Comparison

MineSweeper vs Strata

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

Head to head
About

MineSweeper

A classic single-player puzzle game designed to sharpen your logic and math skills. Enjoy a clean interface with multiple difficulty levels, optional sound, and scoreboards in a compact package. The objective is to reveal all safe squares while avoiding hidden mines.

Highlights
  • Strategic logic gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Optional sound effects
  • Scoreboards
  • Sweeping and flagging modes
  • Pinch-zoom functionality
Features
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Welcome to our version of the Minesweeper - a single-player video game. Exercise your strategic and logical thinking, build your math skills while having fun along the way! With million of different clones available, why should you choose our version? We think we were able to bring you a nice clean design, with 3 different levels, optional sound effects, score boards in a tiny download package. The goal of the game is to uncover all the squares that do not contain mines without being "destroyed" by clicking on a mine, in the shortest time possible! - Tap the button on top to switch between sweeping and flagging mode - Tap a square to clear it in sweeping mode - Tap a square to drop a flag in flagging mode - Tap a numbered square next to that many flags to clear the rest - Use pinch-zoom in medium and hard levels to zoom in/out. - Use menu to select difficulty, control the sound, or check the score

About

Strata

Features
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Minesweeper. Unboxed. The rules haven't changed. The grid has. Strata generates a new irregularly shaped board every time you play. No rectangles. No predictable patterns. Narrow corridors, isolated pockets, organic contours -- each puzzle is terrain you've never seen before. Same deduction. Same flags. Same satisfying cascade when you nail a zero-cell. But the geometry forces you to think again. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMBS Grids are deliberately small with large touch targets. No pinch-to-zoom. No panning. No squinting at tiny cells. The entire puzzle fits on one screen, playable one-handed. THREE DIFFICULTY TIERS Easy: Wide, forgiving shapes. 20-30 cells. Room to breathe. Medium: Corridors appear. Neighbor counts drop. 35-50 cells. Hard: Narrow bridges, peninsulas, 2-neighbor cells. 55-75 cells. Guessing happens. THE SHAPE IS THE GAME Irregular grids disrupt the patterns you've internalized from thousands of rectangular games. A cell with 3 neighbors instead of 8 changes everything. Peninsulas isolate information. Narrow bridges create chokepoints. The shape is the puzzle. WHAT YOU GET - Procedurally generated irregular grids - Classic minesweeper rules (tap to reveal, long-press to flag) - First-tap safety on every board - Per-difficulty stats: win rate, best time, streaks - Game state saves automatically - Haptic feedback tuned to each action - Dark mode by default WHAT YOU DON'T GET No tutorials. No hints. No ads. No accounts. No cloud. No in-app purchases. No internet required. Ever. A puzzle game for people who already know minesweeper.

Screenshots

MineSweeper3 screens
Strata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Strata at none against MineSweeper's shown. MineSweeper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MineSweeper ships an update every 6 months, Strata every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MineSweeper versus Strata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMineSweeperStrata
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGASP Mobile Games IncMatthew Kearney

In-app purchases

None

MineSweeper

No in-app purchases

None

Strata

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MineSweeper free?
MineSweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strata free?
Strata is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MineSweeper or Strata have ads?
MineSweeper shows ads; Strata does not.
Which is updated more often, MineSweeper or Strata?
MineSweeper ships an update every 6 months, and Strata every 4 months. Most recently, MineSweeper was updated on November 1, 2026 and Strata on October 31, 2026.

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