Hexes Honeycomb vs Coverage Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexes Honeycomb
Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Hive, where the objective is to surround the opponent's queen bee. Play against AI or other players, both online and offline, utilizing unique piece mechanics.
- Online multiplayer
- Offline AI opponent
- Hexagonal board gameplay
- Unique piece mechanics
- Queen bee surrounding objective
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Play against a bot or against other real players, online or offline!Hexes is a custom-made implementation of the board game Hive, a game remotely resembling chess. The goal is to surround the enemy's queen bee from all six sides of these hexagons. Each piece has different mechanics!
Coverage Chess
This app visualizes chess board control and threats, highlighting squares and pieces based on coverage. It offers features like auto-save, move undo, and game import/export for a comprehensive chess experience.
- Visualized board coverage indicators
- Active and passive coverage display
- Piece control highlighting
- Capture alerts
- Auto-save functionality
- Undo moves
- Game import/export
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*Core Features* • Auto Save after every turn (protects against crashes, battery loss, etc.) • Game Export to save/share games • Game Import to load previous/shared games • Undo Moves to step back to any earlier move • View Score to see full move list *Coverage Indicators* Passive Coverage • Squares show red (opponent), green (you), or a yellow/orange if both cover • The more pieces you have covering a square the darker it will be (likewise for your opponent) Active Coverage • Tap empty square to see all pieces covering it • Double-tap occupied square to view coverage instead of moves Piece Coverage • Tap piece to highlights everything it controls *Alerts* • Green Alert on your piece that have a capture available • Red Alert on your opponent’s piece which are vulnerable to capture
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Coverage Chess at Free against Hexes Honeycomb's $4.99. Coverage Chess also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Hexes Honeycomb's advantage is ratings volume (167 vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Coverage Chess is free to download; Hexes Honeycomb costs $4.99 up front. Hexes Honeycomb sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Coverage Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
Coverage Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hexes Honeycomb has 167 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Hexes Honeycomb | Coverage Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (167 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Innerblooming LLC | Eric Garside |
Customer experience
Hexes Honeycomb
Coverage Chess
Bugs and requests
Hexes Honeycomb
Reported bugs
6 issues- AI does not follow rules (pill bug moves with beetle on top)
- Online multiplayer not working
- Cannot create or join matches
- Data errors in online private games
- Game freezes
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- App crashes on startup
Requested features
21 requests- Add difficulty settings for the bot
- Add timers like in chess games
- Add sounds
- Add the option to de-select a piece
- Add a turn indicator
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- Add playable tutorial
- Add dark mode
- Add statistics screen (wins, losses, etc.)
- Ability to choose black or white
- Confirmation button before ending turn
- Exit button after each game
- Next match option after finishing a game
- Larger tiles / zoom option
- Option to change the board
- Notifications of plays
- Pieces always in the lower part of the screen
- Game analysis functionality
- More online players
- Better AI
- Single-player mode
- Play black vs AI
Coverage Chess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hexes Honeycomb
- Expansion bugs$0.991 Month
Coverage Chess
No in-app purchases
Questions
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