Comparison

Play The Field vs Planets Nu

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

Head to head
About

Play The Field

Engage in a unique blend of real-time strategy and puzzle gameplay. Strategically place and command your units to capture enemy forces in challenging stages. Master efficient unit management for higher scores and replay levels for optimal performance.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy and puzzle blend
  • Tactical unit placement
  • Direct unit control and commands
  • Increasing difficulty levels
  • Scoring based on efficiency
  • Replayable stages
Features
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Looking to test your tactical skills? Play The Field has a unique blend of RTS (real time strategy) and Puzzle game elements, allowing you full control over your units. The objective is simple - For each stage you are presented one or more enemy units of various types, laid out on the field in a specific configuration. Your task is to place your units around the field with a simple tap to drop each in your desired location. You can even swipe in a line, curve, or other shape to place multiple units quickly. Unlike many mobile device games, Play The Field allow full control over your units. They can be selected with a quick touch or swipe, and ordered to attack, move, or hold with a simple touch. Levels start easy, but difficulty increases quickly as you proceed. So be ready for a challenge! Each stage is over when all enemy units are captured. Score is assigned based on how efficient you manage your units, and levels can be replayed many times to aim for a better score.

About

Planets Nu

Engage in a turn-based space strategy game where you manage resources, colonize planets, and build starships. Compete economically and militarily against other galactic empires in a multi-player environment.

Highlights
  • Turn-based space combat
  • Galactic empire simulation
  • Resource management
  • Starship construction
  • Planet colonization
  • Multi-player competition
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Planets.nu is a graphical multi-player play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires. The game emphasizes mining, colonization and the construction of starships. Players compete against each other economically and militarily on a galactic scale. The game system allows players to construct starships by selecting various components and placing them on a given hull type. There are usually 11 players in a game, each playing a different race with special ships and abilities, but there are other formats as well. At the start of a game, each player is given a planet, a starbase, and a ship. The players have to manage their planet's population and resources wisely. They can create more ships and expand their domain through colonization or conquest of neighboring planets. Of course, all players are attempting to do the same thing, so the fleets will, inevitably, engage in combat from time to time. Planets.nu can be compared to a multi-player chess game in which all players move all their pieces simultaneously, one turn at a time.

Screenshots

Play The Field3 screens
Planets Nu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play The Field at 100% against Planets Nu's 0%. Play The Field also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8). Planets Nu's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play The Field holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Play The Field's written reviews are positive against 0% of Planets Nu's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Play The Field versus Planets Nu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay The FieldPlanets Nu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey WisgoGeographical Media Inc.

Customer experience

Play The Field

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Planets Nu

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Play The Field

No in-app purchases

None

Planets Nu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play The Field free?
Play The Field is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planets Nu free?
Planets Nu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Play The Field or Planets Nu?
Play The Field is rated higher. Play The Field averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Planets Nu averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Play The Field or Planets Nu have ads?
Neither Play The Field nor Planets Nu shows ads.

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