Comparison

Waehere vs Hang Five

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Learn basic coding concepts
  • Programming style puzzles
  • 3rd person action adventure exploration
  • Restore a regenerative city hub
  • Discover Mātauranga Māori
  • Explore Matariki star connections
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily themed word challenges
  • Hangman-style letter guessing
  • Strategic life management
  • Progress and win streak tracking
  • Social sharing and competition
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Waehere4 screens
Hang Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Waehere versus Hang Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaehereHang Five
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (173 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—173 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB17 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMetiaHang Five Ltd

Customer experience

Waehere

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hang Five

All ratings155 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Waehere

No in-app purchases

None

Hang Five

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Waehere free?
Waehere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hang Five free?
Hang Five is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Waehere or Hang Five have ads?
Hang Five shows ads; Waehere does not.

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