Pentatrix vs HEXTRI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pentatrix
A challenging puzzle game where triangular pieces fall and must be strategically placed to clear lines. It offers customizable challenges and various difficulty levels to test your spatial reasoning.
- Triangle-based falling puzzle gameplay
- Customizable challenges with rule sets
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Local high score tracking
- Controller and keyboard support
- Sharable custom games
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Pentatrix is a challenge that looks easy enough to underestimate and sharp enough to punish that mistake. Five triangles fall, twist, bounce, block each other, and turn every lazy move into a problem you have to solve later. If you want a puzzle that stays polite, this is not it. If you want a game that dares you to master its angles, Pentatrix is waiting. THE GAME Pentatrix rethinks falling-block puzzles with triangular pieces. Each piece is built from five triangles, creating shapes that do not behave the way your brain expects at first. Lines, gaps, angles, and falling directions all matter. The rules are clean, but the board gets complicated fast. Clear rows, survive the increasing speed, and learn how to place pieces before the geometry turns against you. CHALLENGES Build your own Challenge with multiple level and changing the rules that force you and your friends to adapt quickly. Different boards, start positions, fall directions, resolve rules, and end conditions create focused puzzles with their own rhythm. All sharable with your friends and enemies. Some challenges are about speed. Some are about precision. Some ask you to think several moves ahead just to keep the board alive. FEATURES • Triangle-based falling puzzle gameplay • Three difficulty levels • Local Highscore • Multiple button layouts for your ergonomy • Keyboard support • Controller support • Create your own games to challenge your friends – Custom rule sets – Different board shapes – Many resolve types - including by color – Decide which pieces come how often – Turn helpers on or off for your friends – Multilevel support with switching speeds and rules – Time Challenges – Sharable with your friends - including a shared Highscore We use the standard terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HEXTRI
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Fit triangular pieces onto a hexagonal board. Complete a line of any color, or form a small hexagon with six triangles of one color, to clear blocks and earn points. Play at your own pace with no time limit. Cleared pieces charge the reroll meter so you can replace the pieces in your tray. Play as a guest and submit your scores to the leaderboard. Link an account to edit your nickname or choose a tangram avatar. Only built-in avatars are used, not social profile photos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pentatrix at none against HEXTRI's shown. Pentatrix also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). HEXTRI's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pentatrix ships an update every 4 days, HEXTRI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pentatrix | HEXTRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vogelbusch & Co | Minseok Song |
In-app purchases
Pentatrix
No in-app purchases
HEXTRI
No in-app purchases





