Comparison

Merchant vs Hex Place

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

Head to head
About

Merchant

Embark on a fantasy adventure where you manage a guild, send heroes on quests, and craft valuable items. Trade with customers, gather resources, and collaborate with friends in this unique RPG experience.

Highlights
  • Guild management
  • Hero quests
  • Item crafting
  • Customer sales
  • Resource gathering
  • Online multiplayer
Features
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Blending together traditional RPG systems, management mechanics, and a fantasy overworld, Merchant Guilds aims to reimagine the traditional mobile RPG. Play with your friends in a Guild as you send heroes on quests, craft equipment from your winnings, sell items to customers, and send workers out to gather more materials. Including online multiplayer functionality and developed by a team that is focused on this game for the foreseeable future

About

Hex Place

Collaborate or compete on a massive, ever-changing digital canvas made of hexagons. Millions of users contribute one colored hexagon at a time, creating a dynamic mosaic of internet culture and creativity. Witness a real-time evolution of art and chaos.

Highlights
  • Massive digital canvas
  • Hexagonal pixel art
  • Real-time collaboration
  • User-generated content
  • Constantly evolving artwork
  • Internet culture representation
Features
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Imagine a giant digital canvas where every person on the internet can paint, but there’s a catch: each person can only add one pixel of color at a time, and also the pixels are hexagons. Now, multiply that by hundreds of thousands of people. all trying to contribute to this same canvas, made of millions of hexagonal pixels, some working together, others competing to get their designs up. That’s Hex Place! Contribute on this massive, living piece of digital art, created and erased in real-time by whoever wants to. A place made of hexagons that over time becomes a chaotic yet fascinating representation of internet culture and creativity. The result is a constantly evolving mosaic that’s equal parts collaboration and conflict, where you see everything from stunning artwork to hilarious, pixelated chaos. It’s both a game and a window into the power of collective action on the internet.

Screenshots

Merchant4 screens
Hex Place4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hex Place at none against Merchant's 10. Hex Place also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Merchant's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (52 vs 1). On price 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. Merchant sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hex Place asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Merchant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Merchant has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Merchant versus Hex Place: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerchantHex Place
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (52 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size410 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRetora Game StudiosZwaar Dev

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Merchant

One-time10
  • Extra Daily Challenge$0.99
  • Extra Daily Challenge Upg #2$0.99
  • Hero Slots Unlock$1.99
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  • Additional Inventory Slots$1.99
  • Second Inventory Upgrade$1.99
  • Extra Crafting Slot$3.99
  • Extra Hero Loadouts$9.99
  • Ad Free Mode$9.99
  • Unlock All Upgrades$29.99
  • Unlock All Upgrades$34.99
None

Hex Place

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Merchant free?
Merchant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hex Place free?
Hex Place is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Merchant or Hex Place?
Merchant is rated higher. Merchant averages 4.4 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Hex Place averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Merchant or Hex Place have ads?
Merchant shows ads; Hex Place does not.

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