Minesweeper Hex vs Hex Star Battle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper Hex
Experience the classic Minesweeper puzzle with a hexagonal twist. This game offers a minimalist design for quick, strategic thinking sessions to challenge your mind.
- Hexagon grid gameplay
- Minimalist design
- Strategic puzzle solving
- Quick play sessions
- Mind-tickling challenges
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Rediscover the classic game of Minesweeper with a twist! Minesweeper Hex brings you a whole new way to play the timeless puzzle, featuring hexagon fields instead of squares. With it's minimalistic style it’s the perfect game for a quick session of strategic thinking to tickle the mind.
Hex Star Battle
This logic puzzle game challenges players to place stars on a hexagonal grid according to specific rules for regions and lines. It offers classic and double star modes, multiple difficulty levels, and daily puzzles with streak tracking. Enjoy a pure, logical solving experience without timers or interruptions.
- Hexagonal grid logic puzzles
- Classic and Double Star modes
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Daily puzzles with streak tracking
- Global leaderboards
- Step-by-step logic hints
- Colorblind-friendly and dark mode
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Hex Star Battle is a logic puzzle game similar to Queens or Star Battle played on a hexagonal grid. Place stars so that every color region and every line has exactly the right number. For the classic Queens variant: no two stars may touch, even diagonally. For the Double variant, similar to Star Battle: 2 stars must be in every region and along every line. • Classic mode (1 star per region/line) and Double Star mode (2 stars) for a genuinely different challenge • Five difficulty tiers, from gentle Easy puzzles to Expert and Extreme brain-benders • A new Daily Puzzle every day for both modes, with streak tracking • Global leaderboards and personal best times • Step-by-step hints that explain the actual logic — not just the answer • Colorblind-friendly region patterns, dark mode, and undo/redo No timers forcing your hand, no ads interrupting a puzzle — just satisfying, purely logical solving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hex Star Battle at 5.0 against Minesweeper Hex's 3.3. Minesweeper Hex's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hex Star Battle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Minesweeper Hex ships an update fortnightly, Hex Star Battle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper Hex | Hex Star Battle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SEGIT | Corey Wu |
Customer experience
Minesweeper Hex
Hex Star Battle
In-app purchases
Minesweeper Hex
No in-app purchases
Hex Star Battle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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