Tantrix.com vs Hexa Knot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tantrix.com
A strategic puzzle game where players connect hexagonal tiles with colored paths. Compete against others online or a robot opponent, testing your spatial reasoning and planning skills.
- Hexagonal tile-based gameplay
- Strategic path connection
- Online multiplayer
- Robot opponent
- Develops strategic thinking
- Enhances spatial ability
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Welcome to Tantrix.com - a spatial game of colour and strategy - now available on iPad! This fascinating New Zealand game was invented in 1988 and has since won numerous awards worldwide for its quality, beauty and elegance. It consists of 56 unique hexagonal tiles connected by red, green, blue and yellow paths. Players must try to block or control their opponents path-colour while simultaneously growing their own. Online Tantrix has been available for nearly 20 years, and now with this app you can compete against the international Tantrix community on your mobile. Or challenge the resident robot opponent to a game anytime! Tantrix is simple enough to learn, yet with the possibility to be infinitely complex. Unlike conventional strategy games such as chess, in Tantrix the ratio of skill and luck varies from game to game. The best player usually wins, but not always! Great for training strategic thinking, spatial ability, problem solving, planning and also memory skills.
Hexa Knot
A minimalistic puzzle game where players swap hexagonal tiles to create colorful knots. Enjoy a relaxing experience with simple controls and no time pressure, suitable for both casual play and challenging your perception.
- Swap hexes to create knots
- 500 levels of varying difficulty
- Simple one-finger control
- No ticking clock, play at your own pace
- Hint system available
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Simple, minimalistic puzzle game. Relax with simple rules. Your goal is to swap hexes to make colorful knots. Small levels are easy, but larger will challenge your patience and perception. Features: • 500 levels in different sizes • simple one finger control • no ticking clock, play as long as you need and relax • hints if you need them
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hexa Knot at 4.7 against Tantrix.com's 3.6. Hexa Knot also leads on ratings volume (290 vs 5) and review sentiment (74% vs 54%). Tantrix.com's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, 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.
Hexa Knot holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hexa Knot has 290 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Tantrix.com's written reviews are positive against 74% of Hexa Knot's.
Tantrix.com ships an update every 2 weeks, Hexa Knot every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tantrix.com | Hexa Knot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (290 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 290 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Dyer | Michal Gorny |
Customer experience
Tantrix.com
Hexa Knot
In-app purchases
Tantrix.com
No in-app purchases
Hexa Knot
No in-app purchases
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