Advent Calendar vs Hexio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advent Calendar
Solve a daily physics puzzle to earn a sweet treat. Unlock an endless mode after completing all 24 doors. Share your progress and enjoy festive challenges.
- 24 daily physics puzzles
- Unlockable endless mode
- Collect virtual sweets
- Share with friends
- Festive Christmas theme
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Set off on a magical Christmas journey through five worlds, opening advent calendar doors and discovering a new game at every stop. Drop presents into Santa’s sack, bring Christmas lights to life, help an owl deliver the post and play a tune on the ice piano. With 25 different games, there’s always something new to try along the way. Each game offers 30 levels. Collect stars, earn awards and unlock characters who join the Christmas world as you progress. Return to your favourite levels whenever you like, or see how far you can go in the endless modes. The original candy game is still here too, as a little extra for returning players. Your Christmas journey starts with the first door.
Hexio
Engage your mind with a minimalist puzzle game featuring 96 handcrafted levels. Enjoy a serene piano soundtrack as you solve challenges. Hints are available for purchase to assist with difficult puzzles.
- 96 hand-crafted puzzles
- Free access to all levels
- Optional hint purchases
- Automatic game progress saving
- Relaxing piano soundtrack
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Hexio is a relaxing, mind-bending, minimalist puzzle game that offers 96 meticulously designed levels to immerse yourself into. A beautiful piano soundtrack accompanies you in your delightful experience. Features: - 96 hand-crafted puzzles - All levels are free and accessible from the start - Option to purchase hints to help you find the solution to some levels - Game progress is saved automatically Don't hesitate to contact us if you find any issue with the game or if you simply want to send us your feedback, it is greatly appreciated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hexio at 4.8 against Advent Calendar's 4.4. Hexio also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 67%). Advent Calendar's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Advent Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hexio sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hexio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96 and 260 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Advent Calendar's written reviews are positive against 83% of Hexio's.
Advent Calendar ships an update every 10 months, Hexio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advent Calendar | Hexio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (96 ratings) | 4.8 (260 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 | 260 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 675 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Weiss | Logisk Studio Inc. |
Customer experience
Advent Calendar
Hexio
Bugs and requests
Advent Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hexio
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game freezes or crashes
- Progress not saving after level completion
- Scaling issues on iPad Pro
- Ads not loading properly
- In-app purchase not working
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Reset button for game progress
- Undo button
- Colorblind mode
- Improved iCloud/Game Center sync
In-app purchases
Advent Calendar
- Complete Christmas Journey$4.99
Hexio
- Unlimited Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlimited Hints and No Ads$3.99
