Neolysium vs Hexweft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neolysium
This strategy card game challenges players to build a thriving environment and generate energy. It focuses on decision-making and strategic creativity with positive, non-violent gameplay. Enjoy a pure gaming experience with no ads or data collection.
- Strategic card play
- Environment building
- Energy generation
- Decision making
- Non-violent gameplay
- No ads
- No personal data collection
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Welcome to Neolysium the strategy card game for building a better world. Each hand is a new challenge to create a thriving environment that generates abundant energy. The game will test your decision making skills and strategic creativity while promoting a positive non-violent gameplay suitable for all ages. The game has no ads, does not collect any personal information, and is built solely for your enjoyment. How to play You start the game with 4 cards in hand and 10 spaces to play cards. Each turn you will draw a card from the deck and choose to either play a card to build your environment or discard. The objective is to maximize the amount of energy your environment produces. The game is over when you have used all of your playable spaces or your deck has run out of cards. Cards have attributes that can produce energy, create play spaces, add more cards to your deck, and other abilities to be discovered. Certain cards require other cards to be played first so having an understanding of your deck is important for developing an effective strategy. Every turn is a critical decision in managing spaces, card count, and energy output.
Hexweft
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Hexweft is a premium spellcraft roguelite where every cast is built from three interlocking decisions. BRAID YOUR OWN MAGIC - Combine six elements, six shapes, and six behaviors into 216 distinct spells - Build beams, storms, walls, orbits, circles, and projectiles that split, bounce, chase, grow, repeat, or explode - Read enemy weakness, resistance, and denied shape before committing focus - Discover synergies that reward purposeful combinations rather than a fixed spell list COMPACT STRATEGIC RUNS - Battle six original enemy families through escalating campaign stages - Choose between casting and meditation while managing health, focus, chain, and retaliation - Carry a growing local grimoire of discovered recipes across runs - Play deterministic Daily Weaves and Weekly Trials with optional Game Center scores and achievements PREMIUM AND OFFLINE - One purchase with no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, login, analytics, tracking, or developer-operated server - All battles, recipes, progression, art, and audio are included and available offline - Game Center is optional; the complete game works without authentication - Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels, reduced motion, button shapes, high contrast, and symbols beyond color are supported - Includes an original multi-movement soundtrack Hexweft contains mild abstract fantasy combat. All creatures, spells, art, and audio are original.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Neolysium at Free against Hexweft's $0.99. Neolysium also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Neolysium is free to download; Hexweft costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Neolysium ships an update every 9 days, Hexweft every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Neolysium | Hexweft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Samuel Anderson | Robert Corbin |
In-app purchases
Neolysium
No in-app purchases
Hexweft
No in-app purchases









