Minesweeper vs PalmPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
Experience the classic Minesweeper with a fresh twist, offering unique board shapes like triangles and plus signs. Enjoy multiple game modes, high score tracking, and helpful in-game tools to enhance your strategic gameplay.
- Unique board shapes (Triangle, Plus)
- Multiple game modes
- High score tracking
- Flagging and mine counter
- Zooming and panning
- Continue on game over
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Enjoy the classic game of Minesweeper, but with a fun, exciting, and challenging twist! Relive your nostalgia with the original rectangular board, or change things up and tackle Minesweeper with shapes! Features: - Board Types: 3 fun and challenging board types: Rectangle, Triangle, and Plus (more upcoming!) - Game Modes: 4 different game modes for each board type - High Scores: Save your fastest time for each game mode for each board to compete with your friends - Flagging: Press and hold a tile to mark it as a mine or use flag mode to instantly flag a tile - Zooming and Panning: Pinch and drag to zoom and pan. Tap the recenter button to reset the zoom - Continue on Game Over: Find and collect mines for the ability to continue a lost game - Help Button: Press the help button to see where mines can appear around tiles - Mine Counter: Play around annoying 50/50s by utilizing the remaining mines counter Enjoy!
PalmPlay
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This App is a collection of classic games, currently featuring Minesweeper and 2048, with more exciting games coming soon! Classic Minesweeper game with three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard, for players to choose freely. In addition, a challenge mode is available where players can initiate challenges globally, adding an extra layer of excitement to the game. Players can also view rankings within their country and worldwide. Join the challenge now! The 2048 game involves merging identical numbers on the grid to create larger number tiles. Success is achieved by obtaining the "2048" number tile, and players can continue playing to achieve higher scores. Players need to slide number tiles in one of the directions: up, down, left, or right. With each slide, all number tiles move toward the sliding direction, and the system randomly fills an empty tile with the number '2' or '4'. Tiles with the same numbers will merge into larger number tiles when brought together or collided. Success is achieved by continuously merging tiles to obtain the "2048" number tile. The game offers four modes: 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and 6x6, with smaller grid sizes providing higher difficulty levels. Additionally, a challenge mode is available for players to initiate global challenges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Minesweeper at none against PalmPlay's shown. PalmPlay's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minesweeper ships an update every 2 months, PalmPlay every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | PalmPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seven Pixel Studios | TRANSSNET FINANCIAL SERVICE LIMITED |
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
PalmPlay
No in-app purchases









