# Mineswifter (Minesweeper) — user reviews > 145 indexed App Store user reviews of Mineswifter (Minesweeper) by Bonzai Games, rated 4.90/5 from 783 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mineswifter-minesweeper/id1521190195/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mineswifter-minesweeper/id1521190195.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 741 · 4★ 37 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Mineswifter (Minesweeper)? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent UI and design - 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases - 👍 Solvable puzzles without guessing - 👍 Daily challenges add variety - 👍 Customizable controls - 👍 Smooth and responsive **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional control issues with flagging - 🐛 Scrolling can be laggy - 🔍 Limited board size options **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on iOS 13.6.1 - Unresponsive edge squares **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Custom board sizes - Detailed statistics and leaderboards - Ability to disable undo - Larger flag/reveal buttons ## Newest reviews (18 of 145) ### 4/5 — Cool but ! *2025-02-22* Cool! But would be nice to have an option to fail if we click on a bomb. Otherwise it’s not exciting! ### 5/5 — Best Minesweeper! *2025-01-17* Thank you for adding the switch to turn of the sounds. Now it’s perfect!!! Love it. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-12-15, version 1.2.2* Great game and I play it all of the time. It’s worth the little bit the money the developer asks for it. Well thought out. Your first click is NEVER a mine and is ALWAYS playable! Love the daily challenges and now crave just the most difficult ones because I’ve played so (too) much :-). It’s addictive in an innocent way because it is a challenge. If you play without using flags you will still have to guess unless you can keep a count in your head, which I can not unfortunately but after a while you can usually guess fairly accurately. Do yourself a favor and read up on the tricks of the game to make it go a bit smoother for you. ie: 121, 1221, 11. Again, great well made game. ### 5/5 — It’s the best minesweeper app *2024-07-23, version 1.2.2* At 3 bucks aud, this is a well developed app with everything you need from a modern minesweeper interpretation ### 4/5 — Actual skill-based minesweeper *2024-06-08, version 1.2.2* My problem with minesweeper was always that you’re forced to guess. Imo, that should never be the case in a puzzle game. This variation did exactly what I wanted out of minesweeper. If I was able to request one change to this app, it would be to add an ability to place “dummy flags”. When nothing on the board is jumping out at me as a guaranteed bomb/free cell, I’ll place down some flags as a “non-commital guess” and see what the board looks like with that permutation. Sometimes, I’ll reach a paradox that proves the starting “guess” can’t be possible so I know a flag cannot be there and can uncover that cell. Occasionally though while doing this strategy, I’ll missclick somewhere on the board (which is easy to do with thumbs on a touch screen) which can cause my “non-commitall guesses” to be committed. Which can result me in losing the game off a missclick. If we had a way to place “dummy flags” that have a different colour and/or shape (maybe a question mark), we could use this strategy for visualizing the board in different possible configurations without being at risk of a missclick losing the game. Thank you! ### 5/5 — premium quality minesweeper *2024-05-16, version 1.2.2* i love no guess minesweeper and no guess puzzles if u could add the evil puzzles from evilNG minesweeper online that would be amazing and maybe a bigger board that would be amazing but the daily challenges are also kinds fun good game overall :) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-03-04* Now finally having fun playing the game, misclicks and loosing concentration is no longer fatal :) thank you to the developer ### 5/5 — The best kind of app *2024-02-04, version 1.2.2* The app does exactly what it promises: always solvable minesweeper, fixing a problem the game’s had since forever. (Sure, there’s skill in making the best guess for high level play. Counterpoint: it’s even more satisfying to know if you’re stuck, it’s always your fault.) The design of the app is really smooth and slick. You can really tell the dev works at Apple. The best part about it is, no microtransactions or subscriptions. Pay once, and you’ve got it forever. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2024-02-04, version 1.2.2* In a sea of dated Minesweeper apps, this modern take achieves perfection. ### 4/5 — Great app, but would love an option for a custom board. *2024-01-26, version 1.2.2* Title ### 5/5 — Daily challenges are great! *2024-01-09, version 1.2.2* I like the look and feel very much, and I really enjoy the daily challenges. I wish more statistics were available for the games though. For example, I would like to know what the average time to complete each challenge was for perfect games. I would also like to see what percentage of players used no flags, as that is how I play. While I think this is the best minesweeper app for iOS, visually, I still miss the feature from the app I used on my android phone where after you won a game it would play a quick Timelapse of your progress in solving the puzzle. It was always very satisfying to see that at the end. ### 5/5 — Just great *2024-01-07, version 1.2.2* Great game. Lovely app design. One-off purchase price. Doesn't harvest your data. Why can't all apps be like this? ### 5/5 — 4.9 - no dark mode *2024-01-02, version 1.2.2* absolutely love this app. the daily challenges are fun and the user experience is wonderful. the themes are all cute, but i do wish there was a dark mode option for those bedtime procrastination games. otherwise phenomenal ### 4/5 — Tolle Umsetzung mit kleinem Schönheitsfehler *2023-10-13* Eine tolle Umsetzung des Minsweeper Spielprinzips. Mit der täglichen Herausforderung habe ich jeden Tag meinen Spaß. Der einzige Schönheitsfehler ist der, dass es immer mal wieder zu Spielsituationen kommt, die nur durch Raten zu lösen sind. Die in der Beschreibung versprochenen, immer lösbaren Spielkonstellationen, sind meines Erachtens nicht gegeben. Das ist insofern schade, dass man sich immer seine Statistik verhaut. ### 4/5 — Great design and feel. *2023-10-06, version 1.2.2* Great app. My only gripe is it does not have a custom difficulty setting. ### 5/5 — Makes you better at the game! *2023-08-14, version 1.2.2* When you *know* there’s a solution, you are forced to learn patterns you may have missed in normal minesweeper. Thus this makes you better at the game! There is a whole class of probability problems which are necessarily excluded from this game, but that’s okay. ### 5/5 — Totalement satisfait ! *2022-11-06* J'adore le démineur depuis très longtemps. Mais je n'aimais pas les situations d'impasse où on devait choisir au hasard. Avec ce jeu, chaque ouverture de jeu fonctionne ; on ne peut pas tomber sur une mine en ouvrant. Par ailleurs les impasses peuvent être levées grâce au indices (on perd la notion de "jeu parfait" cependant) et si on tombe sur une mine, on peut quand même finir la partie. Les situations difficiles sont nombreuses : le jeu n'est pas facile pour autant. Les stats sont très bien faites et mon nouveau défi est d'aligner le plus grand nombre de jeux parfaits à la file. Un bémol : il y a régulièrement des bugs. Un peu trop. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2022-11-06, version 1.2.2* Flag toggle box needs to be bigger. Constantly misclicking mines thinking I’ve toggled the flag button. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Great idea, bad execution *2021-06-07* I tapped to add a flag, now let me wait 2 seconds before the flag appears and I can make my next move... or find out that the app blew up the mine instead because it has no idea how long I tapped for. Unplayable. ### 1/5 — Hat vermutlich meine Taptic Engine zerstört *2020-09-09* Seit ein paar Tagen gibt mir die Taptic Engine kein Feedback mehr. Weder um Spiel noch in IOS. Ich vermute dass das ständige vibrieren in diesem Spiel dafür verantwortlich ist. ### 1/5 — does not launch *2020-08-19* not working at all **Developer response:** Were you on the Big Sur beta at the time? It works fine in the latest beta. ### 2/5 — frustrating *2020-12-27, version 1.1.8* Too often, I reach a point where there seems to be more than one set of possible bomb positions based on the information given, and must simply click on a button at random. I'm willing to believe that I might occasionally miss some clue, but not this often. I end up clicking at random, rather than applying logic. ### 2/5 — What happened to the color? *2020-10-21, version 1.1.5* The latest updates have been weird. One caused crashes on launch. The next one fixed the crash, but made the colors look hideous. Please fix. I use increase contrast setting on iPhone for preference. Don’t change colors of the app just because. Bad move. ### 3/5 — 端の操作に難がある *2023-07-02* 両端のマスへの操作が不愉快。タッチの反応が他の場所と全然違う。やりにくい。 余白を作るなど工夫をすればいいのに、なぜ操作のし難い場所を改善しないのか疑問に思う。 広告除去で新たにアプリがインストールされて消えるデータがある。シンプルなアプリだが、あまり修正や改善には興味のないデベロッパーのように感じる。 ### 3/5 — Classic game *2022-08-13, version 1.2.2* Classic game. Very addictive. But the controls are finicky sometimes. It’s very frustrating to lose a string of perfect games because the app didn’t decides the long-touch you did to flag a tile was actually a short tap instead. Kaboom. Except my finger is usually still right where I put it. Oh well. Fun game nevertheless. But it would be nice if it only blew me up when I deserved it. ### 3/5 — Gutes Spiel mit Problemen *2021-12-13* Das angepriesenere wegfallen der 50/50 Chance ist Quatsch. Ich hatte schon einige Situationen bei denen ich auf gut Glück ein Feld auswählen musste. Weiterhin hängt sich der Wechsel zwischen Fahne und Aufdecken manchmal auf oder das Feld wird aufgedeckt obwohl die Fahne aktiv ist. ### 3/5 — Unsatisfying *2020-08-18, version 1.0.4* The game should be over when you hit a mine. What really bothers me is the inability to improve one’s official time by replaying the same game and no known top X ranking even though the game is connected to Game Center. It would be much more fun if I were able to see who is beating me daily. ### 4/5 — More scroll *2025-07-29, version 1.2.2* Great game. One suggestion: It would be better if the game allowed you to scroll a little more towards the edges. It is hard to get a tap on the edge squares to register. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I sweep mines swiftly *2026-07-11, version 1.2.2* Does what it says on the tin ### 5/5 — Almost perfect ! *2026-05-29* Love this app, would appreciate a 'no-guess' mode tho ! ### 5/5 — No-guess Minesweeper *2025-11-13* Ok, design is traditional, if someone prefers more modern design… But it is a true no-guess minesweeper. There is always a logical solution. Sometimes tricky to find, but there is one. Potential: if you need a hint, you will get the full Information about a certain field. A Kind of hint in the way about in which direction one should think would be great. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-11-09, version 1.2.2* This app is excellent! The UI is minimalist and modern. I love that every game is solvable without having to guess and the daily challenges add a bit of fun variety to the classic game. ### 5/5 — Flawless *2025-10-13, version 1.2.2* The daily challenges take stats on your first try clearing the board, so there is no resetting until completing your first try on the challenges. Anything else lets you reset any time. (The app lets you undo mistakes and keep going.) The app has a setting where I can change how long I press-and-hold tiles to mark them. This effectively eliminates my issues with another minesweeper app I was using. ### 5/5 — Very well polished game *2025-10-07, version 1.2.2* Slick and well thought through. A joy to play. ### 5/5 — Best Minesweeper app for iOS *2025-06-21* The fact that I know the game is solvable is the best thing. It's never unfair and if I'm stuck I can be certain it's my stupidity and I just need to think smarter. ### 5/5 — The best Minesweeper app *2025-06-04* No ads, no annoyances. Just a clean UI, daily puzzles and nice color schemes. ### 5/5 — Best minesweeper app on iOS *2025-02-07* This is the best minesweper app on iOS. It is nice, clean, and well made. The removing of 50/50s is really good. ### 5/5 — Classic, no ads *2025-01-17, version 1.2.2* I downloaded a different free version and immediately got inundated with pop ups, ads and banners. Love this one…all minesweeping and no clearing banners and ads getting in the way of the 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.*