Comparison

Sort Maze vs Hex Beam

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

Head to head
About

Sort Maze

Navigate a bright maze by swiping balls to their target locations. This elegant puzzle game offers clever challenges that increase in excitement as you progress, perfect for quick play sessions or relaxing at home.

Highlights
  • Swipe controls for navigation
  • Dozens of challenging levels
  • Relaxing and addictive gameplay
  • Satisfying animations
  • Vibrant colors
Features
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Sort your way through victory in the bright maze! Navigate the balls by swiping up, down, left and right. Move all the balls to their target places to complete the puzzle. Sort Maze is a perfect elegant game to enjoy while waiting for a bus or simply having a good time at home, with clever puzzles that get more and more exciting as you progress! Features: - Easy to learn, hard to master! - Simple, accessible controls - Dozens of challenging levels - Relaxing, addictive gameplay - Satisfying animations and vibrant colors

About

Hex Beam

Guide colored beams of light to their matching targets on a hexagonal board by rotating tiles. Solve increasingly complex puzzles by splitting beams, using portals, and manipulating linked tile groups. Enjoy daily challenges and helpful hints.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal board puzzles
  • Rotate tiles to guide light
  • Split beams and use portals
  • Linked tile group manipulation
  • Daily puzzles
  • Hints and puzzle guide
Features
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Hex Beam is a logic puzzle game about guiding light through a hexagonal board. Turn the tiles to direct each colored beam to its matching target. A mirror that connects one beam can send another in the wrong direction. Find the arrangement that connects them all. Start with simple reflections, then discover new ways to control the light. Split a beam into multiple paths. Send it through portals to another part of the board. Turn linked tile groups together, changing several paths with a single move. As the puzzles become more complex, each tile becomes part of a larger problem. Follow the beams, work out how the paths interact, and test your solution. Watch the light change as you turn each tile. Play through increasingly complex levels, or try a new daily puzzle. Hints and a puzzle guide are available when you need help. Turn the tiles. Find the path. Connect every color.

Screenshots

Sort Maze4 screens
Hex Beam4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sort Maze and Hex Beam both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hex Beam's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sort Maze's. Sort Maze's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sort Maze against 4.5 for Hex Beam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sort Maze has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Sort Maze's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hex Beam's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sort Maze versus Hex Beam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSort MazeHex Beam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (16 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better2
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMYTHICOWL SP Z O OEthan Jones

Customer experience

Sort Maze

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Hex Beam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sort Maze

No in-app purchases

None

Hex Beam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sort Maze free?
Sort Maze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hex Beam free?
Hex Beam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sort Maze or Hex Beam?
Sort Maze and Hex Beam are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sort Maze or Hex Beam have ads?
Both Sort Maze and Hex Beam show ads.

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