Line Sweeper vs Minesweeper Genius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Line Sweeper
This puzzle game challenges you to create a single, continuous loop by strategically placing lines. Numbered tiles indicate how many adjacent spaces must be part of the path, with a "check" function to help identify errors. It offers over 500 levels across five difficulty settings.
- Create a single continuous loop
- Numbered tiles guide path placement
- Over 500 levels
- 5 difficulty levels
- "Check" function highlights wrong lines
- Autosave unfinished levels
- Record best completion times
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Linesweeper is puzzle similar to Minesweeper. Your aim is to create a single continuous non-intersecting loop. The numbered tiles can't be passed through. The number means how many of the 8 surrounding tiles should contain some part of the solution path. Linesweeper is originally invented by Jak Marshall. **** Linesweeper features **** # Content - 5 difficulty levels - more than 500 levels # Features - "Check" function can highlight wrong lines - option to enable automatically highlight wrong lines - Automatically indicate correct numbers - Autosave the process of unfinished levels - Record best completion time for each level # Challenge - Game Center Achievements - Try to complete as many levels as possible
Minesweeper Genius
This logic puzzle game challenges your deductive reasoning by requiring you to locate hidden bombs on a grid. Guide a character through a scientific experiment by carefully revealing safe tiles and flagging those that contain explosives.
- Unlimited random levels
- No guessing or luck required
- Game Center Achievements
- iCloud Save
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Inspired by the classic computer game from our childhood, Minesweeper Genius is a brain teaser that will challenge your logical thinking. Help Aristotle – the genius with a broom – sweep the field to escape from the aliens' scientific experiments, discovering where all the bombs are hidden. HOW TO PLAY: • Read the numbers to know how many mines there are in each column and each line • Flags the tiles which contain a mine • Then move the sweeper genius to the portal! FEATURES: • Our procedural generator can create an unlimited number of random levels • Absolutely no guessing or luck involved • Game Center Achievements • iCloud Save
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Line Sweeper at Free against Minesweeper Genius's $1.99. Minesweeper Genius's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment 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
Line Sweeper is free to download; Minesweeper Genius costs $1.99 up front. Line Sweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minesweeper Genius asks for nothing beyond the download.
Minesweeper Genius holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper Genius has 219 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Line Sweeper's written reviews are positive against 91% of Minesweeper Genius's.
| Parameter | Line Sweeper | Minesweeper Genius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (219 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 90.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 219 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Mother Gaia Studio |
Customer experience
Line Sweeper
Minesweeper Genius
Bugs and requests
Line Sweeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Minesweeper Genius
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game resets when swiping down to open Control Center
- Game resets when checking notifications
- Star display gets cut off on iPhone X notch
- Tap-and-hold flag placement sometimes registers as movement instead
- Game doesn't register hold on adjacent squares correctly
Requested features
13 requests- Add more levels, especially harder difficulty levels
- Implement ability to mark tiles as clear/safe
- Support landscape mode on iPad
- Add toggle or button for flag placement instead of tap-and-hold
- Implement haptic feedback when placing flags
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- Add endless or infinite level mode with progressive difficulty
- Include a third marking option for uncertain tiles
- Add level editor and community level sharing
- Provide visual indicators for completed row/column requirements
- Include character skins or cosmetic customization options
- Add classic minesweeper mode option
- Implement grid dimension counter display
- Add more unique tile mechanics and special rules
In-app purchases
Line Sweeper
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
Minesweeper Genius
No in-app purchases
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