Comparison

Pin Masters vs Hamle

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

Head to head
About

Pin Masters

Engage your mind with a variety of pin puzzles. Strategically pull pins to clear stages and solve challenges. This game offers a fun and engaging experience for players looking for a mental workout.

Highlights
  • Solve pin puzzles
  • Clear stages
  • Engaging gameplay
  • Mental workout
Features
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Solve various Pin Puzzles and clear the stage.

About

Hamle

This app offers a curated collection of 15 classic strategy board games, including Chess, Go, and Checkers. Play against AI, a friend locally, or other players online. It features detailed rulebooks and customizable themes for an immersive experience.

Highlights
  • 15 classic strategy games
  • Offline local 2-player mode
  • Play against AI (Easy, Medium, Hard)
  • Online real-time multiplayer
  • Built-in rulebooks for each game
  • Customizable board themes
  • Match statistics and profiles
Features
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Hamle brings 15 timeless strategy board games together in one beautifully crafted app. Play offline with a friend, challenge the built-in computer or compete online in real time. ◆ 15 CLASSIC STRATEGY GAMES MILL GAMES • Nine Men's Morris — align and capture pieces in this ancient mill game, with flying enabled at three pieces. • Three Men's Morris — quick tactical duels on a 3x3 board. DRAUGHTS & CAPTURE GAMES • Draughts (Checkers) — play Turkish Draughts (Dama), featuring orthogonal movement and flying kings, or International Draughts, with diagonal movement and forced capture chains. • Alquerque — the medieval ancestor of checkers. • Fanorona — Madagascar's classic game of capture by approach and withdrawal. • Lau Kata Kati — a traditional Indian strategy game full of tactical captures. THE CHESS FAMILY • Chess — complete rules including castling, en passant, promotion and draw detection. • Xiangqi — Chinese chess with its river, palace and cannons. Choose symbols, Chinese script or letters. • Shogi — Japanese chess where captured pieces return as your own. Choose symbol, kanji or letter notation. TERRITORY • Go (Baduk, Weiqi) — play on a 19x19 board with Chinese or Japanese scoring, komi and dead-stone marking. HUNT GAMES • Hnefatafl — Viking chess in which one side defends the king while the other hunts him. Includes an optional 3D board. • Bagh-Chal — Nepal's tigers-and-goats duel, with warnings when a tiger can pounce. SOWING • Mangala — Turkish mancala using official TMOF tournament rules: 12 pits and 48 stones. BOARD CONTROL • Disc Flip — flip opposing discs and fight to control the corners. • Surakarta — the Indonesian classic where captures travel around looping corner arcs. ◆ PLAY YOUR WAY • LOCAL 2-PLAYER — pass and play on one device with no internet required. Ideal for family game nights, travel and classrooms. • VS COMPUTER — choose Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty and tap Hint when you need help. • ONLINE MULTIPLAYER — invite a friend to a private room with a short code or use random matchmaking to meet players worldwide. ◆ SMOOTH ONLINE PLAY • Instant room codes for quick invitations • Reliable reconnection after connection drops • One-tap rematches with automatic side swapping • Quick-message chat with a safety filter ◆ DESIGNED FOR STRATEGY LOVERS • Selectable board themes for each game • Distraction-free fullscreen mode • Profiles, custom avatars and match statistics • 102 interface languages with full right-to-left support for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu • Faithful rules covering forced captures, mill detection, threefold repetition, superko and more • Clean, fast and lightweight, with no paywalls, energy systems or waiting timers ◆ WHY HAMLE? Every game includes a built-in rulebook explaining setup, movement, captures, winning conditions and history. Learn the rules, practise against the computer and then take your skills online. Instead of offering just one game, Hamle provides a curated library with consistent design and accurate rules. These classics have crossed cultures and centuries; now the whole collection fits in your pocket. Hamle is completely free. Every game and every online or offline mode is available without subscriptions, locked content or hidden fees.

Screenshots

Pin Masters3 screens
Hamle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hamle at 100% against Pin Masters's 40%. Hamle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Pin Masters's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (105 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Hamle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pin Masters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hamle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pin Masters has 105 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Pin Masters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hamle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pin Masters ships an update every 4 days, Hamle every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pin Masters versus Hamle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPin MastersHamle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (105 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with ads — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKengo TakahashiIBRAHIM ERDOGAN

Customer experience

Pin Masters

All ratings105 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Hamle

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pin Masters

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hamle

One-time3
  • Upgrade to Pro$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Hamle Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Pin Masters free?
Pin Masters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hamle free?
Hamle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pin Masters or Hamle?
Hamle is rated higher. Pin Masters averages 4.4 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Hamle averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pin Masters or Hamle have ads?
Both Pin Masters and Hamle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pin Masters or Hamle?
Pin Masters ships an update every 4 days, and Hamle every 5 days. Most recently, Pin Masters was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hamle on November 6, 2026.

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