Comparison

PentoMind vs iMinesweeper

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

Head to head
About

PentoMind

This app offers a relaxing yet challenging puzzle experience using pentomino pieces to cover a checkerboard. It features smooth animations, thousands of puzzles, customizable difficulty, and helpful hints.

Highlights
  • Smooth animated piece movement
  • Rotation and flipping in 3D
  • Thousands of puzzles
  • Choice of board and difficulty
  • Hints for all puzzles
  • Option to time puzzles
  • Shake to reset/undo
Features
Currently charting
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Relax with an easy puzzle—or challenge yourself to a harder one. PentoMind offers thousands of pentomino puzzles, with a choice of boards, difficulty levels, and hints whenever you need them. Fit the provided pentomino pieces onto the board to cover every white square without overlapping. Each piece consists of five connected squares. The rules are simple; finding a solution can be surprisingly challenging. Previously featured on Apple's What's Hot in Board Games for over three months and also in What's Hot in Puzzles. • Smooth animated piece movement, with rotation and 
flipping (in 3D). • Thousands of puzzles! • Choice of board and difficulty level. • Hints for all puzzles. • All settings preserved if you quit the app; timing resumes when you return. • Shake to reset a puzzle; shake again to undo the reset. You may choose to have your games timed. Then you can replay the same puzzle with a friend to see who can solve it the fastest. Some puzzles may have more than one solution, in fact if you start with an empty board there may be hundreds or even thousands of possible solutions. But finding just one can be a challenge.

About

iMinesweeper

Experience the classic Minesweeper puzzle game with standard rules and multiple difficulty levels. Track your progress with built-in statistics and enjoy enhanced interaction with 3D Touch support on compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Classic Minesweeper gameplay
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • Statistics tracking
  • 3D Touch support
  • Standard game rules
Features
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Enjoy the timeless classic Minesweeper experience with the standard game rules you know and love. Test your logic, improve your strategy, and clear every minefield as quickly as possible. ### Classic Gameplay Play the traditional Minesweeper game with intuitive controls and familiar rules. Reveal cells and use logical thinking to clear the board without triggering a mine. ### Multiple Difficulty Levels Choose the challenge that fits your skill level: * Beginner * Intermediate * Expert * Advanced * Custom-sized boards Whether you're new to Minesweeper or an experienced player, there's a difficulty for everyone. ### Track Your Progress Keep track of your performance with detailed statistics: * Games played * Games won * Best completion times * Win percentage Challenge yourself to improve your records and beat your fastest times. ### Features * Classic Minesweeper gameplay * Five difficulty levels * Custom game boards * Detailed statistics * Fast and responsive controls * Clean and easy-to-use interface * Optimized for both phones and tablets Sharpen your logic skills, improve your speed, and enjoy one of the world's most popular puzzle games anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

PentoMind4 screens
iMinesweeper1 screens

Verdict

The call

PentoMind and iMinesweeper both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PentoMind's written reviews are positive against 0% of iMinesweeper's. PentoMind also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1) and chart position (#155 vs unranked). iMinesweeper's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On rating, ads, 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

iMinesweeper is free to download; PentoMind costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PentoMind against 5.0 for iMinesweeper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PentoMind has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of PentoMind's written reviews are positive against 0% of iMinesweeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PentoMind ships an update every 10 months, iMinesweeper every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PentoMind versus iMinesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPentoMindiMinesweeper
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#155 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid P. SumnerIllés László

Customer experience

PentoMind

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

iMinesweeper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

PentoMind

No in-app purchases

None

iMinesweeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PentoMind free?
PentoMind costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iMinesweeper free?
iMinesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PentoMind or iMinesweeper?
iMinesweeper is rated higher. PentoMind averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while iMinesweeper averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PentoMind or iMinesweeper have ads?
Neither PentoMind nor iMinesweeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PentoMind or iMinesweeper?
PentoMind ships an update every 10 months, and iMinesweeper every 21 months. Most recently, PentoMind was updated on October 31, 2026 and iMinesweeper on October 1, 2026.

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