Hexo vs Wild Four
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexo
This app offers a suite of four unique board games blending wordplay, cards, and dice. Enjoy word-building challenges, card-based scoring, dice matching, and straight runs. Play with friends globally or against AI opponents with customizable difficulty.
- Hex-N-Spell word game
- Words-N-Suits card game
- Runaway Straights card game
- Tumbling Dice game
- Multiplayer via Game Center
- Four AI personalities
- Configurable game options
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There is something for everyone in this unique four game suite! A magical blend of wordplay, cards and dice... Hexo is the board game redefined! You get the crown jewel of the Hexo suite, Hex-N-Spell, totally for Free! Challenge up to four of your friends or family, anywhere around the globe, to a unique take on a familiar word-game experience. • HEX-N-SPELL: If you like crosswords, you'll love Hex-n-Spell, a new twist on an old favorite. Take your wordplay to a new dimension and spell words in three fun directions. Overlay existing tiles to form new words. Discover hidden, magic multipliers and take your score to the next level! Get definitions on all words played*. When you're ready for even greater challenges (or to remove ads), purchase one of the other games in the Hexo suite, and discover new a take on the core Hexo experience from Hex-n-Spell! • WORDS-N-SUITS: Words and Suits is Hex-n-Spell taken to the next level! Use it's unique blend of letters with the suits from a deck of cards to form two pairs, three of a kind, four of a kind or a full house for up to a 5x word score. Like Hex-n-Spell, overlay existing tiles to form new words and get definitions on all words played*. • RUNAWAY STRAIGHTS: An unusual take on everyone's favorite game of cards, lay down straight runs like 2, 3, 4 or Jack, Queen, King on a hex board to score it big. Aces play either high or low and Jokers are wild! Discover why the Joker's Wild and the Courts Gone Mad, play Runaway Straights today! • TUMBLING DICE: It's dominoes taken to the next dimension! Match three sides of dice played on the unique hexagonal board to send your score into the stratosphere! Special "bunny" dice are wildcats and will play anywhere. Easy to learn, devilish to master, Tumbling Dice will push you to the limits the longer you play! Additionally, when you make a one-time in-app purchase any of the other games in the Hexo suite, and get extra bonus features (such as Options and Solo play) in the core Hex-n-Spell game, totally for Free! AMAZINGLY CONFIGURABLE: Using our unique option system, each of the four games inside of the Hexo suite are amazingly configurable! Adjust everything from the way redraws are handled to the smarts of the AI players, make it your Hexo, your way! Adjust the games for infinite replayability§! FOUR CHALLENGING AI PERSONALITIES: No one to play with? Compete against one or more challenging AI personalities: the Queen of Hearts, the Queen of Diamonds, the Queen of Clubs or the Queen of Spades! Adjust their smarts to fit your needs§. FEATURES: * Integrated with Game Center! Report your scores and shoot to the top of our leader boards. Win challenging Achievements. * Multi Player - Play against other people around the world via Game Center or one of our four AI personalities§ on a single iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac. * Learn to play each game with built in quick help. * Save each game type separately. * 180,000 word dictionary, most all words with definition. * Overlay existing tiles on the board to form new plays. * Can have up to two tiles touching that don't form a word (in some games). * Hidden or card suit bonuses. * Joker's Wild and special Wildcard "Bunny" Dice. * User defined options to modify game play for endless playability§. Step into a Magical world of Board Games and download Hexo today! * - Hexo includes a 180,000 plus word dictionary, most words with definitions. § - Requires a one-time in-app purchase.
Wild Four
A card game where players discard cards by matching color or face value. Features special cards like Wild Four and Plus Two, with multiple gameplay variations. Offers multiplayer, single-player AI, events, and daily tasks for rewards.
- Color and face matching gameplay
- Special cards (Wild Four, Skip, Reverse, Plus Two)
- Three gameplay variations (Standard, Stacked, Multi Discard)
- Multiplayer (online, private rooms, friend invites)
- Single player against AI
- Events, daily tasks, and map stages for rewards
- Profile creation and cross-device syncing
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Play the color and face matching game where you're given 7 cards to start the game and then you need to discard them all to win by either matching the color or the face value. Game has 4 color cards (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue). Each color has 1 to 9 face cards. There are some special cards as well as bellow: WILD FOUR: This card forces the next player to draw 4 cards from the deck and they skip their turn. Player who plays this card gets to choose the color for the turn. SKIP: This card skips the next player turn. REVERSE: This card switches the direction of game play from Clock wise to Anti Clock wise and from Anti Clock wise to Clock wise direction. PLUS TWO: This card forces the next player to draw 2 cards from the deck and they skip their turn. WILD COLOR: This card can be played at any color and player gets to choose the color for the turn. Game offers 3 Variations of game play. STANDARD: Players can play only one card in their turn. STACKED: Players play one card in their turn but they can stack the PLUS TWO & WILD FOUR cards if previous player played them to avoid drawing more cards. This forces the next player to either STACK or draw total of stacked cards. MULTI DISCARD: Players can play any number of cards in one turn as long as they match the face or color of the cards. However WILD FOUR & WILD COLOR card ends the turn. **** FEATURES **** MULTI PLAYER Play against online players in Quick match, public rooms or in private rooms. Invite your friends using codes to play with them. SINGLE PLAYER Play against smart AI Bots. AI improves as you level up in the game. EVENTS Game offers three kinds of Events and having unique events in each kinds. There are total of 10 unique Events going on in the game. Compete in them to get awesome rewards. DAILY TASKS Each day 4 tasks are given to the player which needs to be completed in single day. Each task offers different reward according to its difficulty. On completion of all tasks, A huge Jackpot is rewarded. MAP There are 5 map locations in the game and each map location offers 7 unique stages. All stages rewards a unique rare game item which can not be purchased anywhere. BUNDLES Unlock different super most items from bundles which can not be obtained otherwise. These bundles are updated very frequently and items are superior to the legendary. SCRATCH CARDS Scratch different types of cards (Legendary, Golden & Silver) to get rare and legendary items. DAILY BONUS Get bonus each day you open the game. LUCKY SPINNING WHEEL Spin the wheel to test your luck to get rare and legendary items. Get a FREE spin each day. PROFILE Register your game account in game to create and save the profile. You can login with same account in multiple devices to resume your game. LEAGUES & BADGES A week long league is running in the game which awards the badges. Participate in the league and get minimum of 100 league points to get promoted to next rank league. Receive badges to showcase your skills. LEADERBOARDS Participate in Daily & Weekly leaderboards and compete against other players to get rewards according to your rank. CHAT Game offers live chatting with your friends. Invite your friends using codes and play with them or chat with them. EMOTICONS Use animated emotes in chatting while playing. COLLECTIBLES Collect different Avatars, Frames, Chat messages, Emoticons and Decks. All of them has different rarity. Common items are free and some are purchasable using game currency. The legendary items can only be obtained through Scratch cards. Some Special items are obtainable through Events and Some are obtainable through bundles only. SUPPORT You can contact the developers using Contact Panel from inside the game. Support is available 24/7. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wild Four at 5.0 against Hexo's 4.0. Wild Four also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Hexo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Hexo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Wild Four sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wild Four holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Hexo ships an update every 3 weeks, Wild Four every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexo | Wild Four |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appracatappra, LLC | Dharmendra Tomar |
Customer experience
Hexo
Wild Four
In-app purchases
Hexo
- Words-n-Suits$0.99
- Tumbling Dice$0.99
- Runaway Straights$0.99
Wild Four
- VIP$4.991 Month
- 500 Coins$0.99
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 3,000 Coins$4.99
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- 600 Gems$4.99
- 70,000 Cash$9.99
- 7,000 Coins$9.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
- 1500 Gems$9.99
- 200,000 Cash$24.99
- 20,000 Coins$24.99
- 4000 Gems$24.99
- 500,000 Cash$49.99
- 50,000 Coins$49.99
- 10000 Gems$49.99









