Comparison

Qiks! vs Queen Bees

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

Head to head

Qiks!

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.58.5K ratingsView app →

Queen Bees

Hex queens logic puzzle

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.02 ratingsView app →

About

Qiks!

Engage in a unique puzzle experience by swiping to fill blocks and reveal hidden pixel art. Avoid touching enemies to progress through challenging levels.

Highlights

Swipe to fill blocks
Discover hidden pixel art
Avoid enemies
Challenging levels
Intuitive controls

Features

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Swipe to fill the blocks and discover the hidden pixel art image. Don’t touch the enemy.

About

Queen Bees

A relaxing logic puzzle game where players place queen bees on a hexagonal grid. Solve increasingly complex combs with a single, satisfying solution. Features daily challenges, a progression system, and hints to help you along the way.

Highlights

Hexagonal grid logic puzzles
Daily challenges with streaks
Progressive difficulty levels
Hint system for assistance
Leaderboard integration
Cross-device progress sync

Features

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Queen Bees is a calm, clever logic puzzle set on a honeycomb. Place exactly one queen bee in every colored section of the comb. Simple rules, satisfying deductions: - One queen per colored section - One queen on every line, in all three directions of the hex grid - No two queens may touch Every comb has exactly one solution. WHAT YOU'LL FIND - A daily comb, once a day, with a streak to keep - Hundreds of combs that climb from gentle to fiendish across six tiers, from Larva to Monarch - Boards that grow from small 19-cell combs to large 61-cell hives - Hints that explain a queen when you're stuck - A leaderboard in Game Center - Your progress synced across your devices with iCloud - Sound and haptics you can switch off Queen Bees is free to play with optional ads. Remove ads with a single purchase.

Screenshots

Qiks!4 screens

Queen Bees4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Qiks! at 4.5 against Queen Bees's 4.0. Qiks! also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 0%) and ratings volume (8.5K vs 2). Queen Bees's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Qiks! sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Queen Bees sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Qiks! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qiks! has 8.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Qiks!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Queen Bees's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Qiks! ships an update every 3 weeks, Queen Bees daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level

Qiks! versus Queen Bees: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Qiks!	Queen Bees
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.5 (8.5K ratings) — better	4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews	26.1% of reviews — better	0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings	8.5K — better	2
Update frequency	Every 3 weeks	Daily — better
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	14.0 — better	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	202 MB	10 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	Voodoo	Freeman LaFleur