Hex Defense! vs Silken Path
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex Defense!
Strategically place and merge weapons to defend a vibrant cube world. Demolish waves of incoming enemies by upgrading your arsenal with powerful skills. Protect the world from the encroaching evil hexes.
- Defeat enemy waves
- Merge weapons
- Demolish enemy stacks
- Upgrade skills
- Save the cube world
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Defeat waves of enemies! Use your weapons to demolish the enemies' stacks! Choose the best skills to upgrade your power! Save the cube world from the evil hexes!
Silken Path
A peaceful strategy puzzle game where you create elegant paths and master patterns to achieve higher scores. Explore different game modes, track your progress with advanced statistics, and compete on leaderboards. Enjoy an uninterrupted, ad-free experience.
- Elegant path creation
- Pattern mastery
- Multiple game modes (Classic, Zen, Bloom)
- Daily challenges
- Game Center leaderboards
- Performance statistics
- Replay functionality
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Silken Path is a serene strategy puzzle game about creating elegant paths, mastering patterns, and pushing your score higher with every run. Play at your own pace in Classic, or unlock additional ways to play with Silken Path Premium. FEATURES • Classic - Learn the path, refine your strategy, and chase a higher score. • Zen - A calmer way to play and focus on the journey. • Bloom - Discover another distinct way to approach the board. • Daily Journey - Return for a fresh daily challenge. • Game Center Leaderboards - Compare your best scores with other players. • Replays - Revisit completed runs and study your decisions. • Advanced Statistics - Dig deeper into your performance and progression. • Sakura Petals - Earn and use Petals within the Silken Path experience. PREMIUM Silken Path Premium is a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks Zen, Bloom, Daily Journey, replays, and advanced statistics. Optional Sakura Petal packs are also available as consumable in-app purchases. Whether you're looking for a peaceful puzzle session or trying to climb the leaderboards, every path is yours to shape. There will never be ads. You may play Classic Mode until your heart is content, with never an interruption from any ad, any popup, or anything to disturb your play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Silken Path at 100% against Hex Defense!'s 16%. Silken Path also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Hex Defense!'s advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Hex Defense! sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Silken Path sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Silken Path holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex Defense! has 4.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Hex Defense!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Silken Path's.
| Parameter | Hex Defense! | Silken Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 392 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Pulsar CLT |
Customer experience
Hex Defense!
Silken Path
Bugs and requests
Hex Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Towers not unlocking as expected
- Game crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- More maps and levels
- Additional tower types and upgrades
- Offline play option
Silken Path
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hex Defense!
- Tiny Gems Pack$0.99
- Small Gems Pack$4.99
- Speed Up$4.99
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- Golden Pass$6.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Auto Blessings$7.99
- Medium Gems Pack$9.99
- Special Offer: Minigun$12.99
- Special Offer: Inferno$14.99
- Special Offer: Tesla$19.99
- Large Gems Pack$19.99
- Super Ads Bundle$24.99
- Huge Gems Pack$44.99
- Ultimate Gems Pack$99.99
Silken Path
- 150 Sakura Petals$0.99
- 450 Sakura Petals$1.99
- 1000 Sakura Petals$2.99
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- Silken Path Premium$3.99
- 1000 Sakura Petals$4.99
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