Bitgram vs Minesweeper Genius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitgram
A minimalist puzzle game with a unique color-matching mechanic. Place shapes of two colors on opposite colored spaces to solve puzzles and achieve high scores. Relaxing gameplay for brain-training challenges.
- Unique color-matching mechanic
- Tangram-like shape placement
- Brain-challenging puzzles
- Relaxing gameplay
- High score challenges
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Bitgram is an addicting and minimalist puzzle game that will challenge your brain! Bitgram features a brand new concept: each shape can only be of two colors and can only be placed on the opposite color. Easy to learn and relaxing to play: place as many shapes as you can, just like on a tangram and reach a high score!
Minesweeper Genius
This logic puzzle game challenges your deductive reasoning by requiring you to locate hidden bombs on a grid. Guide a character through a scientific experiment by carefully revealing safe tiles and flagging those that contain explosives.
- Unlimited random levels
- No guessing or luck required
- Game Center Achievements
- iCloud Save
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Inspired by the classic computer game from our childhood, Minesweeper Genius is a brain teaser that will challenge your logical thinking. Help Aristotle – the genius with a broom – sweep the field to escape from the aliens' scientific experiments, discovering where all the bombs are hidden. HOW TO PLAY: • Read the numbers to know how many mines there are in each column and each line • Flags the tiles which contain a mine • Then move the sweeper genius to the portal! FEATURES: • Our procedural generator can create an unlimited number of random levels • Absolutely no guessing or luck involved • Game Center Achievements • iCloud Save
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bitgram at Free against Minesweeper Genius's $1.99. Minesweeper Genius's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Bitgram is free to download; Minesweeper Genius costs $1.99 up front. Bitgram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minesweeper Genius asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bitgram against 4.8 for Minesweeper Genius. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper Genius has 219 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Bitgram's written reviews are positive against 91% of Minesweeper Genius's.
| Parameter | Bitgram | Minesweeper Genius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (219 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 90.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 219 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #165 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Games for Friends LLC | Mother Gaia Studio |
Customer experience
Bitgram
Minesweeper Genius
Bugs and requests
Bitgram
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Minesweeper Genius
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game resets when swiping down to open Control Center
- Game resets when checking notifications
- Star display gets cut off on iPhone X notch
- Tap-and-hold flag placement sometimes registers as movement instead
- Game doesn't register hold on adjacent squares correctly
Requested features
13 requests- Add more levels, especially harder difficulty levels
- Implement ability to mark tiles as clear/safe
- Support landscape mode on iPad
- Add toggle or button for flag placement instead of tap-and-hold
- Implement haptic feedback when placing flags
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- Add endless or infinite level mode with progressive difficulty
- Include a third marking option for uncertain tiles
- Add level editor and community level sharing
- Provide visual indicators for completed row/column requirements
- Include character skins or cosmetic customization options
- Add classic minesweeper mode option
- Implement grid dimension counter display
- Add more unique tile mechanics and special rules
In-app purchases
Bitgram
- Remove Ads$0.99
Minesweeper Genius
No in-app purchases
