Comparison

Minesweeper Classic vs Minesweeper ~

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

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About

Minesweeper Classic

Experience classic Minesweeper with retro graphics and extensive customization. Features include a guess-free mode, daily challenges, and over 50 unlockable themes. Earn coins by flagging mines and winning rounds to personalize your gameplay.

Highlights
  • Guess Free Mode
  • 50+ Retro Themes
  • Daily Challenges
  • Customizable Settings
  • Hints and Stats
  • Save/Load Functionality
Features
Currently charting
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*Now with GUESS FREE MODE and MORE THAN 50+ THEMES* :) Your free theme is waiting! Play Minesweeper with its all retro classic graphics! Customize your game with tons of settings and make the game your own. Earn coins and unlock gorgeous themes. Get lost in the world of classic Minesweeper! Key Features: • Starting point: You will always encounter an open area with your first tap • 5 game modes to choose from: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme and Custom • 50+ gorgeous retro themes: Unlock these themes by earning coins. Earn coins for flagging mines and winning rounds • Guess free Mode (Beta): Play guess-free boards to eliminate 50/50 situations. Enable guess free mode from the Settings menu • Quick Flag: Turn this mode on to tap and quickly flag cells • Zoom & Pan: Pinch to zoom and drag to pan around. Use the Overview button to reset your zoom • Tons of Settings: Customize your game with tons of settings. Change your zoom sensitivity, set the functionality of the New Game button, customize the top bar to quickly access your favorite buttons, turn off the 'hold to flag' option or set your desired Minesweeper theme along with many other settings • Daily Challenges: Play a guess-free challenge every day. Earn medals by completing challenges under a time limit. Earn trophies by completing a month's worth of challenges • Stats: Keep track of your high scores, win percentage and total play time • Hints: Are you stuck? Press the hint button to highlight the area you should focus on. The hint button only shows you areas where you are certain to progress. It won't show areas where the outcome is unknown • Save/Load: The game will automatically continue where you left off from upon being launched • Continue: If you hit a mine you can continue from where you left off for 50 coins or by watching a video ad • Leaderboards: Keep track of worldwide player scores Functions: • Flags: Press and hold on a cell to deploy a flag. Press and hold again to remove the flag. A cell will never open if you click on a flag • Question marks: (Disabled by default) Press on a flag to turn it into a question mark. Press on it again to turn it back into a flag • Hints: The hint button will highlight the surrounding of a cell which is already opened, and from which it is guaranteed to make progress • Tap number: Press on an open cell to reveal the cells surrounding it. This will only work if the amount of flags placed around the open cell is equal to the number on that cell Coins: • Earn 1 coin for 1 correct mine flag • Earn bonus coins for completing a game Save your profile to the cloud with iCloud: • You can save your themes and stats with iCloud and restore them later if you happen to switch to a different device. Make sure you are logged into your iCloud account on your device. Also make sure that iCloud Drive is enabled in your iCloud settings on your device otherwise your themes and stats will not be saved. Make sure you are logged into Game Center (if you are not automatically logged in): • Click on the leaderboards button located in the Stats window • If the game doesn't log you in or prompt a login window after a few seconds close the app • Go to your device's settings and login to Game Center from there • Open Minesweeper Classic: Retro and click on the leaderboards button again and it should log you in Enjoy!

About

Minesweeper ~

Experience a classic logic puzzle game enhanced with AI. This version uses advanced algorithms to provide a challenging yet fair experience, offering multiple difficulty levels and daily rewards. Exercise your brain and reasoning skills with a unique take on a beloved pastime.

Highlights
  • AI-enhanced gameplay
  • Logic reasoning exercises
  • 4 difficulty options
  • Daily rewards
  • Unlockable fun experiences
  • Custom tailored gaming experience
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Classic minesweeper game, redefined by AI. Our minesweeper game is one of its own kind in the market. We leverage AI technology to achieve various improvement on top of the classic minesweeper game. - Exercise your brain and logic reasoning skills - 4 difficulty options - Fun experiences to unlock and daily rewards to claim. - Classic minesweeper redefined by AI * Redefined by AI * 1. Model the minesweeper game as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) [a] 2. Precompute the heuristic score for each valid move using multiple state-of-the-art algorithms [b], to yield a stack rank of 10 (or less) best moves. 3. Based on the heuristic difference between the optimal move and the actual move by the user, we use our pre-defined probability (non-uniform distribution) to control the mine position (by ad-hoc switching cells on the board). 4. At the end of the game, further tune the mine-switching probability using win/lose ratio as an input [c], to ensure a custom tailored gaming experience that’s challenging but not frustrating. References: [a] https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs188/fa18/assets/slides/lec4/FA18_cs188_lecture4_CSPs_6pp.pdf [b] https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/14398552/BECERRA-SENIORTHESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 [c] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning

Screenshots

Minesweeper Classic4 screens
Minesweeper ~4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minesweeper ~ at none against Minesweeper Classic's 8. Minesweeper ~ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (69% vs 57%). Minesweeper Classic's advantage is chart position (#143 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Minesweeper Classic sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Minesweeper ~ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Minesweeper Classic against 4.6 for Minesweeper ~. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22K and 8.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Minesweeper Classic's written reviews are positive against 69% of Minesweeper ~'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, Minesweeper ~ weekly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Minesweeper Classic versus Minesweeper ~: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeper ClassicMinesweeper ~
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22K ratings) — better4.6 (8.4K ratings)
Positive reviews56.9% of reviews68.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22K — better8.4K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#143 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStill57Yi Zeng

Customer experience

Minesweeper Classic

All ratings21,554 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews782 reviews
Positive56.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative32.6%

Minesweeper ~

All ratings7,515 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews617 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral9.9%
Negative21.6%

User reviews

Minesweeper Classic

From 22K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable settings
  • 👍 Faithful to original Minesweeper
  • 💡 Guess-free mode
  • 👍 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Variety of themes

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Incorrect number displays
  • 🐛 Sensitive touch controls
  • 🐛 Forced guessing in some cases
  • 🔋 Frequent ads between games

Minesweeper ~

From 8.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and addictive games
  • 💻 Variety of mini-apps
  • 👍 Minimal ads
  • 🔋 Low battery consumption
  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing design

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Difficulty adjusting screen size
  • 🔊 Annoying background music
  • 🚫 Lack of ad-free option
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches

Bugs and requests

Minesweeper Classic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes after recent update
  • Incorrect mine placements
  • Inability to continue game after crash

Requested features

4 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • More advanced statistics tracking
  • Ability to create custom mine layouts
  • Improved organization of settings menu

Minesweeper ~

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect minesweeper puzzle generation
  • Ads interrupting gameplay
  • Compatibility issues on larger screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add question mark functionality
  • Implement a dark mode
  • Introduce a paid ad-free version
  • Improve game progress saving

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Minesweeper Classic

One-time8
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 3000 Coins$1.99
  • Minesweeper 2x Coins$2.49
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  • 7500 Coins$2.99
  • Minesweeper Puzzle Premium$3.49
  • 20000 Coins$4.99
  • 45000 Coins$6.99
  • 99999 Coins$9.99
None

Minesweeper ~

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper Classic free?
Minesweeper Classic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minesweeper ~ free?
Minesweeper ~ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper ~?
Minesweeper Classic is rated higher. Minesweeper Classic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while Minesweeper ~ averages 4.6 from 8.4K ratings.
Do Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper ~ have ads?
Both Minesweeper Classic and Minesweeper ~ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper ~?
Minesweeper Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, and Minesweeper ~ weekly. Most recently, Minesweeper Classic was updated on November 12, 2026 and Minesweeper ~ on November 12, 2026.

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