Comparison

Subway Hero vs Hexbreakers

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

Head to head
About

Subway Hero

Embark on an action-packed adventure as a subway hero. Merge and upgrade abilities to defeat enemies, save your dog, and clear the subway tracks in a thrilling chase.

Highlights
  • Merge and upgrade abilities
  • Defeat enemies
  • Save your dog
  • Clear subway tracks
  • Action-packed adventure
Features
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Help John Nick, a subway hero with a mission, to merge, upgrade, and outsmart enemies in this action-packed adventure. • Merge & Upgrade to unlock John Nick’s powerful abilities. • Defeat enemies with swift, clever moves with John Nick! • Save Your Dog and clear the subway tracks of enemies in an epic, thrilling chase! Download Subway Hero now and help John Nick bring peace back to the subway!

About

Hexbreakers

Features
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Become a Hexbreaker! Assemble your ultimate team—from archers and knights to boxers and snipers—and charge into battle! Smash through hexagon tile stacks, slay goblins and werewolves, and race to outplay your opponent in intense lane-based combat. Carefully choose your loadout and smash through the hexes to win!

Screenshots

Subway Hero4 screens
Hexbreakers4 screens

Verdict

The call

Subway Hero and Hexbreakers are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Subway Hero versus Hexbreakers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway HeroHexbreakers
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB357 MB
Age rating9+9+
DevelopermayaworksSRG Studios, Corp.

In-app purchases

None

Subway Hero

No in-app purchases

None

Hexbreakers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subway Hero free?
Subway Hero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexbreakers free?
Hexbreakers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Subway Hero or Hexbreakers have ads?
Both Subway Hero and Hexbreakers show ads.
Which is updated more often, Subway Hero or Hexbreakers?
Subway Hero ships an update daily, and Hexbreakers daily. Most recently, Subway Hero was updated on October 4, 2026 and Hexbreakers on September 30, 2026.

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