SpaceJong vs Minesweeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpaceJong
A Mahjong-style matching puzzle game featuring animated 3D planets and moons as tiles. Compete for high scores by clearing the board and enjoy various visual and audio themes. Tap celestial bodies for informational pop-ups.
- Mahjong-style matching gameplay
- Animated 3D planets and moons
- High score leaderboards
- Multiple animation styles
- Variety of space backgrounds
- Informational celestial body pop-ups
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SpaceJong is a Mahjong styled puzzle matching game, with animated 3D planets and moons as the puzzle pieces. Select matching free objects to remove them for the board. Best time makes the high score board. Three different animation styles, several boards, music, sound effects and a variety of space background images (including an animated star field) make for hours of entertainment. Double tap one of the planets or moons, to popup an info box with information about the object. iPad only, Requires iOS 11.0 or later
Minesweeper
A classic single-player puzzle game where players must strategically uncover tiles to reveal hidden bombs. Use number clues to identify mine locations and flag them to win. Features adjustable difficulty levels and a high score leaderboard.
- Uncover hidden bombs
- Use number clues
- Flag bomb locations
- Adjustable difficulty
- High score leaderboard
- Pinch to zoom
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Minesweeper is a single-player puzzle video game. The objective of the game is to clear up all the mine and uncover all the hidden bomb. Its a classic windows strategy game which is popular during the 90's. The Game requires some strategy thinking where the numbers indicate the amount of bomb located surrounding it. If unlucky, you might press on the bomb and the game ends. Flag the bomb if you noticed its a bomb on that tiles itself. The Game features: - Pinch to zoom - High Scores leaderboard for each difficulty setting - Adjustable difficulties such as beginner, medium and advance - Press hold on tiles to raise flags.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpaceJong at 75% against Minesweeper's 0%. SpaceJong also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Minesweeper's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 39 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). On price 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.
SpaceJong holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpaceJong has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SpaceJong's written reviews are positive against 0% of Minesweeper's.
SpaceJong ships an update every 39 months, Minesweeper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpaceJong | Minesweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Wright | SikYi Chan |
Customer experience
SpaceJong
Minesweeper
In-app purchases
SpaceJong
No in-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
