Comparison

Erwin vs Hexatoria

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

Head to head
About

Erwin

Experience a unique 3D sliding puzzle on a cube's six faces. Merge tiles, rotate the cube, and discover quantum effects like superposition and entanglement. Play with friends in multiplayer mode.

Highlights
  • 3D cube sliding puzzle
  • Tile merging and scoring
  • Quantum effects (superposition, entanglement)
  • Cube rotation for multiple faces
  • Local multiplayer via Game Center
  • Universal app purchase
Features
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Erwin is a sliding puzzle played on the six faces of a cube, a unique 3D experience with spatial audio and holographic depth effects. Swipe to slide and merge tiles, or swipe the background to rotate the cube and work the other sides. Tiles have a value that doubles when they merge, and each merge adds to your score. Play long enough and quantum effects begin to appear: some tiles are in superposition, alternating between two values, some entangled and move together, and some even teleport. Play together with friends via Game Center Multiplayer: take turns on a shared cube, watch each other's moves in real time, and climb the cooperative leaderboard. Universal purchase with Family sharing: pay once, and play Erwin on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with up to six family members. Erwin respects your privacy and your wallet. This is an app I wanted for myself without compromise or dark patterns: pay once and it's yours, on all your devices, with no ads, no nagging in-app purchases, no tracking, no profiling.

About

Hexatoria

Features
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Hexatoria is a calm, turn-based strategy game on a hex map. Grow your land, keep farms fed, raise towers, and take the rival capitals before they take yours. โ€ข Simple rules, clear outcomes. Every fight is decided by the pieces on the board โ€” no dice, no luck. โ€ข Real tactics. Encircle enemy land, cut off regions, and guard your borders with towers. โ€ข 60 hand-numbered maps, the same for every player. Play against 1 to 5 bots. โ€ข Three bot difficulties: easy, medium, hard. โ€ข Short matches. No timers, no pressure, no reflexes needed. โ€ข Works fully offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking. โ€ข Your match is saved automatically, so you can stop any time. โ€ข Available in 12 languages.

Screenshots

Erwin4 screens
Hexatoria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hexatoria at Free against Erwin's $4.99. Hexatoria also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Hexatoria is free to download; Erwin costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Erwin versus Hexatoria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErwinHexatoria
Price$4.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size43 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTamas BartalAndriy Lypovskiy

In-app purchases

None

Erwin

No in-app purchases

None

Hexatoria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Erwin free?
Erwin costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexatoria free?
Hexatoria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Erwin or Hexatoria have ads?
Neither Erwin nor Hexatoria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Erwin or Hexatoria?
Erwin ships an update every 8 days, and Hexatoria every 8 days. Most recently, Erwin was updated on October 20, 2026 and Hexatoria on October 14, 2026.

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