Hexoggle vs Honeycomb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexoggle
This word search game challenges you to find words in a hexagonal grid by tracing them with your finger. Compete against the clock for a high score in a fast-paced, ad-free experience.
- Hexagonal letter grid
- Word tracing gameplay
- Timed high score challenges
- Full SOWPODS dictionary
- Ad-free experience
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Search for words in the hexagonal grid by tracing them out with your finger. Race against the clock to get a high score. So you've played Boggle and you need something different...Try this hexagonal variant - you'll thrill at the speed you can play when all adjacent letters are on shape sides and not corners. The big company's game bogs you down when you duplicate a word. Hexoggle just scores it as no points and keeps you in the flow. No ads or in-app purchases - buy it and it's yours without annoying ads. Still impulse-buy priced at only 99 cents. Full SOWPODS dictionary - we don't pretend "bad" words don't exist. Universal app - iPhone, iTouch, iPad.
Honeycomb
Engage your mind with a relaxing yet challenging word puzzle game. Form words using all available letters on a hexagonal grid to solve over 500 unique puzzles. Enjoy daily challenges and create your own puzzles to share.
- Over 500 hand-crafted puzzles
- Daily Challenge with 3 new puzzles
- Puzzle Maker for custom puzzles
- Hexagonal grid gameplay
- Dark Mode
- Accessibility features
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We made Honeycomb for vocabulary and puzzle lovers! This word game is for you if you want a relaxing game that will still make you think. You need to form the right words using all of the letters to fill in the puzzle, but this can be quite tricky on a hexagonal grid! It's satisfying to beat each level, and a cute bee will pop out to celebrate when you do. You can play over 500 hand-crafted puzzles that vary in difficulty, and the Daily Challenge has 3 new perplexing puzzles each day. Some puzzles have fun themes like Animals or Baking, while other puzzles have no theme for a bigger challenge. If you're feeling creative, you can use the Puzzle Maker to build your own puzzles to share with your friends. And if you send your puzzle to us, we will feature it in one of the Community Packs! Oh, and we've got a Dark Mode, of course. GAME FEATURES • Over 500 hand-crafted puzzles • Daily Challenge with 3 puzzles every day • Puzzle Maker to create puzzles for your friends • A cute bee to cheer you on • Dark Mode ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES • High Contrast Colors mode • Textured Tiles mode
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Verdict
Hexoggle and Honeycomb both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hexoggle's written reviews are positive against 71% of Honeycomb's. Hexoggle also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.1). Honeycomb's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 4). On rating, update cadence, 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
Hexoggle costs $0.99 and Honeycomb $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Hexoggle against 4.9 for Honeycomb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Honeycomb has 40 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hexoggle's written reviews are positive against 71% of Honeycomb's.
Hexoggle ships an update monthly, Honeycomb every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexoggle | Honeycomb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #74 | #65 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skidmark Software | Spiralburst Studio, LLC |
Customer experience
Hexoggle
Honeycomb
In-app purchases
Hexoggle
No in-app purchases
Honeycomb
No in-app purchases
