Hexicheckers vs Math Sticks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexicheckers
Experience a unique board game combining elements of Checkers, Chinese Checkers, and Chess on a hexagonal grid. Strategize your moves to capture opponent pieces before they capture yours. Enjoy single-player challenges against AI or local multiplayer battles.
- Hexagonal board gameplay
- Combines Checkers, Chinese Checkers, and Chess
- AI opponent with three difficulty levels
- Local multiplayer mode
- Piece capturing mechanics
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A new take on Checkers, Chinese Checkers, and Chess all rolled into one! Move your pieces on the hex board and capture your opponent's pieces before they capture yours. Play against the AI (three levels of difficulty) or against another person on the same device.
Math Sticks
Solve hundreds of math puzzles by moving matchsticks to fix incorrect equations. Train your mental calculation skills and challenge yourself with various mathematical operations and difficulty levels.
- Solve matchstick math puzzles
- Fix incorrect equations
- Train mental calculation
- Hundreds of levels
- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
- Hints available
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Fun way to play with matchsticks. Have you ever been challenged by your friend to solve a riddle? Your friend put some matchsticks on the table and start arranging the matchsticks to form some numbers. And finally those matchsticks form a mathematical equation. But the mathematical equation is not correct, and your friend challenge you to fix the equation by moving just one or two of the matchsticks. You think and try some moves, and then you figure out the solution. Now you can play MATH STICKS and solve hundreds of math puzzles with matchsticks. Train your mental calculation in a fun way. Challenge yourself and your friends to fix the mathematical equations. Drag and move the matchsticks and find the solution for each equation. Figure out what numbers can be formed by the provided matchsticks. Experience various levels of difficulties. Solve the riddles with various mathematical operations. * 4 available mathematical operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division * 500 levels available at the moment * Use hint by spending some coins if you are stuck * Claim free coins every day to help you solve the riddles
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hexicheckers at 5.0 against Math Sticks's 4.0. Hexicheckers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Math Sticks's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hexicheckers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Hexicheckers ships an update every 42 months, Math Sticks every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexicheckers | Math Sticks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 41 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ed Federmeyer | Harry Tahir |
Customer experience
Hexicheckers
Math Sticks
In-app purchases
Hexicheckers
No in-app purchases
Math Sticks
No in-app purchases
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