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Alliance vs Modern Warships

Alliance 4.6★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Modern Warships
Modern Warships 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

Modern Warships has an edge for its broader appeal and diverse gameplay, despite recent monetization concerns, while Alliance struggles with control issues and a lack of updates.

Full reviews: Alliance · Modern Warships

Modern Warships offers a diverse naval combat experience with good graphics and various vehicles, though recent updates have made it more pay-to-win. Alliance provides realistic air combat with impressive graphics but is hampered by frustrating controls, a lack of new content, and aggressive monetization.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Modern WarshipsR3R11R12R14
Alliance Alliance is praised for its realistic physics, airplane models, and combat action, offering different eras and upgrade options R11. However, many users complain about the lack of new content, with 'coming soon' campaigns remaining unreleased for years R3R12R33. Some also desire more modes, like naval wars or landing on aircraft carriers R14.
Modern Warships Modern Warships is lauded for its modern ships, helicopters, and aircraft, with a diverse range of vehicles and customization options . Users appreciate the detailed and realistic aspects of the game . However, some find the game gets boring quickly due to repetitive missions or unfair AI . Submarine gameplay is criticized for being unrealistic and easily countered .
Ease of Use and Controls edge: Modern WarshipsR1R9R13R16
Alliance Alliance receives significant criticism for its tilt controls, which many find difficult, stressful, and hard to aim with R1R13R16. Users frequently request joystick controls or controller support R9R13R16R36.
Modern Warships Modern Warships generally has acceptable controls, though some users desire controller or keyboard support for a better experience . Some players also report issues with logging in or losing progress after linking accounts .
Reliability and Performance edge: AllianceR31R38R44R54
Alliance Alliance users report issues like lagging, freezing, and crashing, particularly when trying to respawn R31R38R44R54.
Modern Warships Modern Warships frequently suffers from performance issues, including long loading times, lagging, and frequent crashes, even on high-end devices . Some users also report bugs where upgrades fail but still consume currency .
Price and Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR4R7R8R10
Alliance Alliance is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization, with many calling it a 'money hungry app' or a 'micro transaction nightmare' R7R8. Users are frustrated by the limited 'fuel tanks' that require long waits or payment to refill, and the high cost of jets and skins R4R10R14. Some users, however, state it's not pay-to-win and items can be earned by playing .
Modern Warships Modern Warships is increasingly seen as 'pay-to-win' (P2W) R67R73R76. Recent battle pass changes are widely criticized for making it harder for free-to-play (F2P) users to progress and stay competitive, locking previously free items behind a paywall R70. The cost of ships and in-game currency is considered ridiculous and expensive . Some users, however, claim spending money is optional and not needed .
Support and Development edge: AllianceR3R8R12R14
Alliance Alliance developers are praised for caring about the game, especially given it's reportedly run by only two developers R8. However, a major complaint is the lack of significant updates and the long-delayed 'coming soon' content R3R12R14.
Modern Warships Modern Warships developers are thanked for continuing to support the game . However, there are serious concerns about moderators banning users unfairly and creating an unbalanced environment . Users also report that recurring bugs and crashes are ignored by developers .
Pick Alliance if

you are a military aircraft enthusiast who values realistic physics and graphics, and are willing to overlook frustrating tilt controls and a lack of new content R11.

Pick Modern Warships if

you prefer diverse naval combat with modern ships, helicopters, and aircraft, enjoy extensive customization, and don't mind the increasing pay-to-win elements or occasional performance issues .

Evidence note: Both apps have a mix of positive and negative reviews, with recent negative reviews for both heavily focused on monetization strategies. Alliance's control issues are a dominant theme in its negative feedback, while Modern Warships' performance and P2W aspects are frequently cited.

Frequently asked

Does Alliance have controller support?
No, Alliance currently lacks controller support, with many users requesting this feature to improve the difficult tilt controls R9R13R36.
Is Modern Warships pay-to-win?
Recent updates to Modern Warships have made it significantly more pay-to-win, with many users stating that powerful ships and items are locked behind paywalls and the battle pass system now heavily favors paying players R67R70R73R76.
Are there frequent updates for Alliance?
No, Alliance users frequently complain about a lack of updates, with 'coming soon' campaigns remaining unreleased for at least three years R3R12R33R37.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R3] Alliance 3/5 · US Fun to play..but no updates for a long time..: This game is fun to play. The graphics and game play are very good. I Stopped paying for the monthly extra though because the “coming soon” campaigns have never come after at least 3 years…
  2. [R11] Alliance 5/5 · US It is just to good: It is good because it mach real life physics, it Mach real lives airplane.
  3. [R12] Alliance 3/5 · US Great game but: When will you add the modes that say coming soon, I’ve been waiting for over 3 years.
  4. [R14] Alliance 5/5 · US Freaking Awesome but needs improvements: 1st please can you have the Coming Soon on the game asap and add more than that like the battle of midway and all WWII Wars And The Naval wars and put Naval ships on. 2nd Can you downsize the cost of the Jets and Ships To A number 000AC instead of a number 0000 or 00000 AC And make the Jets and ships Paint jobs free or at least a number 00 AC and can you m
  5. [R1] Alliance 1/5 · US Fix the mechanics: The way how you fly sucks were you have to point your phone to move it puts a lot of stress in my arm and I’m trying to rest my arm and because of that I’m not even able to do anything in the game it’s hard to even hit your shots
  6. [R9] Alliance 3/5 · US Please let game controlers in: Good but game controlers have to be added
  7. [R13] Alliance 1/5 · US Scammy and AI: Remove the tilt controls pls and add joysticks this game sucks
  8. [R16] Alliance 2/5 · US Cool idea but super hard!: I really like the concept of the game where you move your device to control the plane but it is really difficult to aim in this game.Can you please make it so you can change controls to move.
  9. [R31] Alliance 2/5 · US Fix bugs: Game is fun until it’s freezes you out when you try to use diamonds to respawn right away. Have had to restart multiple times
  10. [R38] Alliance 1/5 · US Not good: It keeps lagging and people keep hacking by flying tanks plz be better
  11. [R44] Alliance 1/5 · GB My opinion: This game at first was good until it changed to tilt screen mode and in the controls I couldn’t change it the it glitched so bad it set my screen on fire.
  12. [R54] Alliance 1/5 · GB Plane has stopped moving?: Was fine the other week but now the jet just doesn’t move at all?
  13. [R4] Alliance 1/5 · US used to be good, turned mid: ruined it when they added “fuel tanks”
  14. [R7] Alliance 1/5 · US No Thanks: Micro transaction nightmare. Need to pay money to play missions. I’ll move on.
  15. [R8] Alliance 4/5 · US Fun game: I can’t complain it’s a fun game and it’s clear the developers care about making it better. Just a few little things that would make the gameplay more fun like health regeneration after a couple squadron rounds. And it’s definitely a money hungry app but it doesn’t have many adds so it balances out
  16. [R10] Alliance 2/5 · US Good game but one problem…: I like the game with the shooting and all but the amount of gas tanks are crazy. You need to make it more then 3 gas tanks! You NEED at least unlimited fuel for more reviews. Please make it more gas tanks! I don’t like that you need to wait close to an hour for there to be 3, which is a crazy amount of time. In that time I can make my own game!!! Make it MORE gas! PLEAS
  17. [R36] Alliance 1/5 · US Really: I wanted to actually play and enjoy this but no controller support.
  18. [R67] Modern Warships 1/5 · US Poor performance and P2W: The game is cool in some aspects and the models are good but the game is nearly unplayable when im fighting higher level ships. I routinely had my games crash mid match. The game is also extremely P2W and almost all the good stuff has to be paid for. While you can play F2P you will not be able to get things from the artcon store. Also after not playing for a couple months
  19. [R70] Modern Warships 1/5 · US The main battle pass: Locking majority of the items in the battle pass when they used to free is ridiculous this new battle pass system is a rip off and a cash grab. This just makes it even more difficult for people to enjoy the game and stay competitive without spending money when every other event pretty much already requires you to spend money already the bp used to be a kind of equalizer and t
  20. [R73] Modern Warships 1/5 · US Favors people that spend money!: I love the first 2 ranks in this game! The problem on it is that they’re only 12-15 ships that you can buy with money that you earn from IN GAME!! The game offers many ships to play, but you can only play 9 of them that are NOT aircraft carriers or subs. It’s ridiculous that you can only play around 9 ships when you hit rank 3. I wouldn’t mind if they cost a lot mo
  21. [R76] Modern Warships 1/5 · US If you spend money then you are powerful: I don’t want to buy powerful missiles with real money. If you’re only powerful because you spend money, that’s a stupid concept.
  22. [R33] Alliance 3/5 · GB Goodsh: The update has been coming soon for the past three years Apart from that the game’s great👍
  23. [R37] Alliance 5/5 · US Can add new things pls: i play this game many years i love it but it too long times not add some new things

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store