Minesweeper Genius vs Ship, Captain, Crew!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Ship, Captain, Crew!
A strategic dice game where players aim to assemble a ship's crew by rolling dice. Navigate the rolls to achieve the highest score and conquer the seas in this challenging maritime adventure.
- Strategic dice rolling
- Assemble ship's crew
- High score aiming
- Maritime adventure theme
- Challenging gameplay
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Ship, Captain, Crew is a thrilling dice game where players strategically roll to assemble a ship's crew, aiming for the coveted combination of ship, captain, and crew. Navigate the dice to secure the highest score and conquer the seas in this classic and challenging maritime adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ship, Captain, Crew! at Free against Minesweeper Genius's $1.99. Ship, Captain, Crew! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Minesweeper Genius's advantage is ratings volume (220 vs 17) and device support (4 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Ship, Captain, Crew! is free to download; Minesweeper Genius costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Minesweeper Genius against 4.9 for Ship, Captain, Crew!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper Genius has 220 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Minesweeper Genius's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ship, Captain, Crew!'s.
| Parameter | Minesweeper Genius | Ship, Captain, Crew! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (220 ratings) | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mother Gaia Studio | Jordan DiOrazio |
Customer experience
Minesweeper Genius
Ship, Captain, Crew!
Bugs and 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
Ship, Captain, Crew!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minesweeper Genius
No in-app purchases
Ship, Captain, Crew!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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