Comparison

Minesweeper Classic vs Minesweeper

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper Classic

Rediscover classic Minesweeper with logic-based puzzles, daily challenges, and customizable boards. Improve your skills with detailed stats and learn from past games. Enjoy offline play and personalize your experience with various themes and accessibility options.

Highlights
  • No Guess mode
  • Daily Challenges
  • Customizable boards
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline play
  • Multiple themes
  • Accessibility options
Features
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One board. Every move matters. Rediscover classic Minesweeper with No Guess mode, Daily Challenges and custom boards. Read the numbers, flag the mines and clear your way to a new personal best. Start with a quick beginner puzzle or take on a demanding expert board. Whether you’re learning the patterns or chasing faster times, there’s always another challenge waiting. PLAY YOUR WAY - Choose Beginner, Intermediate, Expert or Extreme difficulty. - Build custom boards with your choice of size and mine count. - Switch between Classic and solver-checked No Guess mode. A NEW DAILY CHALLENGE - Take on a new No Guess puzzle every day. - Earn medals, build your daily streak and work toward monthly trophies. - Revisit past puzzles through the challenge calendar. SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Track best times, win rates and streaks. - Explore advanced stats including 3BV/s and efficiency. - Review saved replays and learn from previous games. - Earn your way from Rookie to Grandmaster through qualifying wins. MAKE IT YOURS - Choose classic, soft and glass themes, with light and dark options. - Use high-contrast and color-blind palettes. - Hold to flag, use dedicated Flag mode or clear surrounding cells with chording. - Zoom and pan to find a comfortable view of your board. PLAY WHEREVER YOU ARE - Enjoy core gameplay offline. - Pick up unfinished games with automatic local saving. - Play on iPhone or iPad, in portrait or landscape. New to Minesweeper? Each number tells you how many mines touch that square. Use the clues to identify safe spaces and flag suspected mines. Clear every safe square to win. Need another try? Undo after a loss lets you continue for practice. Practice finishes don’t count as wins or records. Download Minesweeper and make your next move. Free to download.

About

Minesweeper

Experience the classic Minesweeper with a fresh twist, offering unique board shapes like triangles and plus signs. Enjoy multiple game modes, high score tracking, and helpful in-game tools to enhance your strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Unique board shapes (Triangle, Plus)
  • Multiple game modes
  • High score tracking
  • Flagging and mine counter
  • Zooming and panning
  • Continue on game over
Features
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Enjoy the classic game of Minesweeper, but with a fun, exciting, and challenging twist! Relive your nostalgia with the original rectangular board, or change things up and tackle Minesweeper with shapes! Features: - Board Types: 3 fun and challenging board types: Rectangle, Triangle, and Plus (more upcoming!) - Game Modes: 4 different game modes for each board type - High Scores: Save your fastest time for each game mode for each board to compete with your friends - Flagging: Press and hold a tile to mark it as a mine or use flag mode to instantly flag a tile - Zooming and Panning: Pinch and drag to zoom and pan. Tap the recenter button to reset the zoom - Continue on Game Over: Find and collect mines for the ability to continue a lost game - Help Button: Press the help button to see where mines can appear around tiles - Mine Counter: Play around annoying 50/50s by utilizing the remaining mines counter Enjoy!

Screenshots

Minesweeper Classic4 screens
Minesweeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minesweeper at 100% against Minesweeper Classic's 35%. Minesweeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Minesweeper Classic's advantage is ratings volume (933 vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper Classic has 933 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Minesweeper Classic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minesweeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, Minesweeper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Minesweeper Classic versus Minesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeper ClassicMinesweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (933 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings933 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlock Puzzle GamesSeven Pixel Studios

Customer experience

Minesweeper Classic

All ratings933 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative50.0%

Minesweeper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Minesweeper Classic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect mine count
  • Squares not registering correctly
  • Expert puzzle not formatted correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Undo to correct mistakes
  • Harder difficulty levels
  • Ability to click on exposed numbers to open surrounding squares

Minesweeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minesweeper Classic

No in-app purchases

None

Minesweeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper Classic free?
Minesweeper Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper?
Minesweeper is rated higher. Minesweeper Classic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 933 ratings, while Minesweeper averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper have ads?
Minesweeper Classic shows ads; Minesweeper does not.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper Classic or Minesweeper?
Minesweeper Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, and Minesweeper every 2 months. Most recently, Minesweeper Classic was updated on November 6, 2026 and Minesweeper on November 3, 2026.

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