Comparison

ultiMine X vs MineX 3D

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

Head to head
About

ultiMine X

Experience a beautifully designed classic Minesweeper game with multiple themes and customizable cell sizes. Enjoy Game Center integration for leaderboards and adjustable difficulty levels. Extensions are available through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Multiple minefield themes (square, hexagonal, octagonal)
  • Game Center integration for leaderboards
  • Customizable cell sizes
  • Left-handed and right-handed support
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Scrollable playing field
Features
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ultiMine X is an implementation of the classic MineSweeper game, designed to stand out of the crowd. A lot of design effort has been spent to make it one of the most beautiful and playable implementations of MineSweeper available on the platform. And it's free! Features: - universal app: runs on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch - three minefield themes are included out-of-the-box: 'Classic' theme (square cells), 'Honeycomb' theme (hexagonal cells) and 'Stone Floor' theme (octagonal and square cells) - extensions are available via In-App Purchase - Game Center integration: keep your score in Game Center leaderboards and compete with the rest of the world - fits your fingers: customize the size of the cells in the minefield to match your fingers' size - fits your hands: supports right-handed as well as left-handed operation - just rotate your device to switch interface mode - fits your courage: set difficulty level to beginner, intermediate or expert - play the game at ease with one hand, or use both hands for super-fast flagging - the choice is yours - first tap always reveals a clear opening in the minefield - scrollable playing field supports minefields bigger than your device's screen - customizable scroll behaviour: scroll with or without momentum - optimized graphics on Retina display - sound effects - free app ultiMine X is designed with flexibility in mind, so you may expect new In-App Purchase extensions to be added in the near future.

About

MineX 3D

Experience Minesweeper on a spherical surface where every tile has neighbors. Rotate, reveal, and survive across three difficulty levels or an infinite mode. Customize your game with various styles and environments.

Highlights
  • Spherical 3D Minesweeper gameplay
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Infinite mode with growing world
  • In-game currency for second chances
  • Customizable board styles and environments
  • Game Center leaderboards and local stats
  • Offline play
Features
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Minesweeper, wrapped around a sphere. MineX 3D takes the classic and puts it on a geodesic ball you rotate with your finger. There are no edges and no corners to hide behind. Every tile has neighbours, and the board keeps going when you spin it away. ROTATE, REVEAL, SURVIVE Drag to spin the sphere, pinch to zoom, tap to dig. A revealed number counts the mines touching that tile. Most tiles have six neighbours; the twelve pentagons have five. Clear every safe tile to win. Your first tap and everything around it is always safe, so the opening move can never lose. THREE SPHERES • Beginner: 92 tiles, 13 mines • Intermediate: 162 tiles, 26 mines • Expert: 642 tiles, 116 mines INFINITE MODE A flat world that grows as you clear it. Dig out a side and the fog rolls back, opening ground you have never seen. There is no win condition and no edge to reach, only how far you get. Your world is saved between sessions. A SECOND CHANCE Hit a mine and the board holds its breath before it blows. Spend a heart to take the move back, or let it go. You start with five hearts and earn one more every day. MAKE IT YOURS Six board styles: White + Blue, Metallic Blue, Warm Classic, Neon, Pastel and Football. Plus day and night environments, adjustable starfields, and a soundtrack you can change or mute without leaving the board. COMPETE Game Center leaderboards for every difficulty, and one for Infinite ranked on ground cleared. Local statistics track your best times, win rate and deepest runs. PLAY ANYWHERE No account. No signup. No internet needed. Everything runs on your device. MineX 3D is from B1 Games.

Screenshots

ultiMine X4 screens
MineX 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ultiMine X at none against MineX 3D's shown. ultiMine X also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ultiMine X sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and MineX 3D sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ultiMine X against 5.0 for MineX 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ultiMine X versus MineX 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterultiMine XMineX 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucid OakBiosystems One Inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ultiMine X

One-time4
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Rainy Window Theme$0.99
  • Valentine Theme$0.99
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  • Brazil Theme$0.99
6 purchases

MineX 3D

One-time6
  • 10 Hearts$0.99
  • 25 Hearts$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • All Board Styles$2.99
  • 60 Hearts$3.99
  • MineX 3D Premium$19.99

Questions

Is ultiMine X free?
ultiMine X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MineX 3D free?
MineX 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ultiMine X or MineX 3D?
ultiMine X and MineX 3D are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ultiMine X or MineX 3D have ads?
MineX 3D shows ads; ultiMine X does not.

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