MineSweeper vs Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MineSweeper
Experience the classic Minesweeper game without any interruptions. This version offers a clean interface and is completely free to play. Enjoy the strategic challenge on your mobile device.
- Classic Minesweeper gameplay
- No advertisements
- Clean interface
- 3D Touch support
- Free to play
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Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)
This game offers a solvable Minesweeper experience by ensuring every board can be completed without random guessing. Enjoy a modern interface, helpful hints, and the ability to undo mistakes, all while tracking your progress and tackling daily challenges.
- Solvable Minesweeper boards
- AI-powered hint system
- Undo mistakes feature
- Customizable interface
- Stat tracking
- Daily challenges
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Minesweeper – it's all fun and games until that 50/50 guess. So we decided to remove the guessing. Mineswifter uses an advanced Minesweeper AI to make sure each board is solvable before giving it to you. This lets you skip the nonsense and SWIFTLY go to the boards you actually wanted to play. PERFECTLY NATURAL Mineswifter is designed with a modern and beautiful user interface. Customize everything from the background colors to your play style to make the game work exactly the way you want. Works great with split-screen and a mouse on iPad! REAL HINTS Every board is solvable, but not every board is easy. That's why we added a hint system that uses the power of the Minesweeper AI to show you exactly which part of the board is solvable next. UNDO YOUR MISTAKES Accidentally click on a mine? No problem! Since every board is solvable, there are no game overs – simply click the Undo popover and keep playing. Mistakes add 10 seconds to your time. STAT TRACKING The main statistic tracked in Mineswifter is the perfect game, which is a board completed without mistakes or hints. Try to beat your longest perfect streak or your average time! DAILY CHALLENGES Mineswifter also offers daily challenges, which can generally be completed within a few minutes. Each one is carefully curated to make sure it's fun and rewarding for both new and experienced players. Check the stats to compare your performance to players from around the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MineSweeper at none against Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)'s shown. MineSweeper also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (96% vs 80%). Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (153 vs 21). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MineSweeper against 4.8 for Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper) has 153 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of MineSweeper's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)'s.
MineSweeper ships an update every 2 months, Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MineSweeper | Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 政 冯 | Bonzai Games |
Customer experience
MineSweeper
Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)
In-app purchases
MineSweeper
No in-app purchases
Mineswifter Lite (Minesweeper)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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