Comparison

Gears Forever vs Hexpair

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

Head to head
About

Gears Forever

Embark on an enchanting 3D ball-rolling platformer adventure. Explore three distinct worlds filled with imaginative challenges, gather gears, and race against the clock. Enjoy intuitive controls and high-definition steampunk graphics.

Highlights
  • 3D ball-rolling platformer
  • Explore three distinct worlds
  • Gather gears and race against time
  • Intuitive swipe controls
  • High-definition steampunk graphics
Features
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The spiritual successor to the original ball rolling App Store hit is here! Explore the enchanting realm of Gears Forever, an exquisite 3D ball-rolling platformer brimming with imaginative challenges. Accumulate points with a simple swipe of your finger. Race against the clock while gathering gears across an endless realm spread across three distinct worlds! Key Features: Embark on adventures in three distinct worlds: The Brass Menagerie, Rivers of Magma, and the Cavern of Omens. Navigate an endless realm brimming with obstacles and puzzles. Intuitive controls let you roll the ball with your finger. Enjoy high-definition Steampunk style graphics that bring the game's world to life. Connect with us: Twitter: http://twitter.com/cm_games Facebook: http://facebook.com/crescentmoongames

About

Hexpair

Engage your mind with a hexagonal logic puzzle game featuring over a thousand levels. Solve daily challenges, compare scores, and enjoy a calming, interruption-free experience. Progress syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal grid logic puzzles
  • Over 1000 levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Offline play
  • iCloud progress sync
  • Free hints and undo
Features
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Two shaded cells in every region. Pairs never touch. That is the whole rulebook, and it stays fresh for a thousand levels. Hexpair is the Norinori logic puzzle on a hexagonal board. Calm, tactile, and nothing on the puzzle screen but the puzzle. THE RULES • Every region gets exactly two shaded cells • Shaded cells form pairs, and a pair may cross region borders • Two pairs never touch edge to edge Hex makes the rules purer than the classic square version. No diagonals, no exceptions, no fine print. THREE LADDERS • 6×6, 8×8 and 10×10 boards, each with its own ladder • Over a thousand levels per size • A gentle ramp to start, then difficulty that rises and falls so no stretch becomes a grind • Everyone plays the same levels in the same order, so you can compare notes DAILY CHALLENGE • One new puzzle per size every day, the same for everyone in the world • One attempt, timed, ranked on Game Center leaderboards • Unlocks after 20 solved levels of that size, so you arrive ready BUILT FOR THINKING • Tap to mark a cell empty, double tap to shade it, drag to mark many at once • Free hints and unlimited undo on ladder levels • Learn the game in four guided levels • Progress syncs over iCloud between iPhone and iPad • The ladder plays offline NO INTERRUPTIONS No banners. No interstitials. No timers pushing you along. Take as long as you like. FREE AND PRO The first 100 levels on 6×6, 50 on 8×8 and 25 on 10×10 are free. The daily challenge and hints are free for everyone. To go further, buy Pro once and every level on every ladder opens for good, or watch an optional ad now and then to unlock the next batch. Nothing you unlock ever locks again. Download Hexpair and solve your first pair in under a minute. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Gears Forever4 screens
Hexpair4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hexpair at 100% against Gears Forever's 50%. Hexpair also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Gears Forever's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Gears Forever sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Hexpair sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hexpair holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gears Forever has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Gears Forever's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hexpair's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gears Forever ships an update every 9 days, Hexpair every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gears Forever versus Hexpair: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGears ForeverHexpair
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB16 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCrescent Moon Games LLCINNCODER AS

Customer experience

Gears Forever

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

Hexpair

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Gears Forever

One-time6
  • 500 gears$0.99
  • 5 Extra Lives$0.99
  • 1500 Gears$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Remove ads$2.99
  • Unlock all levels$4.99
  • Unlock all balls$6.99
1 purchases

Hexpair

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Gears Forever free?
Gears Forever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexpair free?
Hexpair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gears Forever or Hexpair?
Hexpair is rated higher. Gears Forever averages 4.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Hexpair averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Gears Forever or Hexpair have ads?
Both Gears Forever and Hexpair show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gears Forever or Hexpair?
Gears Forever ships an update every 9 days, and Hexpair every 4 days. Most recently, Gears Forever was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hexpair on November 4, 2026.

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