Waehere vs Hang Five
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waehere
Embark on a coding adventure as a Māori heroine restoring a dystopian city. Solve programming puzzles to re-activate a regenerative hub, learn basic coding concepts, and discover Māori culture and history.
- Learn basic coding concepts
- Programming style puzzles
- 3rd person action adventure exploration
- Restore a regenerative city hub
- Discover Mātauranga Māori
- Explore Matariki star connections
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Take on the role of our Māori heroine Maia as she re-activates Tahuna, a broken dystopian regenerative city hub, through easy to learn programming style puzzles. Features: + Free to play + Learn basic coding concepts + Fun 3rd person action adventure exploration + Restore Tahuna, a city designed for an eco-friendly sustainable future + Designed around Matariki, the star cluster Māori use to signify the new year + Meet each of the Matariki stars and learn how they are connected to our world + Discover pieces of Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) within the city + Clear away computer bugs with Maia’s special Wahaika weapon + Set in the world of Guardian Maia featured in Guardian Maia Episodes 1 and 2 + Teacher resources available through our website - https://www.theguardiangame.com You will be guided through Tahuna by Wiremu, an AI assistant, as he helps you to restore the city hub. He will introduce you to each of the Matariki stars as you go on to restore the parts of the city they each oversee. Along the way you'll learn basic coding concepts and discover pieces of Māori culture and history.
Hang Five
Engage in a daily word guessing game where you decipher five themed words. Use strategic letter guesses and manage your lives carefully to solve the puzzles before time runs out. Track your progress and share your achievements with friends.
- Daily themed word challenges
- Hangman-style letter guessing
- Strategic life management
- Progress and win streak tracking
- Social sharing and competition
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Five words. One theme. Five hearts. A new puzzle every day at midnight — all five words on screen at once, connected by a theme you have to work out for yourself. Pick a letter and it reveals across all five words simultaneously. Work out the theme and you start guessing with intent instead of luck. Every wrong letter costs a heart. Vowels cost one too, even correct ones, for as long as any consonant is still hidden — so you're always choosing between certainty and cost. Solve all five before your hearts run out. The theme is confirmed at the end, along with your time. No clock ticking at you while you play. Then share your result and see how everyone else did. One puzzle a day. A few minutes, then you're done. Free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Waehere at none against Hang Five's shown. Waehere also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Waehere | Hang Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (173 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 173 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Metia | Hang Five Ltd |
Customer experience
Waehere
Hang Five
In-app purchases
Waehere
No in-app purchases
Hang Five
No in-app purchases









