Minesweeper! vs Minimal Minesweeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper!
Relive the classic Windows 95 puzzle experience on your iOS device. Strategically clear minefields by avoiding bombs, with adjustable difficulty levels and a custom board builder. Perfect for fans of logic and brain-training games.
- Classic Minesweeper gameplay
- Multiple difficulty settings
- Custom board builder
- Pinch to zoom
- Stats tracker
- Flag Mode
- Game Center support
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Enjoy Minesweeper!, the classic Windows 95 game, anytime on your device - exclusively for iOS. This classic throwback game provides hours of fun on those slow days. Just try to avoid the bombs to clear the minefield and win the game! Apply strategy and logic to navigate various levels of difficulty and if you’re feeling confident, take a shot at the custom board builder for more challenging gameplay. This is perfect for fans of classic games such as checkers, chess, sudoku, solitaire and Tetris. Test your focus and keep your mind sharp with this nostalgic brain training app. Game Features: - Pinch to zoom tiles - Monitor progress with a stats tracker and use it to beat top times - Unlimited Minesweeper games with three different difficulty settings and a custom mode - Game Center support for leaderboards and achievements - Great statistics that help track your progress - Adjustable levels of difficulty: Beginner, Medium and Difficulty - User-friendly Flag Mode: Easily turn on flag mode to mark tiles - Warns users how many mines are left Brought to you by Maple Media, the Solitaire, Mahjong and Sudoku Company. Thank you for playing Minesweeper! Have any questions, problems or feedback? Email: contact@maplemedia.io Visit us: http://www.maplemedia.io/
Minimal Minesweeper
Experience the classic mine-clearing puzzle game with a modern, minimalist design. Optimized for touchscreens on iPhone and iPad, it offers multiple difficulty levels and engaging animations. Compete with friends via Game Center leaderboards.
- Optimized touch gameplay
- Long press to mark mines
- Flat design with animations
- 4 difficulty levels
- Haptic feedback
- Game Center leaderboards
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Minesweeper the way it should feel on iPhone and iPad: clean, fast, and honest. No tracking, no account, no internet required — just you, the grid, and the numbers. Minimal Minesweeper strips the classic logic puzzle down to its essentials. A flat, minimal board that looks great in light and dark mode, smooth animations, and controls built for touch: tap to reveal, long-press to plant a flag — with haptic feedback that makes every move feel just right. YOUR FIRST TAP IS ALWAYS SAFE Mines are placed after your first move, never under it. On dense boards the corners stay clear too, so every game starts fair. FOUR DIFFICULTIES, PLUS YOUR OWN Learn the ropes on Easy, find your rhythm on Medium, then push yourself on Hard and Insane. Want more? Build a custom board: pick the size, set the mine density, and make the game exactly as hard as you like. COMPETE AND PROGRESS - Game Center leaderboards for every difficulty — race the clock against the world - Achievements to unlock - Detailed statistics: games played, won, and lost, with your win rate per difficulty AT HOME ON EVERY DEVICE - Layouts tailored to iPhone and iPad - Split View and multiple windows on iPad — play two boards side by side - Fully playable offline, anywhere - Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Indonesian FAIR PRICING Easy and Medium are free. A single one-time purchase unlocks Hard, Insane, and custom boards forever — no subscription. The only advertising is one card on the game-over screen, showing an app from a fellow independent developer. Nothing collected there is linked to you or follows you across other apps — and the unlock takes it away, unless you choose to turn it back on in Settings. The classic you know, with none of the clutter. Happy sweeping!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Minimal Minesweeper at free against Minesweeper!'s free with in-app purchases. Minimal Minesweeper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Minesweeper!'s advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Minesweeper! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Minimal Minesweeper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimal Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Minesweeper!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Minimal Minesweeper's.
Minesweeper! ships an update every 4 months, Minimal Minesweeper monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper! | Minimal Minesweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Do More Mobile, LLC. | Illumineering |
Customer experience
Minesweeper!
Minimal Minesweeper
Bugs and requests
Minesweeper!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Numbers not accurately representing nearby mines
- Game board not fully visible on screen
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Customizable game board sizes
- Ability to save/resume games
- Improved performance on larger boards
Minimal Minesweeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minesweeper!
- Disable Ads$9.99
Minimal Minesweeper
- Unlock all featuresFree
- Unlock all features$2.99
Questions
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