Comparison

Minesweeper vs Minesweeper Twist

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Classic Minesweeper gameplay
  • Modern design
  • Logic and strategy challenges
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Global time leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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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.

About

Minesweeper Twist

This puzzle game challenges players to locate hidden mines on an irregular grid. Use numbered clues to deduce mine locations and avoid detonation. Offers adjustable difficulty levels for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Irregular grid gameplay
  • Numbered mine clues
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable grid settings
  • Flagging mines
Features
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Minesweeper Twist is a variant of the classic game Minesweeper. Minesweeper is a simple puzzle game, where you need to use clues scattered on a grid to find all the mines. The clues are numbers indicating how many mines are in the neighboring tiles. Uncover incorrectly a single mine and you lose. Flag all the mines and you win. The variant: The difference is that the grid is irregular. On a regular grid, each cell has 8 neighbors, but in this case, they can have between 6 and 10. This leads to more difficult games, as you can't build the same mental tricks to solve where the mines are. Difficulty levels: The game opens on a beginner grid, which can be solved in a few minutes. You can increase the difficulty using the intermediate or expert settings, which will give you larger grids. You can also set custom settings, where you can have very large grids and also define the percentage of tiles that have a mine.

Screenshots

Minesweeper4 screens
Minesweeper Twist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minesweeper Twist at none against Minesweeper's 1. Minesweeper Twist also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Minesweeper's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (23 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Minesweeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Minesweeper Twist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minesweeper Twist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Minesweeper's written reviews are positive against 75% of Minesweeper Twist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Minesweeper versus Minesweeper Twist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperMinesweeper Twist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGyuhyeon JeonGUILLAUME JACQUES FRADIN

Customer experience

Minesweeper

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Minesweeper Twist

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Minesweeper

Subscriptions1
  • Remove advertisements$0.991 Month
None

Minesweeper Twist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minesweeper Twist free?
Minesweeper Twist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeper or Minesweeper Twist?
Minesweeper Twist is rated higher. Minesweeper averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Minesweeper Twist averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Minesweeper or Minesweeper Twist have ads?
Both Minesweeper and Minesweeper Twist show ads.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper or Minesweeper Twist?
Minesweeper ships an update weekly, and Minesweeper Twist weekly. Most recently, Minesweeper was updated on October 14, 2026 and Minesweeper Twist on October 23, 2026.

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