Hoplite vs Ploposaurus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoplite
Engage in challenging turn-based tactical combat on small maps. Strategize your moves carefully to overcome procedurally generated levels and unlock upgrades. Compete with friends on leaderboards and test your skills in daily challenges.
- Turn-based tactical movement
- Procedurally generated levels
- Quest mode with upgrades
- Challenge mode with daily challenges
- Leaderboard rankings
- Hard but fair gameplay
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"Blanket recommendation for this one." - Pocket Tactics (5 stars) "It's very simple to learn, but there's a huge amount of depth to the game" - Touch Arcade (5 stars) Hoplite is a turn-based strategy game focusing on tactical movement around small maps. This game is designed to be hard, yet fair. You'll need to think before you act if you hope to win. Every move counts! Quest Mode: • Make strategical choices to upgrade your abilities as you dive deeper into the underworld. • Earn achievements and unlock access to new upgrades. • Procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play. • Challenge your friends and see how you rank on the leaderboard. Challenge mode: • Jump straight into the action with a randomized set of upgrades. • Try to beat the daily challenge or play predetermined challenges at two difficulty levels.
Ploposaurus
Merge numbered blocks on a grid to create higher numbers and clear levels. Utilize power-ups and a skill tree to progress through diverse biomes. Collect dinos and complete daily challenges for rewards.
- Block merging mechanics
- 100 designed levels
- 9 power-ups
- Dino Lab skill tree
- Collectible dinos
- Daily challenges
- Offline play
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Plop. Merge. Roar! Meet Ploppy and drop into a dinosaur number puzzle. Tap a column to drop a numbered block. Matching blocks merge and double, setting off satisfying cascades as you work toward each level's target. TEN EXPEDITIONS, DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY Travel through ten seasons of 100 levels each. Learn the basics in Dawn, plan around Tide's shifting currents, and watch Ember's heat vents. Frost freezes tiles, Bloom grows vines, Storm charges tiles, Dusk hides parts of the board, Golden adds treasure, and Void connects portals. Zenith brings earlier mechanics back in a rotating finale. Season mechanics appear on selected levels and follow their own rules. Unlock expeditions as you progress. The Player Guide explains tools, prices and season restrictions. TOOLS FOR A TOUGH BOARD Discover 14 tools: Undo, Clear Row, Shuffle, Bomb, Upgrade, Meteor, Foresight, Restart, Stall, Thaw, Beacon, Preserve, Dino Stomp and Bedrock Shield. Get a Hint when you need help, and develop Bomb into Mega Bomb through the Dino Lab. Availability changes with your progress and the season. Delay a mechanic with Stall, thaw frozen cells, reveal hidden previews with Beacon, or protect a tile with Preserve. Choose a column for Dino Stomp, and use Bedrock Shield to guard against the next Board Sweep. BUILD YOUR DINO COLLECTION Earn XP for permanent Dino Lab upgrades, collect dinosaurs in the Dino Den, and prestige for Amber Tokens. Take on daily challenges, build a streak, earn achievements and progress through expedition passes. PLAY YOUR WAY Core puzzle play works offline. Store purchases, rewarded ads, online leaderboards and cloud sync need an internet connection. Mystery chest drop rates are shown in the game. Free to play, with optional in-app purchases and ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ploposaurus at Free against Hoplite's $3.99. Ploposaurus also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hoplite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Ploposaurus is free to download; Hoplite costs $3.99 up front. Ploposaurus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hoplite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ploposaurus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoplite has 791 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, Ploposaurus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoplite | Ploposaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (791 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 791 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Cowley | C4 Payments LLC |
Customer experience
Hoplite
Ploposaurus
Bugs and requests
Hoplite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch with certain OS versions
- Agility upgrade not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes or levels
- Customization options for the character
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to start at higher levels
Ploposaurus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoplite
No in-app purchases
Ploposaurus
- Tankosaurus$0.99
- No Ads - 7 Days$1.99
- Longosaurus$2.99
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- Dawn Pass: Half Off$2.99
- Dawn Pass: 30% Off$3.99
- Sailosaurus$4.99
- Chompasaurus$4.99
- No Ads - 30 Days$4.99
- Dawn Expedition Pass$4.99
- Apex Ploposaurus$9.99









