Ordna vs HexSort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ordna
Engage in a collection of 1000 quiet, ad-free sorting puzzles. Move colored blocks to organize them by column, with unlimited undos and free restarts. Hints are available when you get stuck, and a new daily puzzle offers a unique challenge.
- 1000 unique sorting puzzles
- No timers or scores
- Unlimited undo and free restart
- Optional hints for difficult levels
- Daily challenge puzzles
- Multiple visual themes
- Offline play
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Ordna is a sort puzzle — a thousand of them. Sort puzzles got loud. This one's quiet. One install, one thousand puzzles, no interruptions. THE GAME Sort coloured blocks across columns until each column holds one colour. Move a block to an empty column, or onto another block of the same colour. That's all the rules. No timer. No score. Undo is unlimited; restart is free. Difficulty climbs in stages, each step adding more colours or columns. Every puzzle has been solved by exhaustive search before it shipped — you'll never stare at an unsolvable board. The full field of a thousand is open from the start. Pick any number, in any order. Skip the ones that don't land. WHEN YOU GET STUCK Hit a wall, and a hint appears — no shame, no charge. It shows the next optimal move and then gets out of the way. THE DAILY A new puzzle, daily. Same one for everyone, no hints — same test, same day. Some days easy, some days a knot. WHAT'S INSIDE · 1000 puzzles, deterministically numbered (your puzzle #347 is everyone's puzzle #347) · Multiple visual themes, from a muted everyday palette to painterly illustrated blocks · iCloud progress sync across your devices · Available in over 30 languages · Designed for iOS 26, built natively in SwiftUI · Fully offline — no account, no login, no internet required THE BUSINESS Free. No ads, no gems, no catch. Themes change how Ordna looks, never how it plays. If you like the game, chip in once and unlock every theme — that's the whole business model. Analytics are anonymous and EU-hosted (TelemetryDeck). No personal data, no third-party trackers. THE MAKER Built by an independent developer in Sweden. Feedback comes through email or App Store reviews — the old-fashioned way. Sort, solve, set down. Pick it up again when you want to.
HexSort
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Drag colored hexes from the tray onto the board. Stack ten of the same color to clear them. Survive as long as you can. Pointy-top hex grid, soft shadows, satisfying snap on placement. No ads in your face, no virtual currency, no streak meters guilting you to play tomorrow. Features: • Two power-ups: undo move, reroll the tray • Best-score tracking, locally • Sound and music toggles • Works offline • iPhone and iPad • No accounts, no telemetry, no IDFA Some sort puzzles want you in the loop forever. This one is fine if you put it down. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HexSort at none against Ordna's 1. HexSort also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Ordna's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads 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. Ordna sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HexSort asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ordna ships an update every 3 weeks, HexSort every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Ordna | HexSort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Scott AB | Alchemaize |
In-app purchases
Ordna
- Ordna Supporter$4.99
HexSort
No in-app purchases









