Bubbles Popper vs MineSweep HD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubbles Popper
Tap groups of two or more same-colored bubbles to make them disappear and earn points. Clear the board to advance to higher levels, with increasing bubble removal requirements. Strategize to maximize points by clearing larger groups.
- Pop groups of same-colored bubbles
- Score points based on group size
- Advance through levels
- Increasing level difficulty
- Multiple game difficulties (4, 5, 6 colors)
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Destroy as many bubbles as possible to move to the next level. Select group of 2 or more same colored bubbles and they will disappear adding point to you. Number of point for each removed bubble depends on number of bubbles in the removed group. To move to the next level you need to remove bubbles from the board, each next level you should remove more bubbles then before. You will get more points for group of 6 cubes, then for 2 groups of 3 cubes. There are 3 game difficulties: 4, 5 and 6 colours on the board.
MineSweep HD
A classic mine-sweeping puzzle game that lets you customize the difficulty by setting the number of mines. Compete with friends and others worldwide on GameCenter leaderboards.
- Customizable mine count
- Classic gameplay
- GameCenter leaderboards
- Multi-device support
- Challenging puzzles
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Challenge yourself with MineSweep HD! The Classic Game Brought Right To Your iDevice! MineSweep HD allows you to custom your playing experience by allowing you to determine the difficulty by letting you choose the number of mines on the board. Also MineSweep HD has 3 GameCenter leaderboards so you can compare your score to other players and your friends! Thank you for downloading!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubbles Popper at none against MineSweep HD's 1. Bubbles Popper also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (244 vs 4). MineSweep HD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating 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. MineSweep HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bubbles Popper asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Bubbles Popper against 4.5 for MineSweep HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubbles Popper has 244 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Bubbles Popper's written reviews are positive against 50% of MineSweep HD's.
Bubbles Popper ships an update every 4 months, MineSweep HD every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubbles Popper | MineSweep HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (244 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 244 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrey Krutikov | Kenneth Ackerson |
Customer experience
Bubbles Popper
MineSweep HD
Bugs and requests
Bubbles Popper
Reported bugs
3 issues- App no longer works after iOS 17 update
- Game resets to level 1 if left and returned
- Cannot figure out how to stop/save at a particular level
Requested features
9 requests- Limited error exceptions (e.g., 3)
- Limited error exceptions (e.g., 3)
- Improve graphics
- Add levels instead of just points
- Repopulate bubbles as columns are cleared
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- Allow saving progress at a particular level
- Ability to change backdrop color
- Save scores to beat previous records
- Display stats or scoring information
MineSweep HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bubbles Popper
No in-app purchases
MineSweep HD
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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