Comparison

Crownlings Turn Based Strategy vs Celestrike

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

Head to head
About

Crownlings Turn Based Strategy

Engage in turn-based tactical battles where strategic positioning and smart decisions lead to victory. Build and upgrade a unique army of heroes to outmaneuver opponents on diverse maps. Climb the competitive ranks through skill-based gameplay.

Highlights
  • Tactical turn-based battles
  • Strategic positioning
  • Unique maps
  • Hero collection and upgrades
  • Skill-based gameplay
  • Competitive progression
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Crownlings is a unique turn-based strategy game inspired by the classics that defined the genre. Command your kingdom through fast 5–10 minute battles, build your economy, recruit a diverse army, control key areas of the map, create powerful unit synergies, and capture the enemy castle. Play through two campaign seasons, unlock new maps and heroes, upgrade your army, and discover new strategies as your roster grows. Built for thinkers, Crownlings brings the depth of classic strategy to modern mobile play. KEY FEATURES * Battles where strategic choices and decisions win games * Turn based battles where you control the entire army * Campaign to unlock new maps, heroes and rewards * Unique maps that force new strategies every match * Unlock and upgrade heroes to build your army * Skill-based gameplay with real competitive depth * Progression system that rewards smart play * PVP coming later this year * More heroes with each update Build your army. Master your strategy. Take the crown. Terms of service: https://www.angrybanana.io/terms Privacy policy: https://www.angrybanana.io/privacy Support: support@angrybanana.io

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Celestrike

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They came to shut your black-budget programme down, so you took it rogue: the satellites, the stealth launch site, all of it. Nobody funds you now. You fly over other governments' secret sites, find out what is down there, and sell the intel for credits. Credits buy the next satellite. The next satellite finds the next site. Celestrike is a spy-satellite strategy game with the physics left in. You are not flying a spaceship. You are running an intelligence operation whose orbits won't negotiate, in a sky you are not alone in. ORBIT IS THE GAMEPLAY Where a satellite sits decides what it can see, how often it comes back, and how long it can stay. Low orbit gives the sharpest imagery and about four minutes per pass to get the shot. Geostationary lets you park over one spot and stare. PROPELLANT IS THE SCARCITY Every manoeuvre spends the propellant a satellite launched with. Putting any back means buying a servicing flight, flown on a real transit time. Propellant is never sold for real money, and nothing refills on its own. THE JOB • Find - secret sites are invisible from orbit. Zoom in and hunt for them. • Target - pick the satellite, pick the site. If the orbit can't see it yet, the game prices the move and you decide. • Wait - the pass arrives when the orbit says it arrives, and collection carries on with the app closed. • Sell - a finished site pays out. Spend it on a refit, or on another satellite. THE SUN IS IN THE MODEL Sunlight gates the imaging satellites, peaking at a low sun because shadows make structure readable. Signals satellites don't care: an emitter emits at three in the morning. A night target is never a closed door. SHADOW, STEAL, STRIKE Other satellites share your sky. Fly past one for a look, or fall in behind it at long, medium or close range. Hold close long enough and you take its technology; hold at any range and you drain the data it has collected. Arm the offence bay with mines, a railgun or EMPs and you can disable it or bring it down. Powered weapons drain the battery, and it only recharges in sunlight. NOT EVERYTHING UP THERE IS OURS Something else is in orbit. Objects that circle faster than any orbit should allow and answer to no registry. Craft that drop out of the sky, sit on the ground for a few days, then leave. Your camera catches them as blurs at first; a better one holds a contact long enough to show a shape nobody has on file. Plot your sightings and they lean somewhere: open ocean, polar ice, structures built where nothing should be building. Find a landing from orbit, send a recovery team from your home base, and bring back what it leaves behind. Enough recovered hardware builds the TRB-01, a strike craft fast enough to chase them in flight. Nobody tells you what they are. THE FLEET You start with one satellite. Finish your first site and the training award pays for a second. Three hulls, and every bay on every satellite is a choice. Better modules collect faster, see finer and carry more. Every upgrade is researched from the intel you collect, so which targets you chase decides what you unlock. There are no level gates. Satellites, refits and upgrades are bought only with the credits the fleet earns. SKIP THE WAIT, IF YOU WANT TO Every pass, walk and servicing flight takes real time, and waiting always works. If you would rather not wait, an optional in-app purchase sells packs of in-game hours that fast-forward the whole world clock: every satellite collects, every mission lands, every tank burns. You choose how many hours to spend each time, and the game never spends them for you. New campaigns start with 200 hours free. WHAT'S UNDER IT Real orbital elements with nodal precession, so ground tracks drift correctly between passes. No simulation tick: close the app for an hour and the intel is exactly where the orbit says it should be. Single player. Fully offline: no account, no sign-in, no server, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Crownlings Turn Based Strategy4 screens
Celestrike4 screens

Verdict

The call

Crownlings Turn Based Strategy and Celestrike are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Crownlings Turn Based Strategy sells 23 one-off in-app purchases and Celestrike sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Crownlings Turn Based Strategy versus Celestrike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrownlings Turn Based StrategyCelestrike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size512 MB66 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAngry BananaANDREW IRELAND

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Crownlings Turn Based Strategy

One-time23
  • Tiny Gems Pack$0.99
  • Level Up 3-4$0.99
  • Starter Pack$0.99
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  • Tiny Gold Pack$0.99
  • Level Up 4-5$2.99
  • Golem Card Early Access$4.99
  • Level Up 5-6$4.99
  • Small Gems Pack$4.99
  • Few Magic Cards$4.99
  • Gold Pouch$4.99
  • Cavalry Card Early Access$8.99
  • Level Up 6-7$9.99
  • Lots of Magic Cards$9.99
  • Tiny Gold Pile$9.99
  • Dragon Card Early Access$14.99
  • Small Gold Pile$19.99
  • Gems Pile$19.99
  • King Pack of Magic Cards$24.99
  • Level Up 7-8$24.99
  • Level Up 8-9$49.99
  • Medium Gold Pile$49.99
  • Level Up 9-10$99.99
  • Mega Gold Pack$99.99
3 purchases

Celestrike

One-time3
  • 2 Weeks of Game Time$1.99
  • 1 Month of Game Time$4.99
  • 3 Months of Game Time$9.99

Questions

Is Crownlings Turn Based Strategy free?
Crownlings Turn Based Strategy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Celestrike free?
Celestrike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crownlings Turn Based Strategy or Celestrike have ads?
Neither Crownlings Turn Based Strategy nor Celestrike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crownlings Turn Based Strategy or Celestrike?
Crownlings Turn Based Strategy ships an update every 9 days, and Celestrike every 9 days. Most recently, Crownlings Turn Based Strategy was updated on October 20, 2026 and Celestrike on October 9, 2026.

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