Comparison

National Dominance vs Pixel Conquest

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

Head to head
About

National Dominance

Lead any of 196 nations from regional power to global superpower through deep economic management, intricate diplomacy, and strategic warfare. Engage in espionage, manage disasters, and pursue victory through economic growth or conquest.

Highlights
  • Deep economy management
  • Global diplomacy and alliances
  • Espionage and intelligence operations
  • Real-time ground, air, and naval warfare
  • Dynamic world events and disasters
  • Multiple victory conditions
  • Global leaderboards and achievements
Features
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National Dominance puts the whole world in your hands. Pick any of 196 real nations and rise from regional player to global superpower. RUN A DEEP ECONOMY Set tax and spending, fund five ministries down to their departments, and manage debt, inflation, a sovereign wealth fund, bond markets and a credit rating. Trade real commodities along living supply routes, and squeeze rivals by choking the goods and chokepoints they depend on. PLAY THE WORLD Forge trade pacts and alliances, levy tariffs, rally sanctions coalitions, broker peace as a Trusted Broker, or found your own bloc with dues and a shared army. Every nation has opinions, grievances and ambitions, and they will gang up on whoever leads. GO DARK Build a black-budget intelligence service, arm deniable proxy armies, and run espionage, bribery, sabotage and rumor campaigns. Unleash a proxy war while keeping your hands clean. The AI plays the same dirty game right back. WAGE WAR YOUR WAY Raise real armies across ground, air and naval forces and march them to war. Battles are decided by Risk-style dice weighted for technology, air superiority and terrain, so superpowers hit hard while entrenched defenders and guerrilla fighters bleed invaders dry. Casualties are real and thin both your army and your population. Mobilize for total war, launch your own offensives, climb an escalation ladder from cyber strikes to nuclear options, then occupy, install puppets, or fully annex the conquered. SURVIVE A LIVING WORLD Seasonal disasters, climate, global pandemics, refugee crises and weaponized migration all test your resilience. Respond, insure, and rebuild stronger. TWO PATHS TO VICTORY Win by Ascendancy: grow faster than anyone over a 10, 25, 50 or 100 year mission, so even a tiny nation can topple the giants. Or win by conquest: build a war machine and subjugate every rival great power. Then keep playing forever in endless mode. Chase 100 achievements, climb the global leaderboards, and prove you can rule the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time map strategy
  • AI opponents
  • Ten difficulty levels
  • Random map generator
  • Battle strategy learning
Features
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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.

Screenshots

National Dominance4 screens
Pixel Conquest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Conquest at none against National Dominance's 16. Pixel Conquest also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. National Dominance sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pixel Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for National Dominance against 4.5 for Pixel Conquest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of National Dominance's written reviews are positive against 98% of Pixel Conquest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
National Dominance versus Pixel Conquest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNational DominancePixel Conquest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (35 ratings) — better4.5 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews98.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian SolomonBee Cave

Customer experience

National Dominance

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%

Pixel Conquest

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.8%

In-app purchases

16 purchases

National Dominance

Subscriptions1
  • Dominance Pass (Monthly)$4.991 Month
One-time15
  • Envoy Pack$1.99
  • Cold War 1962$1.99
  • The Great Famine$1.99
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  • Ironman$2.99
  • Themes$2.99
  • Season Pass$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Custom Start$4.99
  • Statecraft Bundle$9.99
  • All-Access Pass$49.99
None

Pixel Conquest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is National Dominance free?
National Dominance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Conquest free?
Pixel Conquest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, National Dominance or Pixel Conquest?
National Dominance is rated higher. National Dominance averages 4.6 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Pixel Conquest averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do National Dominance or Pixel Conquest have ads?
Both National Dominance and Pixel Conquest show ads.
Which is updated more often, National Dominance or Pixel Conquest?
National Dominance ships an update every 5 days, and Pixel Conquest every 5 days. Most recently, National Dominance was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pixel Conquest on November 2, 2026.

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