Comparison

Hex Merge! vs Lamplight Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Hex Merge!

A hexagonal puzzle game where you merge numbered tiles to create higher numbers. Drag and rotate hexagon groups to connect three or more identical adjacent tiles, upgrading them to higher values. Enjoy smooth gameplay, auto-restore, and fun sound effects.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal tile merging
  • Drag and rotate controls
  • Merge three or more identical tiles
  • Upgrade tiles to higher numbers
  • Auto-restore board progress
  • Fun music and sound effects
Features
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Hex Merge Puzzle, a jigsaw puzzle game. A hexagon edition of 2048! Drag the hexagon group to the board. Click on the hexagon group to rotate. Connect to three or more the same number of hexagonal adjacent to merge and upgrade a higher number of squares. 1. Simple control and smooth gameplay. 2. Auto restore board: continue playing when restart the game. 3. Fun music and sound effects

About

Lamplight Solitaire

Features
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The grown-up Klondike app. Free to play, with one optional unlock and deals a solver has proved winnable. No ads, no subscriptions, no accounts. Works offline - even on a plane. WHY THIS ONE Search the App Store for solitaire and the results blur into the same pile: a banner under the cards, a video after every win, and a "REMOVE ADS" button that costs more than the game. This one isn't that. No ads, ever. The single Unlimited Play unlock removes the coin cost of deals and hints forever; that is the entire monetization. WHAT MAKES THE DEALS FAIR • Winnable deals are proved, not promised. A real solver plays every one through to all 52 cards home before it reaches you. It can pass on a deal that was secretly solvable, but it will never hand you one it hasn't won itself. You still have to find the line. • Or take a random shuffle and play it honest, winnable or not. • Hints explain themselves. Not two highlighted piles, but a sentence saying which card, where it goes, and what it opens up. • Undo is always free and unlimited. HOW THE COIN SYSTEM WORKS • Start with 400 coins. A random deal costs 25, a solver-proved winnable deal costs 50, a hint 10. • Every win pays 50 coins, and 50 more arrive every day, automatically. • The daily challenges never cost a coin, so there is always a free game to play. • One Unlimited Play unlock makes deals and hints unlimited forever, on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. No coin packs, no boosters, no "watch an ad for another deal." CORE GAMEPLAY • Draw 1 or Draw 3, with unlimited passes through the stock in both. • Standard or Vegas scoring, or no score at all if you would rather just play. • A daily challenge for each draw: every date its own fixed deal, the same for every player, with a calendar of the days you have won. • Three daily goals, a level to climb and a day streak, all from playing - stars can't be bought. • Statistics that count every hand, plus Game Center achievements and leaderboards. • Share any deal with a link and see who clears it faster. • Your game is saved as you play - resume after a phone call, a force-quit, or a relaunch. PRESENTATION • Every card deck and table colour is free to everyone, with nothing to unlock. • Big, clear cards. Universal for iPhone and iPad. Portrait and landscape, left- or right-handed. • Sound and haptics, each one separately switchable. WHAT THIS APP IS NOT • Not ad-supported. No ads, ever. • Not subscription-based. One optional unlock, nothing else to buy. • No accounts, no sign-in, no analytics. The only thing that ever leaves your device is, if you use Game Center, your scores. Privacy Policy: https://blite.github.io/Solitaire/lamplight/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://blite.github.io/Solitaire/lamplight/terms/

Screenshots

Hex Merge!4 screens
Lamplight Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hex Merge! at none against Lamplight Solitaire's 1. Hex Merge! also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Lamplight Solitaire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months). On price 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. Lamplight Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hex Merge! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hex Merge! ships an update every 10 months, Lamplight Solitaire every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hex Merge! versus Lamplight Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHex Merge!Lamplight Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer春晖 姚Michael Holloway

In-app purchases

None

Hex Merge!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lamplight Solitaire

One-time1
  • Unlimited Play$4.99

Questions

Is Hex Merge! free?
Hex Merge! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lamplight Solitaire free?
Lamplight Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hex Merge! or Lamplight Solitaire have ads?
Hex Merge! shows ads; Lamplight Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Hex Merge! or Lamplight Solitaire?
Hex Merge! ships an update every 10 months, and Lamplight Solitaire every 10 days. Most recently, Hex Merge! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Lamplight Solitaire on October 25, 2026.

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