Comparison

Play WED vs StartWar

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

Head to head
About

Play WED

Features
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You're not the president. You're not a general. You're one citizen — and your nation does exactly what citizens collectively decide to do. WED is a geopolitical strategy game built around a radical idea: every player votes on their country's actions each round, and the game aggregates all votes into one national plan. No single player commands. Everyone shapes. Crowds compete against crowds. This is a new genre. Crowd-governed strategy. —————————————————— HOW IT WORKS —————————————————— Each round, you allocate your nation's resources across actions: attack a neighbor, build defenses, grow your economy, propose peace, send aid, or nominate a country for UN help. Every citizen in your country does the same. The game merges all votes — actions pointing at the same target combine, weighted by how many citizens backed them. Coordinate and your nation strikes with force. Scatter your votes and your nation stumbles in every direction. You don't need to be a strategy expert. You need to read the situation and push in the same direction as enough of your fellow citizens. —————————————————— TWO WORLDS, OPEN NOW —————————————————— ► Dared — the main public world. 24-hour turns, so players across every time zone can vote before each round resolves. Each day you open the app and see what happened — like reading a newspaper about yesterday. Except you have direct power to act on it immediately. Dared launches as soon as enough citizens join enough countries. ► Zephyr — the training world. 1-hour turns. Learn the mechanics and get comfortable with how voting and aggregation work before stepping into Dared's daily rhythm. ► Private Worlds — create your own world, invite friends, communities, or an audience. Configure the pace, the map, the rules. Play group vs group, run a world for your followers, or run it as an experiment. —————————————————— ACTIONS & STRATEGY —————————————————— Each round, you choose where your nation's weight goes: Attack — pressure neighbors or project power across the map. Distance weakens attacks; bridges cost more than land hops. General Defense — a persistent wall against all attackers, decaying slowly each round. Targeted Defense — a one-round surgical shield against one specific attacker. The key to surviving occupation pressure. Grow Economy — invest and receive returns the same round, before combat resolves. Diplomacy — propose peace, military alliances, or loans. Proposals require a resource stake; diplomacy has real cost. Aid — donate resources or send defense aid to allies. UN Help — nominate any country to receive the global UN pool. Free to cast every round. Can stabilize the weak or amplify the powerful — the moral direction is up to collective will. —————————————————— THE WORLD RESPONDS —————————————————— After every round, the map shifts. Territories change hands. Alliances form and break. The UN pool flows where citizens aimed it. You see what happened round by round — who attacked whom, what survived, where power moved. You can also compare your vote to what your nation actually did. Were you aligned with your citizens? Pulling against them? WED makes that visible. —————————————————— NOT JUST FOR GAMERS —————————————————— WED was built for anyone who has ever argued about what a government should do — and wanted to find out. People who follow geopolitics. People who support opposing sides of real-world conflicts. People who believe they know better. Every citizen is a ruler. Every round. No layers lock in power. Get it wrong today, correct it tomorrow. The world is never out of your reach for more than one turn. —————————————————— Join Dared. Cast your first vote. See where the world goes under Extreme Democracy.

About

StartWar

Command a nation on a real-world map, forging alliances and engaging in warfare to achieve global dominance. Manage resources, build armies, and plan your conquests through strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Real-world map with authentic borders
  • Risk-inspired strategic mechanics
  • Army building and resource management
  • Alliance forging and warfare
  • Fast matches and long campaigns
Features
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Pick a nation. Conquer the world. StartWar is a fast real-world conquest game. Choose your country — from superpowers to tiny Moldova — and expand across a satellite map of Earth, one war at a time. 176 nations stand between you and world domination. • WAR DOCTRINES — Blitzkrieg, Guerrilla, Air Dominance, Naval Supremacy or Attrition. Each fits a different fight. • REAL ODDS — see your exact win chance before you declare war. • RIVAL SUPERPOWERS — AI powers expand, annex and fight back. • ADVISORS & RESEARCH — build your team, research technology, grow your economy. • NATION ABILITIES — every country plays differently. • CHALLENGES — conquer Europe as Moldova. No purchases. No skips. • SHARE YOUR VICTORIES — turn your biggest wins into war-report cards. Wars last 3 to 15 days. Play a quick war in minutes, or build a world empire over weeks. Free to play. Available in 20 languages. VIP Commander is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ltleadership.eu/startwar/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Play WED4 screens
StartWar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Play WED at none against StartWar's 3. Play WED also leads on ads (none vs shown). StartWar's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, 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. StartWar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Play WED asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play WED ships an update every 5 months, StartWar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Play WED versus StartWar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay WEDStartWar
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB109 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFoad MohagheghLT Leadership SRL

In-app purchases

None

Play WED

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

StartWar

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Commander$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • Tactical Advantage$4.99
  • Higher Power$29.99

Questions

Is Play WED free?
Play WED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StartWar free?
StartWar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Play WED or StartWar have ads?
StartWar shows ads; Play WED does not.
Which is updated more often, Play WED or StartWar?
Play WED ships an update every 5 months, and StartWar fortnightly. Most recently, Play WED was updated on October 25, 2026 and StartWar on October 24, 2026.

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