Mini Mine vs Minesweeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Mine
Experience the classic Minesweeper puzzle game with a user-friendly interface. Enjoy unlimited games across various difficulty levels on your mobile device.
- Classic Minesweeper gameplay
- Unlimited games
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- User-friendly interface
- Available on iPhone and iPad
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The most user friendly Minesweeper Classic version game in App Store !! Unlimited Minesweeper games and different difficulty level setting.
Minesweeper
A classic single-player puzzle game where you uncover a minefield by deducing the location of hidden mines based on numerical clues. Enjoy retro-style gameplay with mobile-friendly features like zooming and panning.
- Single-player puzzle gameplay
- Retro computer version design
- Mobile-friendly zoom and pan
- 3 default difficulty modes
- Customizable minefield settings
- Flagging mode for quick placement
- Local best time tracking
- Global leaderboards
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GAME RULES ---------------- Minesweeper is a single player puzzle computer game. The objective of the game is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them, with help from clues about the number of neighboring mines in each field. Minesweeper Retro is designed closest and similar to the computer version, adding some feature for mobile game play like zooming in/out, panning to move the board. FEATURES ---------------- + 3 default modes: Beginner (10 mines), Intemediate (40 mines), Expert (99 mines). + Custom modes: define your own minefield. Up to 24 rows, 30 columns, 667 mines. + Flag mode: quicker to put flags on cells. + Track local best times. + Compete against other players in the world leaderboards. CREDIT ------------------ + Game developed using LibGDX. + Sound resource: freesound.org. FAN PAGE ------------------ + Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qastudiosapps + Twitter: https://twitter.com/qastudios
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mini Mine at 5.0 against Minesweeper's 4.0. Minesweeper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Mini Mine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minesweeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mini Mine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mini Mine ships an update every 4 months, Minesweeper every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Mini Mine | Minesweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppLabNexus LLC | Quang Duc Vu |
Customer experience
Mini Mine
Minesweeper
In-app purchases
Mini Mine
- US$1.99
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
