Comparison

Bitmap Bay vs Runway Army

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Handmade pixel art
  • Challenge legendary pirates
  • Endlessly replayable voyages
  • Skillful cannon battles
  • Recruit your crew
  • Full save and load system
Features
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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.

About

Runway Army

Features
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Defend your base in Runway Army, an action tower-defense game where every level brings new enemies, challenges, and upgrades. Move your soldier around the battlefield, fire at approaching enemies, and build a powerful defense using towers, troops, traps, walls, and special abilities. FEATURES • Battle through 200 increasingly difficult levels • Deploy multiple tower types with different abilities • Upgrade your weapons, defenses, troops, and structures • Unlock new bullet types and powerful battlefield abilities • Fight enemy camps, special enemies, and large bosses • Collect coins, screws, gears, batteries, and other rewards • Place traps, walls, healing towers, missile towers, and more • Save your progress locally on your device • Adjust music, sound effects, and control settings • Play without creating an account Optional rewarded advertisements may be watched to receive certain in-game bonuses and power-ups. Advertisement availability may vary. Build your army, protect your base, and see how far you can survive.

Screenshots

Bitmap Bay4 screens
Runway Army3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Runway Army at Free against Bitmap Bay's $0.99. Bitmap Bay's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, 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

Runway Army is free to download; Bitmap Bay costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitmap Bay ships an update every 4 days, Runway Army every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bitmap Bay versus Runway Army: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitmap BayRunway Army
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB46 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNICHOLAS GENTRYJACK J MARSHALL

In-app purchases

None

Bitmap Bay

No in-app purchases

None

Runway Army

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitmap Bay free?
Bitmap Bay costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runway Army free?
Runway Army is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bitmap Bay or Runway Army have ads?
Runway Army shows ads; Bitmap Bay does not.
Which is updated more often, Bitmap Bay or Runway Army?
Bitmap Bay ships an update every 4 days, and Runway Army every 2 days. Most recently, Bitmap Bay was updated on October 30, 2026 and Runway Army on October 31, 2026.

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