Minesweeper vs HatStacker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
This classic logic puzzle challenges you to clear a minefield without detonating any bombs. Enjoy retro graphics and sounds on your mobile device, with adjustable difficulty levels and a stylish theme. Compete for high scores and track your progress.
- Logic-based minefield clearing
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Retro graphics and sound effects
- Pan-and-zoom functionality
- Global high-score leaderboard
- Statistics tracking
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Clear the minefield without detonating any bombs! Minesweeper is a classic game of logic and concentration that became super famous with computers and portable consoles. Now those original retro graphics and sounds are cooler than ever on your iPhone and iPad! With an additional stylish theme, exclusive for this classic Minesweeper. What Minesweeper - Classic Board Games gives you: - 3 difficulty levels: --- Easy: 9 x 9 field with 10 bombs. --- Medium: 16 x 16 field with 32 bombs. --- Hard: 30 x 16 field with 60 bombs. - Classic retro-style graphic and sound effects like in PCs and consoles from the 90s. - Pan-and-zoom (zoom in/zoom out) perfect for smaller screens. - Easy and intuitive interface: tap a tile to reveal either a number or a bomb. Press harder to place a flag where you think there’s a bomb hidden with 3D Touch. - Global High-Score! Try your best and beat your friends’ score and climb the leaderboard. - Follow your progresses through the Statistics for each difficulty level. - Learn the rules with a quick an easy graphic tutorial in 4 steps. If you like classic games such as checkers, solitaire, chess, crosswords puzzles and old retro computer and PC games like tetris and FreeCell, then Minesweeper is the game for you. Download it NOW, free and start playing the classic Minesweeper on your iPhone and iPad! FOLLOW US facebook.com/OutOfTheBit/ Twitter: @outofthebit
HatStacker
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An old school leaderboard centric puzzle game, inspired by the old classics, where you stack items (in this case hats) and try to beat your high score by unleashing increasingly big combos!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HatStacker at 5.0 against Minesweeper's 4.2. Minesweeper's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HatStacker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 71 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | HatStacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (71 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | OutOfTheBit Ltd | Jean-Baptiste Bolcato |
Bugs and requests
Minesweeper
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game crashes when hitting mines
- App won't reopen after closing
- Game freezes and won't reset after victory
- Timer keeps running after game completion
- Crashes on older devices like iPad Air 1
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- Home screen crash when losing rounds
- Consecutive win achievements track total wins instead of consecutive wins
- Stats won't update properly
- Tutorial feature non-functional
Requested features
8 requests- Option to purchase ad-free version
- More difficulty levels beyond the three available
- Custom board size creation like original Windows version
- Auto-clear feature when flagging mines around numbers
- Larger zoom option for better visibility
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- Additional textures and mini-games
- Ability to turn off animations
- Tutorial that actually works in-game
HatStacker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
HatStacker
No in-app purchases
