Comparison

Bitmap Bay vs Last Watch

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

Last Watch

Features
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52 monsters stand at the gates. Four heroes hold the watch. You decide who fights the next one. The Last Watch is a solitaire with fantasy battles. You draw one enemy after another. Each carries a number from 1 to 13. If it matches a hero's next step, that hero strikes. If not, you place the enemy on one of four territories. Only the top card stays reachable. Stack badly and you build your own obstacle. HOW IT WORKS Ranger, Warrior, Mage and Priest each walk a hero path of 13 steps. Each hero starts at a different number and counts on from there. Your goal: complete all four paths and defeat all 52 monsters. COLOUR HITS AND MAGIC WEAPONS If a monster belongs to the hero's family, you get a colour hit with bonus XP. An exact colour hit also gives the hero a magic weapon. With it, the hero may fight one enemy whose number is one too high or one too low. When you use it often decides the whole round. 52 MONSTERS IN FOUR FAMILIES Beasts, Horde, Arcane Beings and Undead. Every monster has its own name, its own picture and a short line of text. WHAT TO EXPECT - Drag cards with your finger or tap. Matching heroes light up before you let go. - Undo your last move. - Optional auto-reveal of the next enemy. - XP for every victory, with bonuses for completed paths and for all 52 monsters. The maximum is 1,000 XP. - Game Center with a leaderboard and 18 achievements. - Available in German, English and Simplified Chinese. - Works completely offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no account.

Screenshots

Bitmap Bay4 screens
Last Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Last Watch at Free against Bitmap Bay's $0.99. Last Watch also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On ads, 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

Last Watch 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, Last Watch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bitmap Bay versus Last Watch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitmap BayLast Watch
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
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB18 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNICHOLAS GENTRYAndy Christian Ebels

In-app purchases

None

Bitmap Bay

No in-app purchases

None

Last Watch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitmap Bay free?
Bitmap Bay costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Last Watch free?
Last Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bitmap Bay or Last Watch have ads?
Neither Bitmap Bay nor Last Watch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitmap Bay or Last Watch?
Bitmap Bay ships an update every 4 days, and Last Watch every 2 days. Most recently, Bitmap Bay was updated on November 5, 2026 and Last Watch on October 29, 2026.

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