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Fleet Battle vs Battle Bay

Fleet Battle 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Fleet Battle
Battle Bay 4.7★ · Free + IAP 40

Fleet Battle offers a more consistent gameplay experience despite ad interruptions and cheating concerns, while Battle Bay struggles with severe matchmaking issues and a dwindling player base.

Full reviews: Fleet Battle · Battle Bay

Fleet Battle provides a classic battleship experience with online multiplayer, though users report frequent ads and issues with cheaters. Battle Bay, a real-time naval combat game, is praised for its gameplay but heavily criticized for extremely long matchmaking times and a perceived decline in active players.

Head to head

Gameplay Experience edge: Fleet BattleR1R2R7R12
Fleet Battle Fleet Battle is praised for being a fun, addictive, and well-crafted upgrade to the classic battleship game, with features like salvo matches and an honor system R2. However, many users report a significant problem with cheaters and bots, which detracts from the experience R1R7R12R13.
Battle Bay Battle Bay is described as an amazing, fun, and addictive real-time naval combat game with good graphics, multiple maps, boats, and weapons . However, recent reviews indicate a severe decline in the player base, leading to frequent bot matches and a shift from 4v4 to 1v1 gameplay R63R67.
Matchmaking & Player Base edge: Fleet BattleR18R37R63R64
Fleet Battle Fleet Battle users experience some waiting times for opponents, with reports of up to five minutes in some instances R37. Some users also suspect being matched with AI when human players are unavailable R18.
Battle Bay Battle Bay suffers from critically long matchmaking times, with users frequently reporting waits of 5 to 15 minutes, and sometimes even longer, making the game unplayable for many R63R72R73. The player pool is shrinking, leading to more bot matches and imbalanced matchups R63R64R67.
Reliability & Performance tieR6R9R10R15
Fleet Battle Fleet Battle users report frequent app crashes, freezing, and loading issues R6R10. There are also issues with challenges and friend invites not working R9R15.
Battle Bay Battle Bay also experiences crashes, disconnections, and glitches, particularly after updates . Some users get stuck in tutorials or lose their accounts after updates .
Monetization & Ads tieR3R4R15R17
Fleet Battle Fleet Battle is heavily criticized for an excessive amount of long, unskippable, and stuck ads, which significantly disrupt gameplay R3R4R15R17. Users express a desire to pay to remove ads R15R17. There are also reports of reward videos not granting promised blueprints .
Battle Bay Battle Bay is perceived as 'pay to play' or 'pay to win,' with users feeling pressured to spend money to acquire decent weapons or progress against higher-level players . Some users also report issues with VIP subscriptions and purchasing pearls .
Support & Community Features edge: Fleet BattleR1R7R8R28
Fleet Battle Fleet Battle has mixed reviews on support. One user praised customer service for quick, helpful responses and compensation . However, others note a lack of a report button for cheaters R1R7 and issues with the 'dishonorable' rank system penalizing players for glitches or disconnections R8R28. There are also requests for better friend list management .
Battle Bay Battle Bay's support is widely criticized as awful, with zero communication and long waits for responses to critical issues like purchasing problems or lost accounts . Some users claim developers retaliate against bad reviews by taking away in-game chat ability R67. There are requests for controller support and better in-game communication .
Pick Fleet Battle if

You enjoy the classic Battleship game and are willing to tolerate frequent ads (which can be removed via IAP) and occasional encounters with cheaters for a generally fun and engaging experience R2.

Pick Battle Bay if

You are a long-time fan of Battle Bay and are willing to endure extremely long wait times for matches and potentially imbalanced gameplay, hoping for future improvements .

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Battle Bay are overwhelmingly negative regarding matchmaking, which significantly impacts its overall score despite positive lifetime ratings. Fleet Battle's negative reviews are more spread across ads, cheating, and technical issues.

Frequently asked

Does Fleet Battle have a lot of ads?
Yes, Fleet Battle users frequently report a high number of lengthy, unskippable, and sometimes stuck ads that disrupt gameplay, though there is an option to pay to remove them R3R4R15R17.
Is Battle Bay still active?
While Battle Bay still has players, many recent reviews indicate a significantly shrinking player pool, leading to extremely long wait times for matches (often 5-15 minutes or more) and frequent matches against bots rather than human opponents R63R67R72R73.
Are there cheaters in Fleet Battle?
Yes, many Fleet Battle users report a significant problem with cheaters and suspected AI opponents who seem to know ship locations, leading to frustration and calls for a report button R1R7R12R13.

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.

  1. [R1] Fleet Battle 1/5 · US 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.
  2. [R2] Fleet Battle 5/5 · US Battleships: It is very alike to the game of battleships
  3. [R7] Fleet Battle 1/5 · US Add a report button: Cheaters on your app there’s no way someone could just guess every ship
  4. [R12] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US 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
  5. [R18] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US 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
  6. [R37] Fleet Battle 1/5 · US You wait too long for game to match with an opponent.: To play a game, you have to be matched with an opponent. Tuesday, June 3, 2025. I waited five minutes on five different occasions. I waited a minute and it never matched me with an opponent. Do not waste your time with this game. Go use a competitor who doesn’t do this. I’ve complained in the past and it worked OK and then it reverted to this
  7. [R63] Battle Bay 3/5 · US Neglected: I’ve played this game for the last 7 years off and on, needless to say I have a love hate relationship with it like the rest of the veterans. It used to be easy to get a ranked match and face fair opponents. Nowadays that rarely happens. You can be gear score 7k facing enemies with 10k or more. That’s completely ridiculous. Then on top of that on a good day it takes over 5 minutes just
  8. [R64] Battle Bay 2/5 · US Just another bad move: Player pool is shrinking, matchmaking is terrible. So devs introduce 2 new items (shields) that require zero skill & do passive damage, essentially punishing players for making their shots by throwing back damage they did to target boat. Doesn’t take much to sit in a burning boat hull & do damage to enemy team. It’s a good game miserably failed by management, which was abse
  9. [R6] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US The game keeps crashing: The game keeps crashing every time I want to play it !
  10. [R9] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US Challenges!?: Sent challenges to a friend and neither of us can see them or accept them….is there something we are missing?
  11. [R10] Fleet Battle 2/5 · US The download isn't happening at all! It's stuck on loading, and that's it. It's been two days, and nothing's moving. Downloading required assets downloaded 0.00 MB / 101.04 MB · translated
  12. [R15] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US Potential: Has potential but lots of loading issues when inviting friends to challenge. Too many long commercials, would rather just pay for the ap.
  13. [R3] Fleet Battle 3/5 · US 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!
  14. [R4] Fleet Battle 1/5 · US 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
  15. [R17] Fleet Battle 4/5 · US Hate the ads: Love the game but wish you could upgrade to no ads!
  16. [R8] Fleet Battle 4/5 · US 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
  17. [R28] Fleet Battle 2/5 · US 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.
  18. [R67] Battle Bay 1/5 · US Developers Ruined This Game: This game was great when it was actually 4 vs 4, but now its 1 vs 1 with bots. They put an event about every 3 or 4 days where its 4 vs 4 or 5 vs 5 but otherwise its 1 vs 1. I will say there is a “ranked” option but the wait time for a game is over 3min! (More than what it takes to play a round). So sad. Also. If you write a bad review they take away your ability to p
  19. [R72] Battle Bay 3/5 · US Wait times are booty cheeks: The wait times take forever and no one plays any more, this game has died.
  20. [R73] Battle Bay 1/5 · US Wait time: Game is dead, takes forever to get into a match
  21. [R13] Fleet Battle 1/5 · US Cheaters everywhere: This game has been completely taken over by cheaters and is impossible to play

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