Comparison

AquaMines vs Strata

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

Head to head
About

AquaMines

A classic puzzle game where players uncover safe tiles on a minefield using logic and deduction. Compete with others through leaderboards and achievements. This free-to-play experience is ad-free and aims for future improvements.

Highlights
  • Minesweeper gameplay
  • Deduction and logic puzzles
  • GameCenter leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Ad-free experience
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AquaMines is a traditional minesweeper game. It is a puzzle game requiring deduction and luck. Starting with a minefield of hidden tiles, the objective is to reveal all “safe” (non-mine) tiles using clues provided by the previously revealed tiles. GameCenter is supported for leaderboards and achievements. This game is a passion project that is free to play with NO ads. We hope to add new tile-sets and feature improvements in the future.

About

Strata

Features
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Minesweeper. Unboxed. The rules haven't changed. The grid has. Strata generates a new irregularly shaped board every time you play. No rectangles. No predictable patterns. Narrow corridors, isolated pockets, organic contours -- each puzzle is terrain you've never seen before. Same deduction. Same flags. Same satisfying cascade when you nail a zero-cell. But the geometry forces you to think again. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMBS Grids are deliberately small with large touch targets. No pinch-to-zoom. No panning. No squinting at tiny cells. The entire puzzle fits on one screen, playable one-handed. THREE DIFFICULTY TIERS Easy: Wide, forgiving shapes. 20-30 cells. Room to breathe. Medium: Corridors appear. Neighbor counts drop. 35-50 cells. Hard: Narrow bridges, peninsulas, 2-neighbor cells. 55-75 cells. Guessing happens. THE SHAPE IS THE GAME Irregular grids disrupt the patterns you've internalized from thousands of rectangular games. A cell with 3 neighbors instead of 8 changes everything. Peninsulas isolate information. Narrow bridges create chokepoints. The shape is the puzzle. WHAT YOU GET - Procedurally generated irregular grids - Classic minesweeper rules (tap to reveal, long-press to flag) - First-tap safety on every board - Per-difficulty stats: win rate, best time, streaks - Game state saves automatically - Haptic feedback tuned to each action - Dark mode by default WHAT YOU DON'T GET No tutorials. No hints. No ads. No accounts. No cloud. No in-app purchases. No internet required. Ever. A puzzle game for people who already know minesweeper.

Screenshots

AquaMines1 screens
Strata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: AquaMines at 3 against Strata's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
AquaMines versus Strata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaMinesStrata
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan McGuireMatthew Kearney

In-app purchases

None

AquaMines

No in-app purchases

None

Strata

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AquaMines free?
AquaMines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strata free?
Strata is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AquaMines or Strata have ads?
Neither AquaMines nor Strata shows ads.

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