Comparison

WarMaps vs Roamin' Empire

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

Head to head
About

WarMaps

Explore the real world to claim territory, build an empire, and dominate the economy. Capture iconic locations, construct buildings for passive income, and engage in player-driven markets. Compete on global leaderboards and shape your nation in this unique GPS-based strategy game.

Highlights
  • Claim real-world territory by walking
  • Capture iconic global locations
  • Build and upgrade structures for income
  • Player-driven land market
  • Real-time player alerts and community feed
  • Engage in national politics (beta)
Features
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Draw borders in the real world. In WarMaps, every walk can become territory. Expand it, build on it, trade it, or surround enemies and take even more. Play aggressively, play defensively, dominate the economy. However you play, the goal is the same: own more of the world than anyone else. Eiffel Tower. Statue of Liberty. EVERY ICONIC LOCATION ON THE PLANET IS UP FOR GRABS. Iconic real-world locations exist on the map, and every one of them can only be claimed once. Capture them, and either keep or sell for a crazy profit. THE WORLD IS YOUR BATTLEFIELD No fantasy land. WarMaps uses real streets, cities, and real places you walk every day. CLAIM REAL TERRITORY Walk a loop to capture the land inside. No waypoints, no preset locations. Merge your lands into larger zones and build your empire. Surround enemy territory to conquer it and claim its spoils. Buy territories that you cannot reach. Find new treasures each day to grow even faster. BUILD & EARN Construct buildings on your land and upgrade them for passive income. Earn coins from territory control, conquests, and time-limited treasures that appear and vanish across the real map. Set defenses so your zones stay safe while you’re offline. OWN THE ECONOMY Sell land or buy strategic spots from rivals. It’s a real player-driven market where your territory actually has value. Compete on local and global leaderboards: your neighborhood, your country, and the world. STAY IN THE FIGHT Radar alerts let you know when someone nearby makes a move. The Community Feed shows captures, expansions, trades, and everything that’s happening live. Earn titles like Landlord, Explorer, or Warlord based on how you play. Customize your empire with map colors, avatars, and celebration effects. ENGAGE IN POLITICS (beta) Run for Leader, rally support, vote, shape your national treasury, and compete in prosperity rankings. Your city is already on the map. Step outside and claim it. --- Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://apps.mlyyn.com/ In-app purchases: WarMaps is free to play. Optional coin packs are available for players who want to expand faster.

About

Roamin' Empire

Features
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THERE IS A WORLD AROUND YOU THAT YOU CANNOT SEE. Right now, on the streets where you live, work, and walk - an invisible empire is taking shape. Neighborhoods are being claimed. New maps are being drawn. Roamin' Empire makes it visible. And it makes it yours to shape. THE INVISIBLE MADE REAL Every street. Every park. Every block you've ever walked has a grid of 10-meter squares - unclaimed, unnamed, waiting. Other players are already claiming theirs. The map is filling in. Open Roamin' Empire and you'll see for the first time just how much is happening right outside your door. This is not a fantasy world. It is your world - rendered in stunning cartographic detail, square by square, empire by empire. A MAP OF BREATHTAKING SCALE Roamin' Empire's world is the entire planet. Every city, every town, every village - playable, claimable, mappable. The collective map being built by players worldwide is something extraordinary: a living, breathing record of human movement, rendered in beautiful Engraved cartography inspired by the 18th-century Nolli maps of Rome. Watch your corner of it come alive. See your neighborhood transform from blank space into a richly colored tapestry of territories and empires. You are not just playing a game. You are helping build something that has never existed before. WHAT'S YOURS SHOULD BE YOURS The coffee shop you go to every morning. The park where you run. The street where you grew up. Your school. These places matter to you - so why should a stranger own them? In Roamin' Empire, presence is power. Walk to where you belong and plant your flag. Surround it with your tiles and it becomes your territory - protected, shown in your color, for every player in the world to see. Inspired by the ancient strategy game Go, encirclement is everything. Wrap your tiles around an area and it's yours to keep. The bigger the territory, the greater the reward. HOW IT WORKS CLAIM - Step onto any square and make it yours. CAPTURE - Encircle an area to lock it as permanent territory. TRADE - Buy and sell tiles with other players. Negotiate. Find your price. ASCEND - Rise from Lowly Vassal to Minion to Centurion. CEREMONIES - Gather nine allies to witness your promotion. LEADERBOARDS - Who controls your neighborhood? REFERRALS - Earn rewards when friends join your cause. NOTES - Plays anywhere in the world - Sacred places are protected zones - Parks and public spaces are reserved for future play - Speed limits keep the game honest - walk, don't drive - Free to download. Coins available for faster expansion. The map is being built. Your territory is waiting. Go claim what's yours.

Screenshots

WarMaps4 screens
Roamin' Empire3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roamin' Empire at none against WarMaps's 4. Roamin' Empire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. WarMaps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Roamin' Empire asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WarMaps ships an update every 3 weeks, Roamin' Empire weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WarMaps versus Roamin' Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarMapsRoamin' Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB21 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPavel Brutsky-StempkovskyCharles Yawitz

In-app purchases

4 purchases

WarMaps

One-time4
  • Small Coin Pack$0.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$4.99
  • Large Coin Pack$9.99
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  • Mega Coin Pack$19.99
None

Roamin' Empire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WarMaps free?
WarMaps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roamin' Empire free?
Roamin' Empire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WarMaps or Roamin' Empire have ads?
WarMaps shows ads; Roamin' Empire does not.
Which is updated more often, WarMaps or Roamin' Empire?
WarMaps ships an update every 3 weeks, and Roamin' Empire weekly. Most recently, WarMaps was updated on September 22, 2026 and Roamin' Empire on June 4, 2026.

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