Fleet Battle
Fleet Battle is a well-liked digital adaptation of Battleship, praised for its engaging gameplay and social features, but it is significantly hampered by frequent reports of cheaters, excessive ads, and persistent crashing issues.
Fleet Battle offers a fun and engaging digital version of the classic Battleship game, allowing players to compete with friends and online opponents. However, recent reviews highlight significant problems with pervasive cheating, an overwhelming number of unskippable ads, and frequent app crashes that detract from the overall experience.
What users like
- Engaging and fun gameplay, similar to classic Battleship with added features like Salvo mode.R1R11R12R19
- Allows playing with friends and family, enhancing the social aspect.R12R19R38R59
- Responsive customer support for login issues and other problems.R23R55R59
- Thoughtfully crafted with features like historical figures and ship blueprints.R18R33
What users complain about
- Widespread cheating in online matches, with players seemingly knowing ship locations.R4R10R14R43
- Excessive and unskippable ads that often force app restarts.R8R37R49R62
- Frequent app crashes and loading issues, preventing gameplay.R39R48R146R17
- The 'dishonorable' ranking system unfairly penalizes players for connection issues or app glitches.R3R30R35R57
- Difficulty connecting with friends for challenges and private games.R40R44R54R98
- Concerns about bots or AI opponents that seem to cheat.R8R45R52R53
- Lack of a report button for cheaters, despite frequent issues.R4R10R110R510
Latest update · v2.1.958
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Thank you for your feedback! We have made the following improvements: - Sort function for saved fleets - Options: auto skip result screen - Bugfixing and improvements If you like to learn more or tell us what you'd like to see, write us: [email protected] Cast off, Captain! And happy hunting!
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Who it's for
This game is for fans of the classic Battleship game who enjoy online multiplayer and don't mind frequent ads or the potential for encountering cheaters R1R11R12. It is also suitable for those who appreciate responsive customer support R23R55. However, it is not for players who expect a cheat-free environment, dislike intrusive ads, or are easily frustrated by app crashes and connectivity issues R4R8R37R39.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly concerning cheating, ads, and crashes, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a recent decline in user experience. The developer's notes mention 'Bugfixing and improvements', but recent reviews contradict this, indicating ongoing or new issues.
Frequently asked
Does Fleet Battle have cheaters in online play?
Are there many ads in Fleet Battle?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] Battleships: It is very alike to the game of battleships
- [R11] Superb Update to Battleship: Fleet Battle is a superb upgrade to the timeless game of battleship. The addition of salvo matches was brilliant. If you like tactical games this is a must have.
- [R12] Amazing: I love this game so much. It super fun to play. I also love how you can play with you family and friends too. If you don’t have this game you are missing out.
- [R19] Battleship-like: So much fun!! You’re able to compete with others in your household and the yelling when you defeat them is PRICELESS!!
- [R38] The best game ever!!: I think fleet battle is the bees online game! Because you can play it on the plane in the car anywhere! And it’s super challenging and you can play it with your friends!😁😄😃😀😆❤️❤️
- [R59] GREAT GAME !!: Brings back the FUN MEMORIES of playing the game BATTLESHIP many years ago … ( like approx. 49 yrs ) the BEST PART about this one is ‘NOT’ having to use those itty bitty PEGS that you needed to try and put in each tiny hole if your opponent MISSED or place insidethe ships if they HIT your ship. I had an issue NOT being able to use the play with family or friends and not able to con
- [R23] If u dont have this game yet ur missing out !!: I love this game! It is fun. It is addicting. I can’t stop playing and I have to say customer service is amazing! I had an issue I sent an email. I got a reply almost immediately with options, how to solve my issue, not only that but offered to fix it for me with my consent and for my troubles gave me blueprints and gold to. I absolutely appreciate.
- [R55] great game and support: over 4000 games in and addicted had a login issue and contacted support they provided the solution quickly!!! thank you!!
- [R18] Great game, minus the AI: This game is so much fun and so thoughtfully crafted. I love the faster pace (if you hit your opponent, you get another shot). The honor system is really smart and incentivizes honest gameplay. It’s so cool that there are historical figures as PFPs and that you can learn more about them. Same goes for the historical ship blueprints you can unlock. All around, it’s a g
- [R33] Pawesome game: I love battleship and i love this game. Has a lot of cool features. I don't have the best luck. Sometimes i get bad streaks. But its still very fun. Slowly im figuring out my stragity. I hear about hackers but i don't understand why someone would play a game like that. Wouldn't it get boring? the only thing i would want to to see what the hit marks look after sinking in preveiw. I n
- [R4] Far too many cheaters: Developer won’t even allow potential hackers to be reported. There is no way some of these players are that lucky. I could care less of how the ships layout is. Was fun but just ridiculous now. If you don’t care about being hacked 25% of the time this game is for you.
- [R10] Add a report button: Cheaters on your app there’s no way someone could just guess every ship
- [R14] Cheaters everywhere: This game has been completely taken over by cheaters and is impossible to play
- [R43] It is fun but too much cheating: I literally played 3 games and the third one had a cheater. That tells me that I’m not going 5 games without one, a one in three chance is bogus. They surrounded every ship I had with little to no effort but didn’t immediately click on them so they wouldn’t get caught. It has as many as when I downloaded this last in 2018. It’s still fun but it’d be even better, wo
- [R8] Do not waste your time: Game is full of bots. Especially SALVO mode, do not waste your time. The amount of ads alone pisses you off. You will not win, the game will force a tie on you. Giant money grab. Do not do it
- [R37] Fun Game But Paralyzing Ads: The game is great, but every two battles or so you are forced to watch lengthy ads for other games that you can never click out of. This means you are constantly closing the app and opening it again to continue play. This is the lamest user experience ever!
- [R49] COMMERCIALS: The game is fine but the same commercials that play so long you grind your teeth!!!!
- [R62] Review: Ads took over the app
- [R39] The game keeps crashing: The game keeps crashing every time I want to play it !
- [R48] Crash on iphone 13: Good game , but crash in iphone 13 on any ios version,s +18 ios
- [R146] Issues are still there: I just updated and I still get kicked out. App closes on me within seconds
- [R17] It keeps freezing and won't open: It's very, very beautiful, but it keeps freezing and won't open. · translated
- [R3] Great game. Would recommend removing the dishonorable rank stuff: - the rank stuff is fairly discouraging especially when glitches happen. I get you don’t always know the difference between a glitch and a “rage quit”, so even it out and don’t fault us for when it’s not even necessarily happening. Food for thought. And honestly it’s the “dishonorable” name for me, everyone was like oof they could h
- [R30] Involuntary Surrender: Good game but they consider it giving up when your opponents lose their connections. I refuse to be penalized for something that isn’t my fault. Pass/fail? That’s a fail.
- [R35] Ridiculous: So I downloaded this game about a month ago, and I really was enjoying it for the most part. But then abruptly for whatever reason I would be on my phone I would have no issues with reception and then magically every time I would start a game I all of a sudden had no reception and it would abruptly kick me out of the game. Or I would be playing the game and then magically it would say
- [R57] Stupid ratings system: Was disconnected 3 times from games- bad networking connections - which put me into status dishonorable which means you can do nothing and not get out of it. Deleted the game.
- [R40] Challenges!?: Sent challenges to a friend and neither of us can see them or accept them….is there something we are missing?
- [R44] Potential: Has potential but lots of loading issues when inviting friends to challenge. Too many long commercials, would rather just pay for the ap.
- [R54] Cool game but…: He sent invites to friends, and they cannot locate you from that link. When you try to find people, the interface does not let you click to search for players. It does nothing. This is within the instructions. Why? How do I find people? How do I find friends?
- [R98] Sad!: If I play with the computer I always win. I’ve never been hit, not once. If I attempt to play with “friends” or “random” it never connects.
- [R45] Cheating with AI?: This game is really fun when you actually get to play against a living person. However, I’m convinced that when you aren’t matched with another player, you are matched with AI. There’s no reason someone with an undetermined honor has 67 wins and 4 losses and knows exactly where my ships are. This happens more often than I’d like and if no other players are available, I’d rather
- [R52] I hate bots: At first this game I put 5 star but know it’s lowered because it’s like when I play a bot they just know where all my ships are!
- [R53] Read Me Please: The game is fun until you realize or find that the admin’s have fake accounts and time to time play in the game. On several occasions, I caught random bots that were clearly seeing my ships and toying with me. I warn anybody who takes this game too seriously. When it happens a few times, it’s just good luck, but there are times where it gets very annoying. The admin also changed my
- [R110] Hackers: Needs to be a way to report hackers. Most of the games I play are hackers
- [R510] Cheaters Galore: Great game but lots of problems with people that cheat. Although the company says they want to hear from you, the first thing you see when you go to report a cheat is “Don’t bother reporting cheaters, we’ll catch them on our own”. Kind of makes me suspicious that they’re in on it…
- [R66] Cheating???: Okay now I know this is a game of guessing. But how is it that I played 5 games in a row and each player that I have played found my ships in perfect hit sequences within the first 10 turns, NOT EXAGGERATING. I like this game and have played it, deleted it and then re-downloaded it. But stuff like this is reminding me why I deleted it in the first place. I have switch ships around to
- [R88] Ads: The game is really fun. The 1-2 min ads after every single game is annoying! Make me just turn it off after 2 games
- [R221] This was my favorite game: My game keep crashing so I deleted it from my phone. Once I tried to reinstall it it’s still crashing. I love this game. Please it. I already had to start over.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store