Comparison

Spider Solitaire` vs Hexbrew

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

Head to head
About

Spider Solitaire`

Experience classic Spider Solitaire with over 50 customizable themes. Enjoy multiple difficulty modes, solvable deals, and engaging animations. Track your progress and compete globally.

Highlights
  • 3 Game Modes (Difficulty)
  • Solvable Deals option
  • 50+ Classic Themes
  • Win Animations
  • Auto Hints
  • Landscape Mode
  • Global Leaderboards
Features
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*SPIDER SOLITAIRE NOW with MORE THAN 50+ CLASSIC THEMES* :) Your free themes are waiting! Play Spider Solitaire with its all classic graphics and gameplay! Customize your game with tons of settings and make the game your own. Earn coins and unlock gorgeous classic themes. Get lost in the world of classic Spider Solitaire! Key Features: • 3 Game Modes (Difficulty): Play the Easy (1 Suit), Medium (2 Suits) and Hard (4 Suits) classic Spider Solitaire game modes • Solvable Deals: Choose to play solvable deals with our solvable deal algorithm • 50+ gorgeous classic themes: Unlock these themes with coins. Complete deals to earn coins • Win Animations: See the classic card waterfall animations when you complete a game! • No More Moves: The game will tell you if there are no more moves to play • Card Speed: Choose from 5 different card animation speeds from slow to fast • 3D Animations: Card pick up and placement animations along with haptic feedback provide a great gameplay feel • Landscape mode: Landscape lovers for the win! You can play in landscape mode on any device but nothing beats playing Spider Solitaire in landscape mode on a tablet, while watching your favorite show picture-in-picture • Auto Hints: You can choose the game to show hints automatically after a period of inactivity • How To Play: Learn how to play Spider Solitaire with visual tutorials • Tons of Settings: Customize your game with different settings such as enabling/disabling Card Shadows, Auto Hints, Vibration and much more • Lefty Support: Are you a lefty? You can choose to change the board layout for left handed play • Swipe Gestures: Swipe left to undo, swipe right to redo and swipe down to show a hint • Undo Forever: Press & hold Undo to perform a series of undos • Save/Load: The game will automatically continue where you left off from when you launch the app • Stats: Keep track of your high scores, best times, win percentage and other stats for each game mode • Leaderboards: Compete with players from around the world with global leaderboards Functions: • Solvable Deals: Select the solvable deal option from the New Game window to play solvable deals. An algorithm will work for you to find a solvable game of your specified game type so an online connection is not needed for this feature to work • Card Animations: You can choose different card animations from the Settings window. This includes stars, points and card placement animations • Swipe Gestures: Swipe on an empty area to perform an action. Press and hold on an empty area to see the allowed swipe gesture area and the actions you can perform. Check out the How To Play window for a visual tutorial • Controls Bar (Bottom Bar): Tap on an empty area or hold the bottom bar and swipe it down to hide the bottom controls bar. Swipe up or tap on empty area to show the bottom bar again • Themes: You can select the deck, card back and background of a theme separately so you can mix and match elements of different themes. Unlock themes with the coins you earn by playing deals in Solitaire Save & Restore your themes with Game Center: • Save your themes by logging into Game Center so you can restore them if you happen to switch to a different device • Make sure your themes are saved by checking your achievements. If an achievement is unlocked for a particular theme then that theme is saved Make sure you are logged into Game Center (if you are not automatically logged in): • Click on the leaderboards button located in the Settings window • If the game doesn't log you in or prompt a login window after a few seconds close the app • Go to your device's settings and login to Game Center from there • Open Spider Solitaire and click on the leaderboards button again and it should log you in Enjoy!

About

Hexbrew

Deduce the secret potion recipe by placing ingredients in the correct order. Use logic and feedback from the cauldron to solve the daily puzzle within six attempts. Enjoy unlimited practice with random recipes offline.

Highlights
  • Daily deduction puzzle
  • Ingredient placement logic
  • Cauldron feedback system
  • Offline play
  • Unlimited practice mode
  • Spoiler-free sharing
Features
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Every night the cauldron wants a different potion: four ingredients, four slots, one correct order — the same secret recipe for every player in the world. You get six brews. The cauldron never speaks. It answers in smoke: a green puff for every ingredient in its right slot, an amber puff for every ingredient that belongs in the brew but sits in the wrong place. Which puff belongs to which ingredient? That's your problem. And when tonight's cauldron settles, the floor opens: the Hex Trials, a descending gauntlet of ever-crueler cauldrons — silent omens, fewer brews, no mercy. One spoiled brew ends the run. How deep can you go? • A new deduction puzzle at midnight, every night, same for everyone • The omen: each night reveals how many Living, Celestial and Elemental ingredients the recipe wants • Aggregate smoke feedback — pure logic, no letter knowledge needed • After three failed brews the cauldron spits out one wrong ingredient • THE HEX TRIALS: an endless gauntlet below the daily — each tier a fresh recipe on harsher terms, one loss ends the descent, deepest trial is your mastery mark • ESSENCE: every potion bottled pays essence — fewer brews pay more, deeper trials pay richer; earned only by play, never sold • Spend or survive: essence buys a mid-trial Whisper (one true ingredient) or exclusive sigils — you can't hoard both • COVEN CONTRACTS: three fresh bounties every night — bottle it swiftly, read three greens, descend the Trials, hold a streak — each paying essence, a new reason to open the app tomorrow • THE AUGURIES: twenty lifetime marks of mastery to unseal, from your first potion to Trial X and a hundred tiers cleared — a collection to chase for months • THE GRIMOIRE: every daily win bottles a named potion — Flawless, True, or Scraped by your brew count — with collection milestones that pay essence • Climb the Coven Ladder: nine ranks from Kitchen Hedge to Coven Matriarch, each earned by potions bottled • Coven Sigils that tint your brew — five earned by rank, three more bought with essence • A quiet, original cauldron score with soft reactive sound (music and SFX toggles), plus a calm drifting ambient • Streaks, win distribution, and a spoiler-free emoji share card • Practice cauldron with unlimited random recipes once the daily is done • A hands-on first brew that teaches itself — no wall of rules • Entirely offline and private — nothing collected, ever Six brews. Choose them well. Then see how deep the Trials go.

Screenshots

Spider Solitaire`4 screens
Hexbrew4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hexbrew at none against Spider Solitaire`'s 8. Hexbrew also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Spider Solitaire`'s advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (46 vs 1). On price 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. Spider Solitaire` sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Hexbrew asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hexbrew holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spider Solitaire` has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spider Solitaire` ships an update daily, Hexbrew every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Spider Solitaire` versus Hexbrew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpider Solitaire`Hexbrew
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (46 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStill57Jordan Wegner

Customer experience

Spider Solitaire`

All ratings45 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hexbrew

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Spider Solitaire`

One-time8
  • 2.000 Coins$0.99
  • 5.000 Coins$1.99
  • Spider Solitaire 2x Coins$2.49
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  • 10.000 Coins$2.99
  • Spider Solitaire No Ads$3.99
  • 25.000 Coins$4.99
  • 60.000 Coins$6.99
  • 150.000 Coins$9.99
None

Hexbrew

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spider Solitaire` free?
Spider Solitaire` is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexbrew free?
Hexbrew is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spider Solitaire` or Hexbrew?
Hexbrew is rated higher. Spider Solitaire` averages 4.6 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Hexbrew averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spider Solitaire` or Hexbrew have ads?
Spider Solitaire` shows ads; Hexbrew does not.
Which is updated more often, Spider Solitaire` or Hexbrew?
Spider Solitaire` ships an update daily, and Hexbrew every 5 weeks. Most recently, Spider Solitaire` was updated on November 4, 2026 and Hexbrew on October 31, 2026.

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