Sembl vs HexT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sembl
Engage in a unique puzzle experience where you create designs through various artistic actions. Master over 190 levels at your own pace or test your speed in timed challenges. Enjoy minimalist graphics and serene music.
- Unique design puzzles
- Paint, cut, punch, stencil, spin
- 32 levels
- Over 190 puzzles
- Journey mode
- Challenge mode
- Minimalist graphics
- Serene sound
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"With pleasing music, a lovely design, a unique concept, and the right amount of challenge, Sembl is hard to put down." - AppAdvice Every design is a puzzle and every game is unique. Paint, cut, punch, stencil and spin your way to the perfect design. Master 32 levels and over 190 puzzles at your own pace in the Journey, or race the clock in Challenge mode. ◉ Deceptively simple gameplay ◉ Two ways to play – Journey or Challenge ◉ 32 levels and over 190 unique puzzles ◉ Minimalist graphics and beautiful, serene sound ◉ Stats and leaderboard
HexT
A vibrant number-matching puzzle game where players swipe to combine hexagonal tiles and achieve higher numbers. Rotate the board to strategically align tiles for optimal combinations. Aim to reach the highest tile possible before running out of moves.
- Hexagonal tile matching
- Swipe to combine numbers
- Rotate the hex board
- Addictive gameplay
- Colorful design
- One-handed play
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HexT is a colorful number matching game with a twist, easy to play and addictive! Nineteen small hexagon tiles are arranged in one big hexagon. Swiping down collapses and combines like tiles into the next biggest number. A new random numbered tile appears with every slide down. The twist is that you can rotate the large hex left or right as much as you want, changing the lineup of tiles. Keep combining tiles until you get to the 13 tile or have no more moves. If you like Tetris or 2048 you'll love this. Directions: SWIPE DOWN to collapse the tiles down to combine tiles with the same number (Two "5"s become a "6" for example). Tiles will combine if they are adjacent or if there are only empty tiles in between. SWIPE LEFT or RIGHT to rotate the hex and change the alignment of tiles. Your score will increase each time tiles are combined. The goal is to get the "16" tile. Good luck! "Very cool and addictive game. My kids love it too." - Oldacer "Better than 2048 and really hard!" - Jbboyz "This game has the right amount of strategy to get you through a spat of boredom." - Battosaimom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HexT at 4.9 against Sembl's 4.2. HexT also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Sembl's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Sembl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HexT asks for nothing beyond the download.
HexT holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Sembl's written reviews are positive against 100% of HexT's.
Sembl ships an update every 3 weeks, HexT every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Sembl | HexT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (21 ratings) | 4.9 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artgig Studio | Golby Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Sembl
HexT
In-app purchases
Sembl
- Remove all ads$1.99
HexT
No in-app purchases









