StartWar vs Pixel Conquest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-world map with authentic borders
- Risk-inspired strategic mechanics
- Army building and resource management
- Alliance forging and warfare
- Fast matches and long campaigns
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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
Pixel Conquest
Engage in a classic real-time strategy war game on a dynamic map. Employ cunning tactics to overcome AI opponents across ten challenging levels or utilize a random map generator for endless replayability. Master strategic nuances to achieve victory.
- Real-time map strategy
- AI opponents
- Ten difficulty levels
- Random map generator
- Battle strategy learning
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A classic real time map strategy war game. Use strategy and cunning to beat the AI at its own game. Learn more about the nuances of strategy and battle to best your opponenet. work up 10 levels each one harder than the last or start a game with the random map generator.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Conquest at 100% against StartWar's 50%. Pixel Conquest also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. StartWar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Pixel Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Conquest holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of StartWar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixel Conquest's.
StartWar ships an update fortnightly, Pixel Conquest every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | StartWar | Pixel Conquest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LT Leadership SRL | Bee Cave |
Customer experience
StartWar
Pixel Conquest
In-app purchases
StartWar
- VIP Commander$9.991 Month
- Tactical Advantage$4.99
- Higher Power$29.99
Pixel Conquest
No in-app purchases









