Comparison

Galaxy Wars vs Rubylands

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

Head to head
About

Galaxy Wars

Engage in strategic space combat by commanding your fleet with simple controls. Capture enemy planets, build your armada, and upgrade your ships to dominate the galaxy. Choose from different teams and difficulty levels for an addictive real-time strategy experience.

Highlights
  • Single-click ship control
  • Capture connected enemy planets
  • Conquer the galaxy
  • Choose from 5 different teams
  • Upgrade fleet firepower, strength, and speed
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • 4 galaxy sizes
Features
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[HOW TO PLAY] - Control your ships with a single click - Capture enemy planets (only connected planets) - Conquer the Galaxy Galaxy Wars - Ice Empire is an amazing strategic game of space combat. Command your ships with a simple touch, destroy enemies and conquer all the planets! 5 teams of different colors and different temperament. Choose your team. You’ll be Blue for a balance between speed and strength or Red for maximum firepower? Galaxy Wars - Ice Empire is an exciting mix of strategy and speed, storm the enemy planets and make your way in the galaxy. Increase your fleet to every planet conquered and use the stored energy to improve the firepower, strength and speed of your ships. 5 difficulty levels 4 galaxy sizes 5 different teams to choose from One goal: the total domination! Galaxy Wars is a real-time strategy game... extremely addicting! Have Fun!

About

Rubylands

Engage in real-time strategy with settlement building, resource management, and defensive combat. Build epic defenses, compose armies, and use magic to overcome enemies in this offline RTS experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time RTS strategy
  • Settlement building and defense
  • Resource gathering
  • Offensive and defensive combat
  • Survival sandbox mode
  • Magic system
  • Offline play
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The key to success is your resource gathering, settlement building, defense and offensive combat RTS skills. Regularly adjust to enemy tactics and build up your RTS military strategy troops! Build an epic defense of towers, magic that withstands the toughest encounters with ease. Compose your armies, RTS defense strategy wisely, because your kingdom depends on them. Recapture your islands by destroying colossus or try to survive with an RTS. Use magic to win in the most difficult situations when there is no hope. Be prepared for any epic quests and defenses that lie ahead! Features: Real-time RTS strategy with no direct control of units. Build a strong settlement defense with towers that will withstand any attack. Choose the troops and defense towers with which you want to build your way in the RTS. Survival sandbox mode. Try yourself in SANDBOX survival mode, as long as you can hold out fighting off endless attacks from various golems that want to destroy your settlement. Create or destroy. Use magic to create the world around you, or destroy all living things. And much more. Are you ready to lead your settlement to victory? Do you have the best strategy for victory? The world of RUBYLANDS is waiting for you. Community: Discord: https://bit.ly/3xgBjDe Get the latest information: https://rubylands.info/ Terms of Service: RUBYLANDS is free to download and play, but some game elements can be purchased for real money. If you do not want to use these features, please disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this RTS offline without wi-fi or internet connection Download RUBYLANDS - RTS game for FREE! If you are experiencing any problems, please do get in contact with me here: dev@supermoonbox.com Leave a feedback or suggestions if you want to see more features and units in this free real time strategy game!

Screenshots

Galaxy Wars4 screens
Rubylands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Galaxy Wars at 4.4 against Rubylands's 2.9. Galaxy Wars also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (83% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Rubylands sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Galaxy Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Galaxy Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galaxy Wars has 348 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Galaxy Wars's written reviews are positive against 50% of Rubylands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galaxy Wars ships an update every 6 weeks, Rubylands every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Galaxy Wars versus Rubylands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy WarsRubylands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (348 ratings) — better2.9 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings348 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB101 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTiny GamesArtem Karpenko

Customer experience

Galaxy Wars

All ratings347 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.8%

Rubylands

All ratings33 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Galaxy Wars

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to capture planets
  • Crashing on newer iOS versions
  • Inconsistent planet capture mechanics

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More map sizes and difficulty levels
  • Ability to divide fleets
  • Save/load functionality

Rubylands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Galaxy Wars

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rubylands

One-time1
  • Premium content$0.99

Questions

Is Galaxy Wars free?
Galaxy Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rubylands free?
Rubylands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Galaxy Wars or Rubylands?
Galaxy Wars is rated higher. Galaxy Wars averages 4.4 out of 5 from 348 ratings, while Rubylands averages 2.9 from 33 ratings.
Do Galaxy Wars or Rubylands have ads?
Neither Galaxy Wars nor Rubylands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Galaxy Wars or Rubylands?
Galaxy Wars ships an update every 6 weeks, and Rubylands every 3 weeks. Most recently, Galaxy Wars was updated on October 23, 2026 and Rubylands on October 30, 2026.

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