Comparison

Strata vs Mine

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

Head to head
About

Strata

Features
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Minesweeper. Unboxed. The rules haven't changed. The grid has. Strata generates a new irregularly shaped board every time you play. No rectangles. No predictable patterns. Narrow corridors, isolated pockets, organic contours -- each puzzle is terrain you've never seen before. Same deduction. Same flags. Same satisfying cascade when you nail a zero-cell. But the geometry forces you to think again. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMBS Grids are deliberately small with large touch targets. No pinch-to-zoom. No panning. No squinting at tiny cells. The entire puzzle fits on one screen, playable one-handed. THREE DIFFICULTY TIERS Easy: Wide, forgiving shapes. 20-30 cells. Room to breathe. Medium: Corridors appear. Neighbor counts drop. 35-50 cells. Hard: Narrow bridges, peninsulas, 2-neighbor cells. 55-75 cells. Guessing happens. THE SHAPE IS THE GAME Irregular grids disrupt the patterns you've internalized from thousands of rectangular games. A cell with 3 neighbors instead of 8 changes everything. Peninsulas isolate information. Narrow bridges create chokepoints. The shape is the puzzle. WHAT YOU GET - Procedurally generated irregular grids - Classic minesweeper rules (tap to reveal, long-press to flag) - First-tap safety on every board - Per-difficulty stats: win rate, best time, streaks - Game state saves automatically - Haptic feedback tuned to each action - Dark mode by default WHAT YOU DON'T GET No tutorials. No hints. No ads. No accounts. No cloud. No in-app purchases. No internet required. Ever. A puzzle game for people who already know minesweeper.

About

Mine

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Mine is the puzzle game minesweeper was always meant to be on iOS. Zero ads — not now, not ever. No banners, no interstitials, no interruptions. Built from the ground up with SwiftUI and designed around Apple's Liquid Glass aesthetic, Mine feels unlike anything else in the category. Frosted glass tiles. Soft haptic feedback on every reveal. Cascade animations that ripple across the board like water. This is minesweeper as a premium iOS experience. GAME MODES • Calm — a gentle 9Ɨ9 board, perfect for a quiet moment • Focus — the classic 16Ɨ16 challenge • Deep — a demanding expert grid for serious players • Game of the Day — a fresh daily puzzle, seeded and shared. Come back every day. WHAT MAKES MINE DIFFERENT • Liquid Glass tiles that feel physically real • CoreHaptics feedback — every flag, reveal, and win has its own feel • Flood-fill reveals that cascade elegantly, never all-at-once • Safe first tap — you will never explode on move one • Zero ads — not now, not ever. No banners, no interstitials, no interruptions. MINE PRO (one-time purchase — not a subscription) • All themes — current and future • Custom board sizes • Daily Challenge replay (last 30 days) • iCloud sync across all your devices Mine Pro is a single permanent purchase. Pay once, own it forever. No subscription, no recurring charges, no energy bars, no timers. Just the game. Mine is for people who love puzzles and love beautiful iOS software. Privacy Policy: https://dmmdev.store/mine/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Strata4 screens
Mine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strata at none against Mine's 1. Strata also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Mine's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Mine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strata asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strata ships an update every 4 months, Mine daily. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Strata versus Mine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrataMine
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew KearneyDMM DEV

In-app purchases

None

Strata

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mine

One-time1
  • Mine Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Strata free?
Strata is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mine free?
Mine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strata or Mine have ads?
Neither Strata nor Mine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strata or Mine?
Strata ships an update every 4 months, and Mine daily. Most recently, Strata was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mine on October 25, 2026.

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