Minesweeper vs Serious Minesweeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
A classic single-player puzzle game where you uncover a minefield by deducing the location of hidden mines based on numerical clues. Enjoy retro-style gameplay with mobile-friendly features like zooming and panning.
- Single-player puzzle gameplay
- Retro computer version design
- Mobile-friendly zoom and pan
- 3 default difficulty modes
- Customizable minefield settings
- Flagging mode for quick placement
- Local best time tracking
- Global leaderboards
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GAME RULES ---------------- Minesweeper is a single player puzzle computer game. The objective of the game is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them, with help from clues about the number of neighboring mines in each field. Minesweeper Retro is designed closest and similar to the computer version, adding some feature for mobile game play like zooming in/out, panning to move the board. FEATURES ---------------- + 3 default modes: Beginner (10 mines), Intemediate (40 mines), Expert (99 mines). + Custom modes: define your own minefield. Up to 24 rows, 30 columns, 667 mines. + Flag mode: quicker to put flags on cells. + Track local best times. + Compete against other players in the world leaderboards. CREDIT ------------------ + Game developed using LibGDX. + Sound resource: freesound.org. FAN PAGE ------------------ + Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qastudiosapps + Twitter: https://twitter.com/qastudios
Serious Minesweeper
A straightforward Minesweeper game designed for dedicated players. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with customizable field sizes and mine counts. It offers a pure, ad-free gameplay environment.
- Classic Minesweeper gameplay
- Customizable field size
- Customizable mine count
- No distractions
- No ads
- Pure gameplay
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Simple minesweeper game for serious minesweepers. No distractions and no ads. Customizable field size and mine count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Serious Minesweeper at 4.7 against Minesweeper's 4.0. Serious Minesweeper also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Minesweeper's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Serious Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Minesweeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Serious Minesweeper's.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | Serious Minesweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quang Duc Vu | Rehashly, Inc |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
Serious Minesweeper
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
Serious Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
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