearmen. With the right strategy and tactics, seize state after state, establish your control over all countries in the world. - Barbarians – fight the barbarians, put a decisive end to their raids on your empire. - Pay off the war – pursue a flexible military policy. If you see that your army will not be able to defeat the enemy attacking your empire, then you can always negotiate with the aggressor for a certain amount of gold or resources. - Command – appoint people to key positions in the army and the imperial court who will strengthen your kingdom. - Pirates and Pirate brotherhoods – establish your control over the seas so that pirates are afraid of the imperial fleet! -Taxes – collect taxes from the working population, but do not forget to take care of the happiness of the population, otherwise there will be a riot and complete despair in the empire. - Spies and Saboteurs. Use spies to scout out information about the enemy’s army before each battle. Hire saboteurs to conduct secret operations on the territory of your enemies, saboteurs will help significantly reduce the combat potential of the enemy. - Random events will not let you get bored! Events can be positive, for example, receiving help from an ally, or negative: catastrophes, epidemics, pandemics, sabotage. - Wide variety of countries with unique game features: Byzantium, France, Roman Empire, Kievan Rus, Anglo-Saxons, Poland, Japan, Maya and others. Create your own story with your strategy and tactics. Immerse yourself in one of the most sophisticated mobile strategies, become a legendary emperor and build your mighty empire in this medieval strategy game. Play Kievan Rus 2 and do not forget: download the game “Kievan Rus 2” and play it for free! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Building Colonies

Engage in a unique strategy game focused on land colonization. Explore unknown territories, establish and defend your settlements, manage resources, and interact with local tribes. Develop your colonies and expand your empire.

Highlights
  • Land colonization
  • Map exploration
  • Colony development
  • Resource management
  • Colony defense and attack
  • Tribal interaction
Features
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Building Colonies is a cool, simple and unique strategy with land colonization. Founding a colony on unknown islands and continents, protecting colonies and extracting resources and much more awaits you in this strategy. How to play? Press start, select a type of terrain such as forests, deserts and winter lands. You must buy a ship to send to unknown lands to build colonies. Bring the ship closer to the ground and build a colony, but be careful, local tribes may live on the lands and will try to destroy your weak colony. Having enough resources, you can sell them in the capital and get money for them, for which you can improve the colony to protect against local tribes, and you can also gather an army in the colony and send it to destroy the settlement of the natives. Game Features: - Simple strategy - Three levels of forest, desert and snowy lands - Map exploration - Colony development - Resource sales - Hostile tribes - Colony defense and attack - Statistics

Screenshots

KR 24 screens
Building Colonies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KR 2 at 47% against Building Colonies's 0%. KR 2 also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (46 vs 2). Building Colonies's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 33). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KR 2 sells 32 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Building Colonies asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KR 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KR 2 has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of KR 2's written reviews are positive against 0% of Building Colonies's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KR 2 versus Building Colonies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKR 2Building Colonies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (46 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.815.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size886 MB15 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperOXIWYLE LLCMaxim Rudyi

Customer experience

KR 2

All ratings45 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral15.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral21.6%
Negative31.4%

Building Colonies

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

32 purchases

KR 2

Subscriptions3
  • 7-Day Subscription7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Crystal subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Gold subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
One-time29
  • Wars$0.49
  • Premium$0.49
  • Quick Army Restoration$0.99
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  • Pack$0.99
  • Disable ads$0.99
  • 600 crystals$0.99
  • +500 000 gold$0.99
  • Accelerated Time$0.99
  • Return to Power$0.99
  • Quick Resource Restoration$1.99
  • Quick Army Restoration$4.99
  • Craftsman$4.99
  • Easy start for any state$4.99
  • Builder$4.99
  • +3 000 000 gold$4.99
  • +3 000 gold per day$4.99
  • 3 940 crystals$4.99
  • Quick Resource Restoration$4.99
  • Welcome Pack$4.99
  • Top 3 Sales2 variants$9.99
  • Gem Madness$9.99
  • Royal set$9.99
  • +7 000 000 gold$9.99
  • 8 250 crystals$9.99
  • Quick Resource Restoration$9.99
  • Invincible Army$9.99
  • Perfect Set$9.99
  • +16 000 000 gold$19.99
  • Quick Resource Restoration$19.99
None

Building Colonies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KR 2 free?
KR 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Building Colonies free?
Building Colonies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KR 2 or Building Colonies?
KR 2 is rated higher. KR 2 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Building Colonies averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do KR 2 or Building Colonies have ads?
Both KR 2 and Building Colonies show ads.

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