Comparison

Hex by Hex vs Pick The Pack

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

Head to head
About

Hex by Hex

Features
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Hex by Hex is a tight five minute roguelite race on a small hex map. Claim adjacent tiles, build up a resource economy, and race the Tide clock before the AI boxes you in. Each run is a fresh map, a new AI faction, and a clean shot at a faster finish time. KEY FEATURES - Five minute runs. Win by domination or survive the Tide. - Small hex maps keep the pace tight, no idle waits. - Three resources (wood, iron, food) auto convert to coins each tick. - Three one shot Edicts (Conscript, Blitz, Sabotage) for swing moments. - Recipe based economy: balance your bundles to mint coins faster. - Prize tiles, chokepoint bonuses, and border raids reward aggression. - Daily Tide challenge with a global Game Center leaderboard. - Full Unlock adds all map sizes, Hard and Brutal difficulty, and every edict. DESIGNED FOR ONE MORE GAME No ads. No energy meters. No offline timers. Just fresh maps and a clock that never stops. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pick The Pack

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Can you find the animals that belong together? Pick The Pack is a simple, accessible animal sorting game designed especially for toddlers and preschoolers, but anyone can play! It is built around clear pictures, spoken instructions, and easy-to-understand choices, so no reading is required. Listen to a request, explore the animals on screen, make your choice, and confirm your answer. Choose between two ways to play: โ€ข Levels: ten rounds that gradually become more challenging, with more animals and different groups appearing together. โ€ข Free Play: no levels, just keep picking animals for as long as you like. Meet 50 animals across five groups: farm animals, jungle animals, water animals, flying animals, and dinosaurs. Animal names can be spoken aloud, displayed under each picture, or both. Pick The Pack includes highly customizable accessibility settings: built-in voice guidance, VoiceOver support, optional spoken and displayed animal names, a dyslexia-friendly font, high contrast, reduced motion, adjustable speaking speed, voice encouragement, vibration feedback, and separate controls for sound and music volume. Play in English or Italian, completely offline and without an account. There are no advertisements, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Hex by Hex4 screens
Pick The Pack3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hex by Hex at Free against Pick The Pack's $1.99. Pick The Pack's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On 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

Hex by Hex is free to download; Pick The Pack costs $1.99 up front. Hex by Hex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pick The Pack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Hex by Hex versus Pick The Pack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHex by HexPick The Pack
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB49 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIndieCraft LLCLoredana Lania

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hex by Hex

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99
None

Pick The Pack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hex by Hex free?
Hex by Hex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pick The Pack free?
Pick The Pack costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hex by Hex or Pick The Pack have ads?
Neither Hex by Hex nor Pick The Pack shows ads.

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