Comparison

Minesweeperᅠ vs Minesweeper Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeperᅠ

Enjoy a classic puzzle experience with a clean interface and no advertisements. Customize your game with various difficulty levels and grid sizes, and track your progress with detailed statistics. Play across multiple Apple devices with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • No ads
  • Universal app purchase
  • Auto-Complete feature
  • Performance statistics
  • Safe first reveal
  • Customizable difficulty and grid sizes
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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- No ads, ever! - Universal app: one purchase to play on iPhone, iPad, & Mac - Auto-Complete to quickly finish the game - Statistics to keep track of your performance - First reveal of each game will always be safe - Tap and hold to quickly flag a space Personalize your game in Settings - Choose from four difficulty settings and four grid sizes - Switch to a dynamically sized grid to fill the screen - Zoom and scroll through the grid - More amazing features coming soon! Native iOS Design - Supports all devices and orientations - Dark Mode enabled - Split View and Slide Over compatible - Keyboard shortcuts for most actions Privacy Policy: crawbuck.com/privacy Terms of Use: crawbuck.com/terms

About

Minesweeper Mobile

Experience classic mine-clearing puzzles with a modern twist. Solve challenging grids using deduction, with guaranteed winnable games and daily challenges. Enjoy a clean interface, animations, and progress tracking across multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Winnable games without guesswork
  • Daily challenges with increasing difficulty
  • Quick Play levels for short sessions
  • Become an Expert tutorial
  • Multiple game levels and color schemes
  • Progress tracking with Scoreboard and Statistics
  • Game Center integration with leaderboards and achievements
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Enter the world of minesweeping challenges. Solve games from Easy to Expert using your powers of deduction. But be careful—exploding mines await the unwary! Minesweeper Mobile takes the classic puzzle game and reimagines it for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Every game looks great and plays fast. And with its solvable games feature you can complete all challenges without guesswork. How to Play The game starts with a grid of cells. To win you must uncover cells on the game board while avoiding mines. Numbers in the cells provide a guide to where mines are located. To play — place flags on cells where you know there are mines and clear cells where there are no mines present. Winnable Games In the classic version of Minesweeper some games were not solvable without guessing. It could be frustrating indeed to nearly complete a game, make a final guess and lose it all. And so Minesweeper Mobile has a solvable mode to ensure that the game is decided by your deductive skills rather than by chance. Features • Minesweeper Mobile comes with a fresh, clean look and design • Games come alive with colorful animations • Daily challenges increase in difficulty as the week progresses • Quick Play games can be completed in just a few minutes • The Become an Expert tutorial presents tactics for solving the most challenging puzzles • Choose your screen color from one of four color schemes More Features • There are challenges aplenty with four standard game levels, seven Daily Challenge levels and four Quick Play levels • The Flagging Control lets you choose how to use taps when clearing cells and placing flags • Review your progress with the Scoreboard and Statistics • Resume your game if you leave it and come back later • Audio support and a vibrate option for iPhone Game Center and iCloud Save • Track your progress in Game Center with leaderboards and achievements • Game results are stored in iCloud and synced between your iPhone, iPad and Mac Made for Mobile Devices • Use quick swipes to move the board into position • With pinch gestures you can zoom out to see large boards

Screenshots

Minesweeperᅠ4 screens
Minesweeper Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minesweeper Mobile at 82% against Minesweeperᅠ's 33%. Minesweeper Mobile also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Minesweeperᅠ's advantage is ratings volume (86 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Minesweeperᅠ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Minesweeper Mobile 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

Minesweeper Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeperᅠ has 86 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Minesweeperᅠ's written reviews are positive against 82% of Minesweeper Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeperᅠ ships an update every 3 months, Minesweeper Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Minesweeperᅠ versus Minesweeper Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperᅠMinesweeper Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (86 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuncan CrawbuckDavid Polk

Customer experience

Minesweeperᅠ

All ratings86 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative57.1%

Minesweeper Mobile

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Minesweeperᅠ

Subscriptions6
  • Minesweeper Premium$0.991 Year
  • Minesweeper Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Year
  • Minesweeper Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Year
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  • Minesweeper Premium$1.991 Year
  • Minesweeper Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Year
  • Minesweeper Premium3 Days trial$1.991 Year
One-time4
  • Minesweeper Premium$0.99
  • Minesweeper Premium$1.99
  • Minesweeper Premium$2.99
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  • Minesweeper Premium$4.99
1 purchases

Minesweeper Mobile

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$1.99

Questions

Is Minesweeperᅠ free?
Minesweeperᅠ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minesweeper Mobile free?
Minesweeper Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeperᅠ or Minesweeper Mobile?
Minesweeper Mobile is rated higher. Minesweeperᅠ averages 4.1 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Minesweeper Mobile averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Minesweeperᅠ or Minesweeper Mobile have ads?
Neither Minesweeperᅠ nor Minesweeper Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeperᅠ or Minesweeper Mobile?
Minesweeperᅠ ships an update every 3 months, and Minesweeper Mobile every 6 weeks. Most recently, Minesweeperᅠ was updated on September 28, 2026 and Minesweeper Mobile on June 1, 2026.

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