Comparison

Hex Takeover vs Bitfish

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

Head to head
About

Hex Takeover

Engage in a turn-based strategy game where the goal is to conquer the most hexagonal tiles. Choose between cloning or jumping your pieces to outmaneuver opponents and expand your territory. Explore diverse levels and challenges in this mentally stimulating conquest.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy gameplay
  • Hexagonal board conquest
  • Tile cloning and jumping mechanics
  • Multiple levels and difficulties
  • Map exploration and challenges
  • Unlockable characters
Features
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Welcome Hex Warriors! Hex Takeover is a turned-based strategy game played on different hexagonal boards. The objective is simple: conquer the most tiles to win. How To Play: During your turn tap on any of your tiles to chose your next move. Tiles can be cloned to adjacent spaces or they can jump to further spaces. Landing near opponent tiles will convert their tiles into yours! Cloning and Jumping have different implications on your strategy. Cloning a piece means that you get more tiles of your color on the board. Jumping sometimes could be beneficial if you spot enemy pieces further away but want to conquer them. The game ends when the board is filled up with tiles! Seems easy right? Let's put your skills to the test! Hex Takeover has simple game rules, yet the game can be quite a bit challenging! With different levels and varying difficulties, there are tons of different strategies to explore. Through very satisfying and calming gameplay, explore the map and encounter new enemies and challenges! Can you explore the entire map and unlock new characters to play as?

About

Bitfish

Features
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Hollow County has ten waters in it and a hundred and twenty fish. You start at Willow Pond with a cheap rod, six-pound line and ten worms, and you work your way out to the trench. Cast. Wait. When it bites you get two seconds to set the hook — then hold the reel and find out what you hooked. THE FIGHT Tension climbs while you reel and falls when you let off. Push into the red and the line frays, and it does not mend. A fish that runs hard for a long time costs you more line than a heavy one that gives up early. Rod power, line strength, hook size and what you tied on all change the math, and you feel every upgrade. TEN WATERS A farm pond, a cedar creek, a granite lake, a blackwater bog, a copper river, a harbor pier, a tidewater marsh, coral shallows and a kelp forest — and off the shelf, a trench that will not take you until you are a Rank 8 angler with a deep rig in the bag. 120 SPECIES Twelve in every water. Bluegill and pumpkinseed in the weeds, tarpon and permit over the flats, something with teeth in the bog after dark. The Fishdex remembers every fish you have landed and every one that broke you off, with your personal best beside it. DAY AND NIGHT The clock runs while you fish. Some species only move at dawn and dusk, some only after dark, and the bog is a different place at night. THE TANK Anything over the trophy weight goes in the trophy tank. Everything else goes in the bucket and gets sold at the shack, and what the shack pays buys the next rod. NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. Your save lives on your device. There is no sign-in, no cloud, no leaderboard, no tracking and nothing collected about you. It works with the phone in airplane mode. TACKLE SHOP The tackle shop runs on coins you catch, and that part of the game is free and complete. A separate coin shop sells coins for real money and can remove the ads — you can lock it behind a PIN in about ten seconds from the tackle bag, and turn it off again the same way.

Screenshots

Hex Takeover4 screens
Bitfish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bitfish at 100% against Hex Takeover's 20%. Bitfish also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Hex Takeover's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Hex Takeover sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Bitfish sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bitfish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex Takeover has 3.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Hex Takeover's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bitfish's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hex Takeover ships an update every 3 weeks, Bitfish daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hex Takeover versus Bitfish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHex TakeoverBitfish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoodooHUNTER CALEB BARNETT

Customer experience

Hex Takeover

All ratings2,960 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive19.8%
Neutral19.8%
Negative60.5%

Bitfish

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hex Takeover

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Coins not properly awarded
  • League standings not loading properly
  • Game freezing and requiring restart

Requested features

4 requests
  • More level variety and difficulty options
  • Restore online multiplayer mode
  • Better coin/gem earning system
  • Custom player/avatar creation

Bitfish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hex Takeover

Subscriptions1
  • No Ads Weekly$1.997 Days
One-time9
  • 10 Gems$1.99
  • 40 Gems$5.99
  • No Automatic Ads Bundle 1$7.99
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  • No Automatic Ads$9.99
  • No Automatic Ads Bundle 2$9.99
  • 120 Gems$14.99
  • No Automatic Ads Bundle 3$19.99
  • 850 Gems$69.99
  • 1,500 Gems$99.99
4 purchases

Bitfish

One-time4
  • Bitfish Coins — A Handful$0.99
  • Bitfish — Remove Ads$1.99
  • Bitfish Coins — Tackle Box$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Bitfish Coins — Boat Load$9.99

Questions

Is Hex Takeover free?
Hex Takeover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bitfish free?
Bitfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hex Takeover or Bitfish?
Bitfish is rated higher. Hex Takeover averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Bitfish averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hex Takeover or Bitfish have ads?
Both Hex Takeover and Bitfish show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hex Takeover or Bitfish?
Hex Takeover ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bitfish daily. Most recently, Hex Takeover was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bitfish on October 24, 2026.

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