Comparison

StartWar vs Point

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

Head to head
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

About

Point

Engage in real-time strategy warfare on a global scale. Command nations, build armies from real cities, and conquer territories on an actual world map. Adapt your strategy to land, sea, and air combat.

Highlights
  • Real-time global map warfare
  • Nation and city-based production
  • Territorial conquest gameplay
  • Simulated front lines
  • Land, sea, and air combat
  • Speed controls for gameplay
Features
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Point War is a real-time strategy game fought on the actual world map. Pick a nation — a superpower or a single-city state — and take it to war. Real cities produce your troops, real economies fund them, and every border on screen is the real one. There is no invented continent to learn. The map is the world you already know. HOW IT PLAYS - Cities are your production. Hold more of them and your army grows faster. - Push into your neighbours, take their cities, and knock nations out of the war one by one. - The front line is simulated, not scripted: it bends where you commit force and breaks where you do not. - Land, sea and air all matter. Coastlines, deployment zones and range decide what you can reach. - Speed controls let you slow a decisive push down or fast-forward a quiet hour.

Screenshots

StartWar4 screens
Point3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Point at none against StartWar's shown. Point also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Point sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Point holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Point has 41 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StartWar ships an update fortnightly, Point every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StartWar versus Point: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartWarPoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (8 ratings)4.3 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings841 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB161 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLT Leadership SRLMyou Sugihara

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StartWar

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

Point

One-time4
  • Premium Account$6.99
  • 1,000 Gold$9.99
  • 3,000 Gold$26.99
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  • 10,000 Gold$79.99

Questions

Is StartWar free?
StartWar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Point free?
Point is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StartWar or Point?
Point is rated higher. StartWar averages 3.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Point averages 4.3 from 41 ratings.
Do StartWar or Point have ads?
StartWar shows ads; Point does not.
Which is updated more often, StartWar or Point?
StartWar ships an update fortnightly, and Point every 4 days. Most recently, StartWar was updated on November 5, 2026 and Point on October 31, 2026.

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