Hex by Hex vs TinkSnap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex by Hex
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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/
TinkSnap
This app allows children to build and animate creations using colorful shapes. Users can customize designs with various colors and textures, then bring their creations to life with playful animations. It offers both guided and open-ended building modes.
- Build with colorful shapes
- Customize colors and textures
- Bring creations to life with animations
- Satisfying snap effects
- Guided starter builds
- Open-ended creative mode
- Easy editing tools
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Build, snap, and bring your imagination to life with TinkSnap! TinkSnap is a playful creative building app where kids combine colorful shapes to make vehicles, creatures, characters, buildings, and anything else they can imagine. Drag shapes onto the canvas and watch them connect with satisfying magnetic style movement. Resize, rotate, layer, and duplicate pieces to create something completely unique. Make every creation your own by choosing from different colors and playful textures. Add bright patterns, fun finishes, and creative details to transform simple shapes into exciting designs. When your creation is ready, press "Bring to Life" to make it move! Choose from playful animations and watch your vehicle drive, your creature bounce, or your own invention dance across the screen. FEATURES: -Build with colorful shapes and decor Combine simple pieces to create vehicles, animals, characters, buildings, and more. -Customize colors and textures Give each shape a new look with colorful patterns, textures, and finishes. -Bring creations to life Choose fun animations and watch your finished designs move, bounce, float, shake, and play. -Satisfying snap effects Shapes connect with playful magnetic movement, sounds, and visual effects. -Guided starter builds Follow visual guides to create fun designs and learn how the building tools work. -Open-ended creative mode Build anything you can imagine with no scores, timers, or wrong answers. -Easy editing tools Move, rotate, resize, duplicate, layer, and remove shapes while you build. -Save and capture your creations Save favorite designs to continue building later, or take a picture of your finished creation and save it to your device’s photo library. -Designed for kids Simple controls, clear visuals, and a playful experience made for independent creativity. -Built with accessibility in mind Supports VoiceOver with accessible shape selection, movement, editing actions, helpful labels, and spoken feedback. TinkSnap is ad-free. Optional full access is available through a single one-time purchase, with no subscriptions or ongoing fees. Build something familiar, invent something silly, and bring your creations to life with TinkSnap!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hex by Hex at every 2 days against TinkSnap's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Hex by Hex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TinkSnap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hex by Hex ships an update every 2 days, TinkSnap every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex by Hex | TinkSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IndieCraft LLC | Cinder Code LLC |
In-app purchases
Hex by Hex
- Unlock Full Game$4.99
TinkSnap
- TinkSnap Premium Access$4.99





