Squares* vs HexaGenius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squares*
A classic game of strategy where players aim to complete more squares than their opponent. It's a simple yet engaging experience for quick matches.
- Complete squares
- Outscore opponent
- Simple strategy
- Classic gameplay
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Complete more squares than your opponent.
HexaGenius
A strategic tile-placement game where players score points by expanding lines of colored symbols. Success requires balancing scores across all colors, not just specializing in a few.
- Domino-style tile placement
- Symbol line expansion scoring
- Balanced color scoring mechanic
- Strategic gameplay
- Single-player focus
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In HexaGenius, players take turns placing colored domino-style tiles on a game board, scoring for each line of colored symbols that they enlarge. The trick, however, is that a player's score is equal to their worst-scoring color, not their best, so they need to score for all colors instead of specializing in only one or two.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HexaGenius at 5.0 against Squares*'s 4.0. HexaGenius also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 19 months). Squares*'s advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HexaGenius holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
Squares* ships an update every 19 months, HexaGenius every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squares* | HexaGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Berson | Kevin Hammond |
Customer experience
Squares*
HexaGenius
In-app purchases
Squares*
No in-app purchases
HexaGenius
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Squares* free?
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