Kaamos vs Bitmap Bay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaamos
Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.
- Turn-based tile matching combat
- Character and deck building
- Looting equipment from foes
- Dark medieval world exploration
- Roguelike progression
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Bitmap Bay
Embark on a retro pirate adventure with a handcrafted pixel art world. Engage in skillful cannon battles, face legendary captains, and recruit your crew in this roguelite experience. Enjoy endless replayability with a full save system, playable completely offline.
- Handmade pixel art
- Challenge legendary pirates
- Endlessly replayable voyages
- Skillful cannon battles
- Recruit your crew
- Full save and load system
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"A bold new retro take... quite the intriguing one" – Pocket Gamer. Welcome to Bitmap Bay - a pixel-art pirate adventure. Explore the low-res high seas, build your legacy, and test your cannon-firing reflexes against legendary historical captains. • Authentic Pixel Art: A charming, low-res retro world created by an artist. • Legendary Pirates: Challenge over 40 real historical captains, each with unique, hand-drawn portraits. • Tactical Cannon Battles: Combat is simple to learn but hard to master. Time your shots perfectly to claim victory. • Recruit Your Crew: Hire a loyal crew of sailors, specialists, and scoundrels. • Endlessly Replayable: Encounter a wide range of random events – duels, storms, thieves, and mysteries. • Premium Experience: Playable completely offline with zero ads and zero in-app purchases. About the Developer: Bitmap Bay is the creation of Grandom Games, the solo dev studio of a visual artist and designer. It is built with a passion for classic retro gaming and offered as a true premium mobile experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bitmap Bay at 4.3 against Kaamos's 4.1. Bitmap Bay also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). Kaamos's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Kaamos costs $3.99 and Bitmap Bay $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bitmap Bay holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Kaamos's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bitmap Bay's.
Kaamos ships an update weekly, Bitmap Bay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaamos | Bitmap Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Freedom Games, LLC | NICHOLAS GENTRY |
Customer experience
Kaamos
Bitmap Bay
In-app purchases
Kaamos
No in-app purchases
Bitmap Bay
No in-app purchases
