Ripple Effect vs Hexoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ripple Effect
A logic puzzle game where players fill grids with consecutive integers based on room size. It features rules about number placement to ensure separation between identical digits in rows and columns.
- Consecutive integer placement
- Room-based puzzle mechanics
- Row and column separation rules
- Challenging logic puzzles
- Grid-based gameplay
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Ripple Effect is popular logic puzzle game in Japan. The solver must place one positive integer into each cell of the grid according to these rules: Every room must contain the consecutive integers from 1 to the quantity of cells in that room inclusive. If two identical numbers appear in the same row or column, at least that many cells with other numbers must separate them. For example, two cells both containing '1' may not be orthogonally adjacent, but must have at least one cell between them with a different number. Two cells marked '3' in the same row or column must have at least three cells with other numbers between them in that row or column, and so on.
Hexoku
Fill hexagonal grids with numbers 1-6 following simple rules. Solve over 3000 unique levels with increasing difficulty, from Novice to expert.
- Fill hexagons with numbers 1-6
- Unique number rule per hexagon
- Adjacent cells must match
- 3000 unique levels
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Progressive challenge
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Your goal is to fill all hexagons with numbers from 1 to 6. Some numbers are already filled. There are only two simple rules in the game: • There can be only unique numbers in each hexagon (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Therefore, there cannot be two identical numbers in one hexagon. • Two adjacent cells from different hexagons must have the same number. That sounds easy, right? However, passing some levels can take a lot of time and effort. We have created 3000 unique levels with varying degrees of difficulty in our application. If you are playing Hexoku for the first time, try the level “Novice”. Each difficulty level contains 500 unique levels. Where level 1 is the easiest and 500 is the most difficult. If you can easily solve the 500st level of one difficulty level, try the first level of the next level of difficulty. Good luck!
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Verdict
Ripple Effect and Hexoku both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hexoku's written reviews are positive against 30% of Ripple Effect's. Hexoku also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). Ripple Effect's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ripple Effect against 4.9 for Hexoku. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Ripple Effect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hexoku's.
Ripple Effect ships an update every 24 months, Hexoku every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ripple Effect | Hexoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yuki Fujimoto | Aliaksandr Uvarau |
Customer experience
Ripple Effect
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In-app purchases
Ripple Effect
No in-app purchases
Hexoku
No in-app purchases
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