Comparison

Mine Clear Puzzle vs Extended Minesweeper

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

Head to head
About

Mine Clear Puzzle

A classic logic puzzle game where players clear a minefield by revealing safe squares and flagging hidden mines. Use deduction and pattern recognition to avoid explosions and win.

Highlights
  • Minefield clearing gameplay
  • Logic and deduction challenges
  • Pattern recognition puzzles
  • Single-player puzzle experience
  • Grid-based mine detection
Features
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Minesweeper, also commonly known as Minesweeper or Minesweeper Flag Game, is a single-player puzzle video game. The objective of the game is to clear a minefield without triggering any of the hidden mines. The player is presented with a grid of squares, some of which contain mines, while others are safe to click. The game begins with all squares covered, and the player must carefully click on squares to reveal them. If a square contains a mine, the game ends immediately. However, if a square is safe, it will either reveal a number indicating the number of adjacent mines, or it will reveal an empty space. The player must use this information to deduce the locations of the mines and mark them with flags. As the player progresses, they can use various strategies, such as counting the number of adjacent mines indicated by revealed squares or using patterns and shapes to identify potential mine locations. The game becomes increasingly challenging as the size of the grid and the number of mines increase. Minesweeper is a popular game that tests the player's logic, deduction, and pattern recognition skills. It is often included as a standard feature in many operating systems, making it accessible to a wide range of players.

About

Extended Minesweeper

Features
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Minesweeper Extended is the classic mine-hunting puzzle you grew up with — rebuilt natively for iPhone, sharpened with one small but game-changing rule. THE EXTENDED RULE In classic Minesweeper, a closed cell tells you nothing until you tap it. In Minesweeper Extended, the moment any of a cell's neighbors is opened, that closed cell starts showing how many mines sit around it. Nothing is faked, nothing is leaked — the hint is just the cell's own honest adjacency count, surfaced earlier. The result is a game with the same pure logic, far less blind guessing, and a flow that feels closer to a real puzzle than a coin flip. THREE DIFFICULTIES • Easy — 8 × 8 board, 10 mines. A coffee-break game. • Medium — 16 × 16 board, 40 mines. The classic challenge. • Hard — 16 × 30 board, 99 mines. For when you want to actually think. BUILT FOR IPHONE • First tap is always safe — no instant losses, no restarts on move one. • Tap to open. Long-press to cycle flag → question mark → clear. • Crisp haptic feedback on every open, flag and explosion. • Best times saved per difficulty so you can chase your own record. • Auto-save: close the app mid-game and pick up exactly where you left off. • Clean, native SwiftUI interface — no clutter, no popups, no nonsense. NO ACCOUNTS. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. The full game is free. There are no banners, no rewarded videos, no subscriptions, no accounts, no analytics. Everything runs locally on your device — your best times never leave your phone. OPTIONAL TIP JAR If you genuinely enjoy the game and want to support an independent developer, there's a Support screen with three optional tip tiers. They unlock absolutely nothing — they're just a thank-you. The game is exactly the same whether you tip or not. Made by a solo developer who still thinks Minesweeper is the best puzzle game ever shipped. Have fun.

Screenshots

Mine Clear Puzzle1 screens
Extended Minesweeper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Extended Minesweeper at Free against Mine Clear Puzzle's $1.99. Mine Clear Puzzle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Extended Minesweeper is free to download; Mine Clear Puzzle costs $1.99 up front. Extended Minesweeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mine Clear Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Mine Clear Puzzle versus Extended Minesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMine Clear PuzzleExtended Minesweeper
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer胜前 刘Ivan Chernov

In-app purchases

None

Mine Clear Puzzle

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Extended Minesweeper

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Nice tip$2.99
  • Generous tip$4.99

Questions

Is Mine Clear Puzzle free?
Mine Clear Puzzle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Extended Minesweeper free?
Extended Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mine Clear Puzzle or Extended Minesweeper have ads?
Neither Mine Clear Puzzle nor Extended Minesweeper shows ads.

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