Minesweeper vs AquaMines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
A classic single-player puzzle game where players must strategically uncover tiles to reveal hidden bombs. Use number clues to identify mine locations and flag them to win. Features adjustable difficulty levels and a high score leaderboard.
- Uncover hidden bombs
- Use number clues
- Flag bomb locations
- Adjustable difficulty
- High score leaderboard
- Pinch to zoom
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Minesweeper is a single-player puzzle video game. The objective of the game is to clear up all the mine and uncover all the hidden bomb. Its a classic windows strategy game which is popular during the 90's. The Game requires some strategy thinking where the numbers indicate the amount of bomb located surrounding it. If unlucky, you might press on the bomb and the game ends. Flag the bomb if you noticed its a bomb on that tiles itself. The Game features: - Pinch to zoom - High Scores leaderboard for each difficulty setting - Adjustable difficulties such as beginner, medium and advance - Press hold on tiles to raise flags.
AquaMines
A classic puzzle game where players uncover safe tiles on a minefield using logic and deduction. Compete with others through leaderboards and achievements. This free-to-play experience is ad-free and aims for future improvements.
- Minesweeper gameplay
- Deduction and logic puzzles
- GameCenter leaderboards
- Achievements
- Ad-free experience
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AquaMines is a traditional minesweeper game. It is a puzzle game requiring deduction and luck. Starting with a minefield of hidden tiles, the objective is to reveal all “safe” (non-mine) tiles using clues provided by the previously revealed tiles. GameCenter is supported for leaderboards and achievements. This game is a passion project that is free to play with NO ads. We hope to add new tile-sets and feature improvements in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AquaMines at 5.0 against Minesweeper's 3.0. AquaMines also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Minesweeper's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
AquaMines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | AquaMines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SikYi Chan | Jonathan McGuire |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
AquaMines
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
AquaMines
No in-app purchases
