Comparison

iMinesweeper vs PALINGENESIS

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

Head to head
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.

About

PALINGENESIS

Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Interactive animated worlds
  • Music-driven environments
  • Unfolding narrative
  • Hand-crafted animation
  • Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com

Screenshots

iMinesweeper1 screens
PALINGENESIS4 screens

Verdict

The call

iMinesweeper and PALINGENESIS both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PALINGENESIS's written reviews are positive against 0% of iMinesweeper's. PALINGENESIS also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). iMinesweeper's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 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 — 5.0 for iMinesweeper against 4.9 for PALINGENESIS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PALINGENESIS has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of iMinesweeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of PALINGENESIS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMinesweeper ships an update every 21 months, PALINGENESIS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iMinesweeper versus PALINGENESIS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMinesweeperPALINGENESIS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB741 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIllés LászlóJohn Paul Grigsby

Customer experience

iMinesweeper

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

PALINGENESIS

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iMinesweeper

No in-app purchases

None

PALINGENESIS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMinesweeper free?
iMinesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PALINGENESIS free?
PALINGENESIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iMinesweeper or PALINGENESIS?
iMinesweeper is rated higher. iMinesweeper averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PALINGENESIS averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do iMinesweeper or PALINGENESIS have ads?
Neither iMinesweeper nor PALINGENESIS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMinesweeper or PALINGENESIS?
iMinesweeper ships an update every 21 months, and PALINGENESIS every 9 days. Most recently, iMinesweeper was updated on October 1, 2026 and PALINGENESIS on October 17, 2026.

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