Comparison

Minesweeper X vs Mastermine

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper X

Experience the classic mine-sweeping puzzle game with a modern twist. This app offers optimized touch controls, elegant graphics, and advanced features for a seamless and challenging brain-training experience. Enjoy various difficulty levels, custom boards, and helpful hints.

Highlights
  • Optimized touch controls for mobile
  • Elegant graphics and animations
  • Auto save and load functionality
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Hint system for difficult situations
  • Customizable board sizes up to 72x72
  • Step-by-step instructions for new players
Features
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The best new way to play the classic Minesweeper, fully optimized for iOS! Control, Graphics & Animation simply make "Minesweeper Original Reboot" a revolutionary remake of this classic. The task is simple: mark and sweep all mines in the field. This classic game play is just that simple yet so exciting and challenging. "Minesweeper Original Reboot" is perfect for brain practicing and short time playing at any time. Play now to test your deduction skill as well as your finger speed! What make "Minesweeper Original Reboot" special: - Optimized for guaranteeing fastest game play and best control experience: Careful designed just for touch devices with super fast and easy control (TAP to open square, TAP & HOLD to drop flags, DRAG to move board around, PINCH to zoom) - Auto save and load, never lose your current game even if it is completely quit or crashed - Elegant, beautiful graphics with lots of cool sound and animation effects - Support both portrait and landscape rotations on both iPhone and iPad devices - Auto resize board to take advantage of whole screen - Auto scrolling board after every touch (optionally enabled/disable) which is convenient to navigate the board without manually dragging - 3 zoom modes for board: 1x, 2x, 3x to suit any finger sizes. Note that the scale up does not effect the image quality - Quick overview mode which allow seeing the overall board and quick jumping, extremely helpful for large board sizes - Hint to open any given square at any time: very helpful for 50/50 situations or when getting stuck - SUPER HARD level + CUSTOM level allowing the max board size up to 72 x 72 - Share your results via email or social networks - Step-by-step instructions for people who have never played Minesweeper before Other common features: - 3 traditional levels: EASY, MEDIUM, HARD - First touch guaranteed not to hit a mine and always opens a range of squares - Flagging/Digging modes - Local statistics: best time, number of wins and losses - Game Center support - Natively, beautifully run on all iOS devices Have fun and enjoy playing "Minesweeper Original Reboot"!

About

Mastermine

Experience a 3D twist on a classic logic puzzle. Navigate complex boards across a 3D cube, utilizing unique power-ups and customizable skins. Compete globally on leaderboards and explore various game modes for endless challenges.

Highlights
  • 3D cube board navigation
  • Power-ups for board manipulation
  • Customizable skins
  • Global solve-time leaderboards
  • Multiple game modes (Time Crisis, Campaign, Sandbox)
  • Ever-increasing cube sizes
Features
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Mastermine is a 3D, Minesweeper inspired puzzle game - solve complex boards over a 3D cube. New features & twists keep the game interesting: - Power-ups rearrange parts of the board in 3D, shifting the game - Skins customise the look and feel of the cube - Challenges keep you coming back for more, and reward you with power-ups - A global solve-time leaderboard allows you to compete (cross-platform) with your friends for the world's fastest times - Ever-increasing cube sizes keep up the pace - Different original game-modes like Time Crisis, Campaign or Sandbox change it up even more On top of this, the game is 100% Ad-Free, and doesn't sell your data to anybody. The only purchase in the game is a Premium unlock to allow you to save your Campaign progress + a few other goodies.

Screenshots

Minesweeper X4 screens
Mastermine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mastermine at none against Minesweeper X's shown. Mastermine also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 48%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Minesweeper X sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mastermine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Minesweeper X against 4.3 for Mastermine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164 and 117 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Minesweeper X's written reviews are positive against 73% of Mastermine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper X ships an update monthly, Mastermine every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Minesweeper X versus Mastermine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeper XMastermine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (164 ratings) — better4.3 (117 ratings)
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings164 — better117
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCONG TY TNHH SKYPAWAdam Soutar

Customer experience

Minesweeper X

All ratings157 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative37.4%

Mastermine

All ratings116 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral15.6%
Negative11.7%

User reviews

Minesweeper X

From 164 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Great Minesweeper clone
  • 🎨 Nice interface and graphics
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎵 Can play with own music
  • 💡 Innovative features

Room to improve

  • ❌ Too many ads
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 Game bugs and errors
  • 📱 Autoscroll/auto-centering issues
  • 💸 Annoying ad-free purchase prompts

Mastermine

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Innovative 3D twist on classic Minesweeper
  • 🎵 High-quality, well-designed music and audio
  • 🆓 Free to play with no ads in free version
  • 💎 Polished and well-developed game
  • 💰 Reasonable pricing for Pro features ($1.99-$2)

Room to improve

  • 🎮 Confusing control scheme (tap vs. hold)
  • 🐛 Accidental reveals when trying to flag
  • 🔄 Inconsistent touch detection and responsiveness
  • 🎨 Limited iPad support (portrait mode only)
  • 💳 Significant paywall for higher difficulties (8x8+)

Bugs and requests

Minesweeper X

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • App opens and closes immediately
  • Crashes every time it is opened
  • Too many ads
  • Ads have become too obnoxious
  • Speaker volume for ads cannot be set
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  • Harassment for ad-free purchase
  • Bugs with flag removal
  • Game crashes too many times
  • Lost game progress due to crashes
  • Fundamental programming issue with mine placement
  • Accidental mine explosion when setting flags
  • Auto-centering feature causes accidental bombs
  • Clearing multiple squares with first hit makes game too easy
  • Auto-glide makes hitting spaces difficult
  • Big errors in mine counts
  • Game glitches showing incorrect mine counts
  • Blinky-ad appeared
  • Paid version has ads
  • Confusing zoom level
  • Wrong numbers or incorrect mines
  • Puzzle impossible to solve due to errors
  • Oversensitive touch and buggy counts
  • Game would not end after finding all mines
  • Numbers on cells are wrong
  • Hacked global leaderboards
  • Inaccurate mine counts

Requested features

10 requests
  • Option to turn off auto-centering
  • Save game function
  • Restore purchase for ad-free
  • Fix bugs and inaccuracies
  • Improve instructions clarity
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  • Option for dark mode
  • Score based on accumulated average time
  • Fix issues with flagging
  • Bring back double-tap functionality
  • Option to disable autoscroll

Mastermine

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Leaderboard fails to load
  • Flag placement sometimes unresponsive
  • Sync error in settings
  • Refresh glitch causing progress loss after reinstall
  • Time Crisis mode timer starts at random intervals
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  • Inconsistent mine adjacency logic across cube faces
  • Numbers counting bombs incorrectly on adjacent faces
  • Touch controls registering unintended actions during rotation
  • Halloween event effects cannot be disabled
  • Thunder sound effects bypass volume settings

Requested features

12 requests
  • Customizable control scheme (tap to reveal, hold to flag)
  • Dedicated flag/reveal toggle button on HUD
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Better tutorial and how-to-play guide
  • Number orientation lock (always facing up)
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  • Music track selection option
  • Improved camera controls and angles
  • Auto-clear feature when flagging complete numbers
  • Sync progress across devices
  • Alternative game shapes (hexagons, pentagons, spheres)
  • Ad-based alternative to paid features
  • Adjustable hold-to-flag timing in settings

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Minesweeper X

One-time4
  • 10 Hints Pack$0.99
  • 25 Hints Pack$1.99
  • Remove advertisement$4.99
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  • 100 Hints Pack$5.99
1 purchases

Mastermine

One-time1
  • Mastermine PRO Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is Minesweeper X free?
Minesweeper X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mastermine free?
Mastermine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeper X or Mastermine?
Minesweeper X is rated higher. Minesweeper X averages 4.5 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Mastermine averages 4.3 from 117 ratings.
Do Minesweeper X or Mastermine have ads?
Minesweeper X shows ads; Mastermine does not.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper X or Mastermine?
Minesweeper X ships an update monthly, and Mastermine every 3 weeks. Most recently, Minesweeper X was updated on October 27, 2026 and Mastermine on October 24, 2026.

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