Hive Order vs Match Attack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hexagon board matching
- Number merge puzzles
- Regular mode with final level
- Arcade mode for high scores
- Progressive difficulty
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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!
Match Attack
Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.
- Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
- Create powerful tile cascades
- Collect over 280 synergistic relics
- Progress through three distinct chapters
- Unlock permanent relics through runs
- Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hive Order at none against Match Attack's shown. Hive Order also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Hive Order sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hive Order holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 19 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hive Order | Match Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.7 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jin Chen | Michael Ip |
Customer experience
Hive Order
Match Attack
In-app purchases
Hive Order
- Premium Version Unlock$1.99
- Tip Developer$2.99
Match Attack
- Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99
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