Line Sweeper vs American Minefield
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
American Minefield
Navigate a minefield to save the country by identifying and disarming explosive devices. Utilize safe counties for clues about surrounding danger levels. Mark safe areas or uncover more information at your own risk.
- Mine location and dismantling
- Clue system from safe counties
- County marking and uncovering
- Multiple maps available
- In-app purchases for additional content
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The US has become a minefield, and it is your job to save the American people by locating and dismantling the mines. Dark green counties are safe and give hints about the amount of danger in neighboring counties. Mark a county with the green button, and uncover more hints with the red button at your peril. Four maps come free with the app, and the rest are available as in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: American Minefield at none against Line Sweeper's shown. American Minefield also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Line Sweeper's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Line Sweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and American Minefield sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
American Minefield holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
Line Sweeper ships an update every 6 months, American Minefield every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Line Sweeper | American Minefield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Theodore Mitchell |
Customer experience
Line Sweeper
American Minefield
In-app purchases
Line Sweeper
- Upgrade to Full Version$0.99
American Minefield
- New Mexico Map$0.99
- Tennessee Map$0.99
- North Carolina Map$0.99
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- Illinois Map$0.99
- Georgia Map$0.99
- Kansas Map$0.99
- Texas Map$0.99
- Missouri Map$0.99
- Kentucky Map$0.99
- New York Map$0.99
- Unlock all maps$4.99
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