Aurora Hex vs ONO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aurora Hex
A calming puzzle game where players connect matching pieces to reveal intricate hidden patterns. Enjoy thousands of unique challenges with a serene visual style and relaxing music. The difficulty gradually increases, with a helpful hint system available.
- Link matching pieces
- Discover hidden patterns
- Thousands of unique puzzles
- Serene visual style
- Soothing background music
- Gradual difficulty curve
- Hint system
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Aurora Hex is a relaxing and soothing puzzle game, where you link matching pieces together to discover beautiful hidden patterns. Features: - Easy for anyone to pick up and play - 1000s of unique puzzles to explore - A beautiful and serene visual style - Soothing background music - Gradual difficulty curve for a satisfying experience - Hint system to help you out if you get stuck - Optimized for both tablets and phones - Translated into 16 languages Twitter : @finalgamestudio Game Website : www.aurorahex.com Company Website : www.finalgamestudio.com Support: support@finalgamestudio.com
ONO
A unique logic puzzle game where you clear 'O's from the screen to achieve 'ONO'. It offers a hybrid casual puzzle experience with increasing complexity and variety. Designed to improve clarity, focus, and working memory through engaging gameplay.
- Unique logic puzzle mechanics
- Chain reaction gameplay
- Hybrid casual puzzle experience
- Improves clarity and focus
- 24 levels with increasing difficulty
- Free play mode
- Thousands of puzzle variations
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Fun! Fast! Free! Unique Pure Logic Brain Game! Start a chain reaction that will clear all the O's from the screen -> ONO (no O's). A new type of hybrid casual puzzle game. An overlapping maze. Like Sudoku without numbers. Wordle without letters. Starting with the simplest forms + rules, complexity and variety emerge as elements are added in larger puzzles. A fun easy way to work on your clarity, focus and working memory. 24 levels from very easy to very hard. Master each level by solving 4 puzzles - you are allowed three tries in each of the first two, two tries in the next and, finally, you must solve one puzzle in a single try. The level is then open for free play with three tries forever. Skippable interstitial ads after every other level. You can to watch a :30 reward ad to unlock a level or get additional stickers Larger levels have 1000's of puzzle variations making ONO a game you can play over & over. *Hat tip to "A Thousand Brains" by Jeff Hawkins for game inspiration, you should buy this book.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Aurora Hex at 1.1K against ONO's 9. Aurora Hex also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). ONO's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Aurora Hex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ONO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ONO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aurora Hex has 1.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Aurora Hex's written reviews are positive against 100% of ONO's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aurora Hex | ONO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Final Game Studio | Real Maxwell LLC |
Customer experience
Aurora Hex
ONO
Bugs and requests
Aurora Hex
Reported bugs
3 issues- Blank screen when opening the app
- Ads not working as intended
- Automatic reversion of data sharing setting
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to disable data sharing
- Option to remove ads for a fee
- Improved hint system to avoid identical swaps
- Ability to view full completed puzzle
ONO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aurora Hex
- Small Hint Pack$1.99
- Unlock All Areas$1.99
- Medium Hint Pack$5.99
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- Large Hint Pack$13.99
- Huge Hint Pack$26.99
ONO
- Remove Ads in ONO$0.99
