Minesweeper vs Minesweeper ME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
A classic logic puzzle game with a modern interface. Strategically uncover hidden mines on a grid, using deduction to avoid detonation. Compete globally for the fastest times and challenge yourself with various difficulty settings.
- Classic Minesweeper gameplay
- Modern design
- Logic and strategy puzzles
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Global time leaderboards
- Offline play
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Classic Minesweeper game with modern design. Find all the mines without detonating them. Use logic and strategy to clear the minefield. Challenge yourself with different difficulty levels. Compete for the best time with users worldwide.
Minesweeper ME
This classic puzzle game offers brain training with adjustable difficulty levels. Track your progress, challenge friends, and learn strategies to become a top player. Enjoy offline play on various devices.
- Classic minesweeper gameplay
- 4 difficulty levels
- Statistics tracking
- Tablet support
- Zoom & Pan functionality
- Quick Open feature
- Offline play
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The Minesweeper ME, tagged as the best of the classic mines game. Minesweeper ME free puzzle trains and challenges your brain and increase your mind power, and also give you fun memories with friends and family. Minesweeper ME support for all player class from beginner to advance. both online and offline puzzle supported. ● Minesweeper ME classic free features: • Classic minesweeper gameplay. Classic and clean graphic, comes with a set of number of landmines. Challenging your brain every day with Minesweeper, and reach to top player class. • 4 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Nightmare. A fact, only 1% can win in Nightmare level. Are you? • Statistic: Keep track of your high scores, game started, win percentage and streaks. • Tablet support for larger screen games, to help up your gaming experience and convenience. • Zoom & Pan: Support pinch to zoom and quick zoom by quick shortcuts. • Quick Open: This mode is default mode, tap the number to quick open other squares around it. • Challenge your friends by sharing your score and see how they can beat your record. Who will become the Minesweeper king? Just practice and have go memories with your friends and family. • The more you play Minesweeper, the more achievements you will get, and don’t forget to pick up tricks and strategies with every game you play. The top of global leaders is waiting you to join. • How to Play: Useful guidelines helping to learn how to play Minesweeper free. ● How to play Minesweeper ME classic: • The number shows amount of mines surrounding it. In the sample above, there is only 1 mine around the number "1". • Tap the square to flag it as a mine location. • Press and hold to open a square. The game over when you hit any mine. Probe all safe squares to win the game. • For speed playing, you can use quick open feature. When you flag the squares around a number correctly, you can tap the number to quick open all other squares surrounding it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Minesweeper at 4.7 against Minesweeper ME's 4.0. Minesweeper also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Minesweeper ME's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Minesweeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Minesweeper ME asks for nothing beyond the download.
Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Minesweeper ships an update every 9 days, Minesweeper ME every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | Minesweeper ME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gyuhyeon Jeon | Dang Nguyen |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
Minesweeper ME
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
- Remove advertisements$0.991 Month
Minesweeper ME
No in-app purchases
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