Comparison

Pocket Panzers vs Pixel Conquest

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Panzers

Engage in turn-based tank strategy, controlling historical and modern military units across diverse scenarios. Expand your nation, manage resources like railroads and supplies, and utilize advanced tactics including fog of war and fortresses. Features a detailed map editor and community-created content.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy gameplay
  • Historical and modern military units
  • Resource management (railroads, supplies)
  • Fog of war and fortresses
  • Map editor and user-generated content
  • 3D graphics with new terrain
Features
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The sequel to Armchair Commander is here! Pocket Panzers is a turn-based strategy game where you control troops to expand your nation and re-create historical scenarios. Revisit historical battles — experience scenarios from the early days of World War 2 to the conflicts of the modern era! Lead your troops to victory, with tanks, artillery, ships, and missiles! Now including exciting new features, like: - Railroads and supplies - Trains - Global map - Airplanes and airports as custom units - Special historical troops - Fortresses - Fog of war - All new 3D graphics, with new terrain and models! Featuring content from the following factions: - Allies - Axis - Comintern - Chinese United Front - NATO - Warsaw Pact - And many more! There is also a detailed map editor in-game and a community uploads section with user-generated content!

About

Pixel Conquest

Engage in a classic real-time strategy war game. Employ cunning tactics to defeat AI opponents across 10 challenging levels or utilize a random map generator for endless replayability. Master strategic nuances and battle to achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy gameplay
  • AI opponents
  • 10 difficulty levels
  • Random map generator
  • Battle strategy mastery
Features
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A classic real time map strategy war game. Use strategy and cunning to beat the AI at its own game. Learn more about the nuances of strategy and battle to best your opponenet. work up 10 levels each one harder than the last or start a game with the random map generator.

Screenshots

Pocket Panzers4 screens
Pixel Conquest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Conquest at none against Pocket Panzers's 8. Pixel Conquest also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 84%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Pocket Panzers's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (355 vs 31). 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. Pocket Panzers sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Pixel Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Panzers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Panzers has 355 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Pocket Panzers's written reviews are positive against 98% of Pixel Conquest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Panzers ships an update every 2 weeks, Pixel Conquest every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pocket Panzers versus Pixel Conquest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PanzersPixel Conquest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (355 ratings) — better4.3 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews98.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings355 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size404 MB86 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSegment GamesBee Cave

Customer experience

Pocket Panzers

All ratings355 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral7.9%
Negative7.9%

Pixel Conquest

All ratings31 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.8%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Panzers

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Can't control units in first Daily Challenge level
  • Game keeps crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow creating custom alliances, not just historical mode
  • Add chance to get chests after completing scenarios, not just using gold
  • Add button to dismiss events like in HOI4 to help map makers
  • Improve AI, it's too easy to dominate as Germany in 1939

Pixel Conquest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Pocket Panzers

One-time8
  • 2000 Gold$1.99
  • Eisenhower$2.99
  • 5000 Gold$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Guderian$3.99
  • Zhukov$3.99
  • Yamamoto$3.99
  • Manstein$4.99
  • 20000 Gold$8.99
None

Pixel Conquest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Panzers free?
Pocket Panzers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Conquest free?
Pixel Conquest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Panzers or Pixel Conquest?
Pocket Panzers is rated higher. Pocket Panzers averages 4.7 out of 5 from 355 ratings, while Pixel Conquest averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do Pocket Panzers or Pixel Conquest have ads?
Both Pocket Panzers and Pixel Conquest show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Panzers or Pixel Conquest?
Pocket Panzers ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pixel Conquest every 5 days. Most recently, Pocket Panzers was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pixel Conquest on November 6, 2026.

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