Mini Chess 5x4 vs Hexagonal Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Chess 5x4
Experience a unique tactical challenge with a smaller board in this classic strategy game. It offers puzzles, achievements, and an endless mode with randomly generated positions. Play completely offline with no ads or data collection.
- 5x4 chess board variant
- Tactical complexity
- Multiple puzzles
- Achievements and unlockables
- Endless position generator
- Offline play
- No ads
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A mini version of the worlds most popular board game. It may look simple on first sight, but do not underestimate the new tactical complexity of a small board. I created multiple puzzles, achievements and unlockables. When you finish all puzzles you unlock and endless position generator, which allows you to play on forever in randomly generated positions. This app is free and has no ads. We also collect no personal data and the app works completely offline. Thanks for giving it a try! :-).
Hexagonal Chess
Experience a unique twist on classic chess with six-directional movement and an expanded board. Challenge a friend in person or test your skills against an AI opponent.
- Six-directional piece movement
- Expanded board with additional colors
- Play against a friend locally
- Challenge an AI opponent
- Unique chess variant
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New location, new environment, same rules 50% more directions to move pieces 42% more board fields (with additional color) You can play with a friend but not online, so pretend it is 1990 and actually meet people or you can challenge an AI bot
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mini Chess 5x4 at 5.0 against Hexagonal Chess's 1.0. Mini Chess 5x4 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Chess 5x4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mini Chess 5x4's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hexagonal Chess's.
Mini Chess 5x4 ships an update fortnightly, Hexagonal Chess every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Chess 5x4 | Hexagonal Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rudolf Dr. Jagdhuber | Konrad Leszczyski |
Customer experience
Mini Chess 5x4
Hexagonal Chess
In-app purchases
Mini Chess 5x4
No in-app purchases
Hexagonal Chess
No in-app purchases
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