Comparison

Tetranea vs Hive Order

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

Head to head
About

Tetranea

This puzzle game combines roguelike deckbuilding with tile-placement mechanics on a 9x9 grid. Build a unique deck each run to alter gameplay, with over 200 cards to discover and modify. Enjoy short or long runs with increasing difficulty and multiple scoring methods.

Highlights
  • Roguelike deckbuilding
  • Tile placement on 9x9 grid
  • 200+ discoverable cards
  • Card modification
  • Boss battles
  • Row and column chaining
  • Multiple scoring methods
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I built this game to combine two of my great loves in gaming: simple abstract spatial strategy, and deep, complex card deck builders. You can play it for a few minutes at a time, or really get into it and go down the rabbit hole of nearly 100 special cards with special powers. It looks kind of like one of the gazillion tetromino-placing games — pretty simple, usually full of ads, and not much more than making sure you lose after some arbitrary amount of time so they can show you more ads. This one is different. There's tetromino (and pentomino) placement to score points, but the whole game rests on your own deck of cards: shape cards you play on the board, and special cards with special powers. You play runs - series of boards that get harder and harder. Each board needs more points to beat, and some boards have bosses that do all kinds of crazy things. You can play short runs, long runs, and even infinite runs. Each run you get to add new cards to your deck and modify (or delete) existing ones. I've been working on this game for two years now, and I keep adding to it and polishing it. It's become a labor of love. I play it myself often, and friends I've introduced it to generally get hooked. The full game is free to try. There's just one single purchase that unlocks some of the run types. Supported languages: 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, Français, Deutsch, Español

About

Hive Order

A hexagon-based puzzle game where players match numbers to clear cells and advance through levels. Offers both a challenging regular mode with a final boss and an endless arcade mode for high scores.

Highlights
  • Hexagon board matching
  • Number merge puzzles
  • Regular mode with final level
  • Arcade mode for high scores
  • Progressive difficulty
Features
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A game of matching numbers on a hexagon board. Win all the cells and overcome the final level to beat the game in regular mode! Then try for as many points in arcade mode!

Screenshots

Tetranea4 screens
Hive Order4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hive Order at every 2 days against Tetranea's weekly. Hive Order also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Tetranea sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Hive Order sells 2 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 Tetranea against 5.0 for Hive Order. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tetranea ships an update weekly, Hive Order every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tetranea versus Hive Order: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTetraneaHive Order
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings514 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathanael BoxerJin Chen

Customer experience

Tetranea

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hive Order

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tetranea

One-time2
  • Tetranea Full Game$2.99
  • Tetranea Full Game$4.99
2 purchases

Hive Order

One-time2
  • Premium Version Unlock$1.99
  • Tip Developer$2.99

Questions

Is Tetranea free?
Tetranea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hive Order free?
Hive Order is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tetranea or Hive Order?
Tetranea and Hive Order are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 14 ratings respectively.
Do Tetranea or Hive Order have ads?
Neither Tetranea nor Hive Order shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tetranea or Hive Order?
Tetranea ships an update weekly, and Hive Order every 2 days. Most recently, Tetranea was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hive Order on October 14, 2026.

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