Comparison

Ordna vs HexSort

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

HexSort

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Ordna4 screens
HexSort4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ordna sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HexSort asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ordna ships an update every 3 weeks, HexSort every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ordna versus HexSort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrdnaHexSort
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreat Scott ABAlchemaize

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ordna

One-time1
  • Ordna Supporter$4.99
None

HexSort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ordna free?
Ordna is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HexSort free?
HexSort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ordna or HexSort have ads?
Neither Ordna nor HexSort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ordna or HexSort?
Ordna ships an update every 3 weeks, and HexSort every 5 months. Most recently, Ordna was updated on October 31, 2026 and HexSort on October 31, 2026.

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