Comparison

Hexotopia vs Metro Connect

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

Head to head
About

Hexotopia

Engage in a relaxing city-building puzzle by strategically placing hex tiles to create beautiful towns. Immerse yourself in a calm world while planning your placements for a challenging experience. Complete tasks to expand your landscape and watch your creations come to life.

Highlights
  • Place hex tiles to build towns
  • Create beautiful landscapes
  • Strategic tile placement
  • Complete tasks for more tiles
  • Live, animated city visuals
  • High replay value
Features
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Hexotopia is a relaxing city building puzzle in which you place hexes to create beautiful towns. At any time, you can immerse yourself in a quiet, calm world and take a break from your daily routine. At the same time, Hexotopia offers a challenge for those looking for it: in order to build a large world, you need to carefully plan and strategically place your hexes. You start the game with a stack of hexes. One by one, you place the top tiles from the stack into any of the available slots on the board, rotating them if necessary for a better composition. Thus, groups and combinations of landscapes are formed, such as forests, cities or bodies of water, and you are rewarded with points depending on how well the tiles fit together. Complete tasks to get more tiles and continue expanding your landscape. The game will end when the stack of tiles is completely used up. You will be able to benefit from the results of your city building talent. We have prepared for you many interesting tasks that you can go through, trying your hand at many tests. What Hexotopia offers - Building endless and beautiful landscapes - Unique combination of strategy and puzzle - Relaxing and soothing gameplay - Strategic placement to break the record - High replay value - sessions are not repeated - Live map, your buildings come to life before your eyes - A living city like in city building games - A new kind of ASMR relaxation

About

Metro Connect

Build and expand your own subway system in a famous metropolis. Connect points with tunnels, launch trains, and transport residents to discover new regions and earn money. Upgrade your trains and stations to manage growing passenger flow.

Highlights
  • Build metro lines
  • Upgrade trains and stations
  • Transport residents
  • Discover new regions
  • Fascinating gameplay
  • Excellent graphics and music
Features
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Metro Connect - Train Control - exciting puzzle game for building up metro lines! Start an exciting adventure of launching and improving your own subway system! You have to become a great mayor and build your own subway line based on the map of the famous metropolis - New York. You start moving by connecting the points with tunnels, and you will be able to launch trains, transport residents and discover new regions! The flow of passengers is growing and you need to build up new metro lines, increase number of stations and add new trains. As you discover new regions, you can earn more money and improve your metro even more! What awaits for you: - Fascinating gameplay - Improvement of trains and stations - Excellent graphics and music

Screenshots

Hexotopia4 screens
Metro Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hexotopia at none against Metro Connect's 4. Hexotopia also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Metro Connect's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (235 vs 60). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. Metro Connect sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Hexotopia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Metro Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 235 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Hexotopia's written reviews are positive against 17% of Metro Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexotopia ships an update every 8 days, Metro Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hexotopia versus Metro Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexotopiaMetro Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (60 ratings)3.4 (235 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.3% of reviews17.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60235 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.5
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB269 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMariya IvanovaDEVGEIM

Customer experience

Hexotopia

All ratings60 ratings
Positive48.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative38.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral11.3%
Negative77.4%

Metro Connect

All ratings235 ratings
Positive57.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive17.4%
Neutral12.0%
Negative70.7%

Bugs and requests

Hexotopia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Metro Connect

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game getting stuck at certain levels
  • Inconsistent track connectivity issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More cities/maps to unlock and explore
  • Ability to customize and control track layout
  • Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option

In-app purchases

None

Hexotopia

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Metro Connect

One-time4
  • First Pack$0.99
  • Second Pack$2.99
  • Disable Ads$4.99
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  • Super Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Hexotopia free?
Hexotopia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metro Connect free?
Metro Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hexotopia or Metro Connect?
Metro Connect is rated higher. Hexotopia averages 3.2 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Metro Connect averages 3.4 from 235 ratings.
Do Hexotopia or Metro Connect have ads?
Both Hexotopia and Metro Connect show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexotopia or Metro Connect?
Hexotopia ships an update every 8 days, and Metro Connect every 3 months. Most recently, Hexotopia was updated on October 24, 2026 and Metro Connect on October 25, 2026.

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