Comparison

Spell Valley vs Civilization Hex

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

Head to head
About

Spell Valley

Assemble a team of unique heroes in this quick, turn-based strategy game. Engage in 5-minute battles where strategic choices are crucial. Collect diverse characters with distinct abilities and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy gameplay
  • Unique hero collection
  • Fast-paced 5-minute battles
  • PvP battles against friends and foes
  • Character strengths and weaknesses
  • Invite friends and share rewards
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Brave the Valley! Build your team from dozens of unique heroes in this fast-paced turn-based strategy game. Face off against friends and foes in 5-minute battles where every decision matters. Collect a wide variety of playable characters with their own strengths and weaknesses. Invite your friends and share the rewards! Note: Although Spell Valley is free to play and download, some gameplay items can be purchased for real money.

About

Civilization Hex

Build a thriving civilization from a small tribe to a world empire. Develop your lands, engage in diplomacy, and command armies on the battlefield. Explore new territories, research technologies, and customize your units and cities to achieve greatness.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade cities and structures
  • Explore open-world maps and discover new lands
  • Engage in diplomacy and trade
  • Command diverse military units in battles
  • Extensive skill tree for technology and upgrades
  • Randomly spawning enemies for unique sessions
Features
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Do you like classic civilizational strategy? Then try a new, unique 4x RTS strategy, built on the love of classic games with lots of possibilities! Welcome to the Civilization Hex: Tribes Rise! Build your town from scratch! Start from a small tribe and go all the way to a world empire! Develop your lands, demonstrate your diplomacy abilities, and if it comes to that - show off your skills on the battlefield! Create your civilization and turn a small city into a large and powerful empire. Capture small villages and attach them to your civilization. Build farms, army barracks, mines, and more in new territories. Each building can be improved to produce more resources, gold, and accumulate military power. Help your citizens, show no mercy to your enemies, and make your kingdom thrive! How are you going to rule? Will it be a dictatorship of a frightful ruler or a democratic republic of a noble leader? It's all up to you! Discover new lands and wonders of the world to get more advantages for your Empire. Explore, find new continents in the Open World map, capture barbaric tribes, and colonize islands! Send units on expeditions and scout missions, so always know what the enemy nations are up to. Your units may clash with enemy armies. Watch how the enemies develop and build unbeatable tactics. Every action brings experience which improves your units and helps you become the strongest nation in the world. Each unit gains experience and new levels that will improve its stats, making it a true veteran of war. Cities also have their own levels, which you can upgrade by building up and improving structures. If the war is upon you, become an army commander! Send your armies to battle, control the battlefield, and win no matter the cost! Unlock new and unique units, summon them to your army to repel enemy attacks, defend your territory, and capture new ones. Complete your conquest with ease and become the grand lord of your nation! Each unit has a different skill set. Assemble an army for your playstyle: bring down all the power heads-on, or create stealthy assassins who will suddenly attack from a tuck. Don't like fighting? No problem, you can choose to develop through diplomacy. Open new trade routes, build alliances, and help your allies so they are always ready to come to your aid and protect you from new threats. But there is no progress until you know your ultimate goal! And that goal is represented via the huge and diverse skill tree. It has many branches of development and upgrades. Each branch covers different types of technologies. From fishing and farming to ship building and siege weapons. You can unlock the secrets of economics, philosophy, and military prowess to help you on your quest to greatness. - Lots of unique units. From fast infantrymen and sharp archers - to warships and catapults. - Several large maps, with randomly spawning enemies - each session will be unique - The skill tree offers extensive improvements, with tons of deep mechanics. Learn the art of building walls to protect your cities or powerful ballistas that will help you capture enemy castles quickly. - A large world to explore, in which you can find different biomes. - Different civilizations and tribes, each with their own abilities, buffs, and debuffs. - Each faction is based on real historical civilizations, with unique architecture, visuals, and culture. - The game is easy to learn but hard to master. With each new game, you will improve your skills. Only you will choose in which direction you want to develop. You can play this game the way you want, there is no definite right way! Strategize, use logic, improve your skills and you will definitely succeed! You can play this game even if you don't have internet because it has offline mode! So what are you waiting for? Download Civilization Hex: Tribes Rise right now, absolutely free, and become the ultimate ruler! Be the King!

Screenshots

Spell Valley4 screens
Civilization Hex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spell Valley at 76% against Civilization Hex's 6%. Spell Valley also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Civilization Hex's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spell Valley sells 23 one-off in-app purchases and Civilization Hex sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Civilization Hex holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 129 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Spell Valley's written reviews are positive against 6% of Civilization Hex's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spell Valley ships an update weekly, Civilization Hex every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spell Valley versus Civilization Hex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpell ValleyCivilization Hex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (60 ratings)4.6 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews — better5.6% of reviews
Number of ratings60129 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size479 MB241 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBad Bishop GamesMAD PIXEL

Customer experience

Spell Valley

All ratings60 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative18.2%

Civilization Hex

All ratings129 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive5.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative86.1%

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Spell Valley

One-time23
  • Handful of Gems2 variants$0.99
  • Region 2 Welcome Deal$0.99
  • Region 3 Welcome Deal$0.99
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  • Welcome to Region 2$0.99
  • Welcome to Region 3$0.99
  • Spell Valley Welcome Pack$2.99
  • Welcome to Region 4$2.99
  • Region 4 Welcome Deal$2.99
  • Dreadmire Welcome Deal$4.99
  • Vampire Event Deal$4.99
  • Welcome to Region 6$4.99
  • Satchel of Gems2 variants$4.99
  • Region 5 Welcome Deal$4.99
  • Welcome to Region 5$4.99
  • Epic BEHEMOTH Value Pack$9.99
  • Vampire Knight Event Deal$9.99
  • Crate of Gems$9.99
  • Welcome to Region 7$9.99
  • Legendary Princess Pack$14.99
  • Double Drake Value Pack$19.99
  • Wagon of Gems$19.99
  • Galleon of Gems$49.99
  • Zeppelin of Gems$99.99
7 purchases

Civilization Hex

One-time7
  • Japanese Civilization$2.99
  • Germanic Civilization$2.99
  • Aztec Civilization$2.99
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  • Chinese Civilization$2.99
  • Indian Civilization$2.99
  • NO ADS$4.99
  • Season Pass 1$14.99

Questions

Is Spell Valley free?
Spell Valley is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Civilization Hex free?
Civilization Hex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spell Valley or Civilization Hex?
Civilization Hex is rated higher. Spell Valley averages 4.0 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Civilization Hex averages 4.6 from 129 ratings.
Do Spell Valley or Civilization Hex have ads?
Civilization Hex shows ads; Spell Valley does not.
Which is updated more often, Spell Valley or Civilization Hex?
Spell Valley ships an update weekly, and Civilization Hex every 5 months. Most recently, Spell Valley was updated on September 16, 2026 and Civilization Hex on September 14, 2026.

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