Comparison

hexris vs Morass

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

Head to head
About

hexris

Features
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A block puzzle game with a twist โ€” play on a hexagonal grid!

About

Morass

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Morass is a quiet strategy game about the hardest line to draw: the edge of what you hold. You place pins on a landscape of hills, valleys, and water. After every move, Morass reads the terrain and redraws the borders โ€” your ground against theirs โ€” with the boundary settling like water finding its level. Hold the high ground and your influence reaches further. Cluster your pins and you harden a stronghold. Overreach, and the marsh takes back what you couldn't keep. It learns in a single round and stays with you for a hundred. No timers, no noise โ€” just you, the board, and the slow tightening of a line. PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Solo against an adaptive opponent that scales to your skill โ€” and stays honestly beatable at the very top โ€ข Practice mode with undo and no rating, to try a line without consequence โ€ข Two players, pass-and-play on one device BUILT TO BE CALM โ€ข A spare, tactile board in warm light or quiet dark โ€ข The same game across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch โ€ข Free โ€” no ads, and no tracking of any kind. The only purchase is a tip jar, if it's earned one. ABOUT THE NAME A morass is boundary ground: the place where solid land and open water stop being distinct, where the edge is the exact thing that's hard to locate. That's the whole game: finding the line in terrain that resists having one. Made by one person. If a quiet minute or two of it lands, that means a lot.

Screenshots

hexris1 screens
Morass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hexris at none against Morass's 3. hexris also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Morass's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Morass sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. hexris asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hexris ships an update every 5 weeks, Morass every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
hexris versus Morass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhexrisMorass
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXusheng LiRobert Hoekstra

In-app purchases

None

hexris

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Morass

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$2.99
  • Large Coffee$4.99

Questions

Is hexris free?
hexris is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Morass free?
Morass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do hexris or Morass have ads?
Neither hexris nor Morass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hexris or Morass?
hexris ships an update every 5 weeks, and Morass every 2 days. Most recently, hexris was updated on October 19, 2026 and Morass on October 3, 2026.

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