Hexchess One vs Flow Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexchess One
Experience a unique chess variant on a hexagonal board with enhanced mobility and strategy. Compete in ranked matches, climb leaderboards, and solve puzzles to master the game and earn rewards.
- Hexagonal board chess variant
- Ranked matches and leaderboards
- Daily puzzles and puzzle campaigns
- Earn rewards through gameplay
- Multi-platform support
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Hexagonal chess is a chess variant played on a hexagonal board. The rules are similar to traditional chess, but allows for higher mobility, more aggressive tactics, and more complex strategies. HexChess One is a multi-platform client for hexagonal chess that allows you to compete against other players in ranked matches to climb the leaderboard and solve puzzles to master the game! Earn rewards by playing ranked games, solving the daily puzzle, or completing puzzle campaign levels!
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.
- Connect matching colors
- Cover the entire board
- Hundreds of shaped puzzles
- Daily new levels
- Time Trial mode
- Game Center achievements
- Cloud sync
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flow Free at 82% against Hexchess One's 0%. Flow Free also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (13K vs 4). Hexchess One's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Hexchess One asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 13K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hexchess One's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flow Free's.
Hexchess One ships an update every 4 weeks, Flow Free every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexchess One | Flow Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Zhang | Big Duck Games LLC |
Customer experience
Hexchess One
Flow Free
Bugs and requests
Hexchess One
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flow Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Accidental hint usage due to button placement
- Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels
Requested features
3 requests- Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
- Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
- Forward/backward level navigation
In-app purchases
Hexchess One
No in-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- Spring Greens Colors$0.99
- Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
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- Pastel Colors$0.99
- Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
- Winter Chill Colors$0.99
- Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
- Circle Pack 2$1.99
- 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
- Kids Pack$1.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- Extreme Alley 2$1.99
- 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
- Cube Pack 2$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
