# Minesweeper Q for iPad — user reviews > 240 indexed App Store user reviews of Minesweeper Q for iPad by Spica, rated 4.70/5 from 3,147 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minesweeper-q-for-ipad/id431834711/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minesweeper-q-for-ipad/id431834711.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,569 · 4★ 407 · 3★ 113 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 37 ## What do users think of Minesweeper Q for iPad? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Classic gameplay - 🎨 Varied levels and backgrounds - 🧠 Challenging and mentally stimulating - ⏱️ Quick games - 💻 Faithful to the original PC version **Cons** - 🔍 Occasional guesswork required - 📺 Intrusive ads - 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - 🔍 Inaccurate mine detection **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing or crashing - Incorrect mine counts **Most requested features** - Undo function - Larger custom game sizes - Improved ad placement ## Newest reviews (13 of 240) ### 4/5 — Not entirely compatible with iPadOS 26’s new windowing system *2025-09-17, version 1.46* Still a good game after all these years, but after updating my iPad to iPadOS 26, the app doesn’t behave as well as it should. In particular, the app no longer covers the full screen, even if you try to stretch it to do so. And when you want to exit the app, you can’t just flick it up and out of the way anymore; you now have to use the red or yellow button in the corner. I suspect they’ll never fix that, as the app hasn’t been updated in four years, but maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. ### 4/5 — Really enjoyable *2024-01-19, version 1.46* Almost my favourite version of Minesweeper other than every game presents you with a section where the mine could be in either of the remaining squares, usually at the end. So you end the game on a guess rather than using skill. ### 3/5 — Classic game, okay levels *2023-08-24, version 1.46* At a certain point you end up having to guess between two squares where the mine is and both could be it because the game isn’t solvable. My luck is extremely bad and I’ve only guessed right once. Waste of time when that happens. Please fix that like maybe something that understand both are safe options due to the tiles around it ### 2/5 — Annoying Ads - ADIOS *2022-12-14, version 1.46* Tired of increasingly annoying ads. Betting ways to occupy my time online. Deleting app. ### 3/5 — One game — one ad *2022-07-15, version 1.46* Didn’t used to be that way. ### 3/5 — Great app *2021-07-28, version 1.46* Update Version 1.46: Ad placement changed. It’s now just as annoying as any other app. 5⭐️ -> 3⭐️ Original Review: I just wanted to add a rare appreciation: I like the ad placement in this app. Placing an ad before starting a new game is the best place to do it, because I’m focused on the game I’m about to start so I won’t be as easily convinced to quit the app. Many other games place the ad after a game ends, when I’m still deciding whether I want to play another game. That little irritation is often enough to make me stop playing in other games, but in this one I feel like the ad is my small payment to access what I really want, which is another game. I do request that you remove all ads that play sound automatically. It’s a huge turn off for an ad to stop the background music I was playing with. ### 3/5 — Minesweeper *2020-11-29, version 1.45* One of the most addictive and frustrating games you’ll ever come across. My biggest gripe is that for 90% of the games you’ll end up with two squares left with one mine, making it a 50/50 chance of picking the right one. Strange how I seem to pick the wrong one about 8 out of 10. ### 3/5 — Distracting Ads *2020-11-05, version 1.45* It started last week with distracting slot machine as at the bottom of the screen that continue to roll and flash while you’re trying to solve the puzzle. Now I can’t even access the puzzles because it’s stuck on an ad for poker. Every time I try and hit the X to close the ad it takes me to a website. So I’m no longer able to play the game until I guess I have to delete this app and reload it to get that ad off the screen to allow me to play. Except for that I’m having a blast with it. ### 4/5 — Good but not perfect *2020-10-23, version 1.45* The game is not 100% logic and success relies on guesswork at some stages. ### 2/5 — Have to guess *2020-05-18, version 1.43* To many times in expert level that you have to guess where the mine is. Waste of time when 80% of the time your losing by having to guess 5 times throughout the game. Odds are stacked against you. ### 3/5 — Shame they let the adds sabotage the game. *2020-01-04, version 1.43* The free version plays perfectly well and is a great version of minesweeper, usually there is just a small advert under the grid which is not a problem. From time to time when it is started you get a full screen advert not a big deal usually as they can be skipped, but if the adds have sound you have to restart the game as the adverts sound shuts down the games and any other sound you have playing. To be honest annoying advert behaviour doesn’t encourage me to pay for the game or the product being advertised. ### 5/5 — Minesweeper *2019-08-06, version 1.43* Terrific logic game ### 5/5 — Asphguy *2019-07-27, version 1.43* Original and a timeless puzzle that is fun to play ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Avoid *2026-03-06, version 1.46* Full of intrusive adverts ### 1/5 — Good gameplay, terrible ads *2024-10-18* I don’t mind ads to pay the developers. But I object to having it appear too often. Once per game if good. More than that is too much. If I put the game down for a few minutes with no activity, then when I come back, there is a video ad. It is so annoying that I leave the game entirely. ### 1/5 — Latest Update *2022-06-20, version 1.46* Before the last update, I would have said this was a great game. But ever since the latest update, mine squares will frequently explode even as I hold my finger down to identify them as a known mine. ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2022-03-18, version 1.46* Ads are horrible! ### 1/5 — Inaccurate marking of squares *2020-05-08, version 1.43* I have only just downloaded the app. I chose the most difficult level and have already had two games where the game said there were 4 mines surrounding the square yet there were only 3 with the remaining squares cleared. Pointless playing this. ### 1/5 — Ad City *2019-11-23, version 1.43* Too many ads. It was livable until ones for the NRA started. Deleted! ### 1/5 — It cheats *2019-06-30, version 1.43* When you start a new game you never hit a mine on your first move. This means the computer is setting the game after you have started. Therefore how often does the computer ensure you lose? It seems it happens. ### 1/5 — Bug makes ads destroy games!! *2019-02-15, version 1.43* I have lost track of the times I have been playing, was interrupted and had to go to the Home screen to save the game, only to come back and have an ad play. When I exit the ad and go back to the game, all I see is a black screen! I enjoy this game and the layout is great, but I won’t give it more than one star until this is fixed. I’m willing to accept ads, but NOT when they wreck my games. ### 1/5 — Time for an update *2019-01-25, version 1.43* This has been messed up since the last iOS update. ### 1/5 — Yawn... *2018-07-27, version 1.43* This game should have been retired 10 years ago. These adaptations do nothing to make this remotely interesting. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Most Excellent *2026-03-05, version 1.46* Fantastic game just as fun as the original and without the invasive data collecting. ### 5/5 — Got to stay alert and not go too fast! *2024-02-03, version 1.46* Watch “mode” closely ### 5/5 — It’s fun, *2023-05-28, version 1.46* I like it because it’s really fun. It’s not too complicated and I am happy when I make my record at it. ### 5/5 — Mindsweeper *2021-11-27, version 1.46* Wonderful game. No glitches ever. ### 5/5 — I’m useless *2021-06-20, version 1.46* At this kind of game, but defiantly got my interest. When I go to my usual games, I keep wanting to come back to this one , GREAT ### 5/5 — Mine *2020-11-24, version 1.45* An old game that just never gets old. Still entertaining after all these years. I like the different screens for a change of color and environment and excitement. ### 5/5 — Very good *2020-10-13, version 1.45* Classic minesweeper exactly like I wanted. ### 5/5 — Textbook Minesweeper *2020-09-28, version 1.45* I’m a minesweeper addict. This does what it’s exactly what it’s supposed to do. What more can you want. ### 5/5 — amazing game *2020-04-22, version 1.43* I really like the game it is so so much fun my family is playing ### 5/5 — Cool game *2020-03-30, version 1.43* A very cool classic retro game --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*