Comparison

Minesweeper vs Auric

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper

A classic logic puzzle game where players use numbers on revealed squares to deduce the location of hidden mines. Avoid uncovering a mine to win. Features multiple visual themes for an enhanced experience.

Highlights
  • Logic-based mine detection
  • Numbered clues
  • Classic gameplay
  • Multiple themes (Classic, Light, Dark)
  • Intuitive marking system
Features
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Enjoy the classic look and feel of the game as you try to mark the mines without uncovering one. You use the numbers of a revealed square to tell you how many mines are next to that square. Using logic, you figure out where the mines are and mark them. Watch out! If you make a mistake, a mine will explode! There are three themes available: Classic, Light and Dark.

About

Auric

Features
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There’s a moment in every run when the screen fills with light, motion, and gold. Your aura hums. The next challenge is forty seconds away. You keep moving, collecting, and choosing. Magnet, or Power? Faster blades, or more of them? Auric: Eclipse is that moment, stretched out. A fast arcade bullet-heaven built for one thumb. Your abilities activate automatically. You move, collect gold, and choose what to upgrade. No menus during gameplay. No aiming. Just movement, timing, and builds that grow every minute. Wave after wave, the sky grows darker. Every coin strengthens your build. Every level changes the direction of the run. Every minute brings a new challenge with new patterns to learn. Hold on long enough and the eclipse breaks. INSIDE • 4 weapons, each upgradeable through 5 tiers • 6 passive stats — Magnet, Regen, Power, Speed, Heart, Luck • Dozens of build combinations every run • 4 enemy types — drifters, runners, tanks, shooters • A major challenge every 60 seconds with unique patterns • Endless scaling and persistent high scores • Fully offline on iPhone and iPad NOT INSIDE • Energy meters · timers · pay-to-win · forced ads • Interruptions during gameplay · pop-ups · Wi-Fi requirement • Battle passes · daily login screens · cluttered menus One optional rewarded ad per run — watch to continue from a difficult moment. That’s it. Auric: Eclipse is designed for phone-speed play. Two minutes between classes or thirty during a flight — same feeling. Jump in, learn, improve, repeat. The kind of game where “one more run” quietly becomes four. The eclipse keeps growing. Stay bright long enough to outlast it. — Genre: bullet-heaven · survivors-like · roguelite · arcade Controls: touch joystick (any thumb position) / WASD Age: 0+ · fantasy arcade action

Screenshots

Minesweeper4 screens
Auric4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Auric at none against Minesweeper's shown. Auric also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). Minesweeper's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, Auric daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Minesweeper versus Auric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperAuric
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindware Consulting, IncArsenii Borodin

In-app purchases

None

Minesweeper

No in-app purchases

None

Auric

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auric free?
Auric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minesweeper or Auric have ads?
Minesweeper shows ads; Auric does not.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper or Auric?
Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, and Auric daily. Most recently, Minesweeper was updated on September 26, 2026 and Auric on October 4, 2026.

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