Comparison

Color Code vs No Guess Minesweeper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Color Code

Engage in a strategic code-breaking board game for one or two players. Challenge yourself against the computer, play with friends on a single device, or compete online via Game Center. Progress through increasing difficulty levels and track your achievements.

Highlights
  • Play against computer
  • Local multiplayer on one device
  • Online multiplayer via Game Center
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Code-breaking gameplay
Features
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**************** Presentation ************ Board game for 1 or 2 players. The goal is to break the code of the other player. You can play against the computer, with your friends or family on the same device or online with game center. ***************** Features *************** The "Training" mode allows you to play against the computer. Choose your options. The "1 Player" mode allows you to play against the computer. The difficulty increase progressively with levels. The level which has been reached is preserved. The "2 Players" mode allows you to play with someone on the same device. The "Online" mode allows you to play with an other player connected on Game Center. 1 point is awarded to the winner. ************** In-App Purchases *********** Remove all advertising from the game. **************** Link ************ For all questions, write us : https://dunje.wordpress.com/codeBreaker ******************** Flags *************** www.nordicfactory.com

About

No Guess Minesweeper

This classic logic puzzle game eliminates guesswork with logically solvable boards. Features include educational hints, detailed statistics, and customizable themes. Enjoy daily challenges and a complete history of your games, all without ads.

Highlights
  • Guaranteed no-guess boards
  • Educational hints that explain deductions
  • Detailed game statistics
  • Daily Challenge with global leaderboards
  • Customizable themes and adjustable number sizes
  • Auto-save and full board history
  • Offline play
Features
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Classic Minesweeper, rebuilt so you never have to guess. Most Minesweeper games eventually corner you: two squares, one mine, a coin flip. This one cannot. Every board is run through a logical solver before it reaches you, and only boards completable by pure deduction are served. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - Guaranteed no-guess boards. A three-stage solver checks every puzzle: direct counts, overlapping-region logic, and full frontier analysis against the mines you have left. - Hints that teach. Stuck? The hint does not just reveal a square. It names the deduction you missed and shows you the numbers that prove it. - A loss screen that explains. Step on a mine and the game tells you whether it was provable or whether you were simply early - then offers the board back. - Daily Challenge. Three verified boards a day, identical for every player worldwide. Build a streak. - Five sizes, from 9x12 to 12x26, every one shaped for a phone held in one hand. - Real statistics. Win rate, best times, current and longest streak, and clearing rate for players who care about efficiency rather than luck. - Eight themes, light and dark, plus a colour-blind palette and adjustable number size. Every one verified for contrast, including in high-contrast mode. - Your last 400 boards, with time and result - and a copy button that hands them to a spreadsheet. - Chording, hold-to-flag, undo, and full haptics. - Auto-save. Close it mid-board, come back a week later. NO NONSENSE No ads. No banners. No interruptions. No accounts and no sign-in. No coins, no lives, no waiting. Your boards, statistics and streaks stay on your device. The game sends anonymous counts of which boards get played, and you can switch that off in Settings. The whole game is free: every difficulty, the Daily Challenge, every statistic, your full board history, and free hints on every board - three on Easy and Medium, fewer on the hardest - refilled every board, forever. Hitting a mine ends the board, exactly as Minesweeper always has. "Retry this board" then gives you the same layout back, free, and nothing is ever offered for sale on that screen. One optional payment, once, adds a step back after a fatal tap - thirty seconds on the clock instead of a lost board - lifts the hint limit, and adds four more themes and a custom board builder. No board, and no part of one, is ever behind it: every puzzle here is finishable without a single hint. Minesweeper is thirty years old and still the best pure-logic puzzle ever designed. It just needed the guessing taken out.

Screenshots

Color Code2 screens
No Guess Minesweeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: No Guess Minesweeper at none against Color Code's shown. No Guess Minesweeper also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Color Code's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Code sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and No Guess Minesweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

No Guess Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Code has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Code ships an update every 6 months, No Guess Minesweeper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Color Code versus No Guess Minesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor CodeNo Guess Minesweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (40 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndre CastanyLeadHunter USA LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Code

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
1 purchases

No Guess Minesweeper

One-time1
  • Sweep Complete$4.99

Questions

Is Color Code free?
Color Code is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is No Guess Minesweeper free?
No Guess Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Code or No Guess Minesweeper?
No Guess Minesweeper is rated higher. Color Code averages 4.7 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while No Guess Minesweeper averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Color Code or No Guess Minesweeper have ads?
Color Code shows ads; No Guess Minesweeper does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Code or No Guess Minesweeper?
Color Code ships an update every 6 months, and No Guess Minesweeper every 3 weeks. Most recently, Color Code was updated on November 2, 2026 and No Guess Minesweeper on November 6, 2026.

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