Hexarch vs Wayline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexarch
A complete 4X strategy game playable offline on iPhone and iPad. Build your civilization, explore a hidden world, and choose from four distinct victory conditions. Engage in diplomacy, warfare, and economic management against AI rivals.
- Offline 4X strategy gameplay
- Four distinct victory conditions
- AI rivals with unique personalities
- Real-time global market simulation
- Diplomacy and siege warfare
- Pass-and-play and asynchronous multiplayer
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Hexarch is a complete 4X strategy game for iPhone and iPad, built one hex at a time. Free, with no ads, no in-app purchases, no account and no tracking. It plays fully offline. Your civilization starts with a single city in a world hidden beneath the clouds. Send out warriors and workers, uncover forests, mountains and coastlines, and turn them into farms, mines, lumber camps and harbors. Then decide how you want to win. FOUR WAYS TO WIN • Domination — be the last civilization standing • Tech — research 20 of 25 technologies • Economy — amass 2,000 gold and raise three Wonders • Score — lead the world when the turn limit arrives A REAL ECONOMY • Every city feeds its people — grain surpluses grow your cities • Workers build farms, mines, camps, markets, banks and universities • A living global market: sell a flood of iron and watch the price crash • Automatic trade routes between your cities earn steady gold • Wonders, districts and faction buildings reward careful planning RIVALS WITH PERSONALITY • Six civilizations, each with its own bonuses, unique units and buildings • AI rivals who expand, trade, research, declare war and sue for peace • Four difficulty levels, from relaxed to Brutal • Unlock bonus civilizations and the Machina boss by winning A WORLD FULL OF CHOICES • Diplomacy: peace treaties, trade pacts, gifts and grudges that fade over time • Siege warfare: break a city's walls before you can take it • Optional barbarians, city-states you can befriend or vassalize, and story events • Ancient ruins, bonus resources and a tech tree with branching strategies PLAY YOUR WAY • Single player against up to five AI rivals • Pass-and-play multiplayer on one device • Share a match file with a friend and take turns asynchronously • Autosave after every turn — continue exactly where you left off • Records track your victories, best scores and fastest wins Hexarch is a complete game: no ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts and no tracking. Your saves never leave your device.
Wayline
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Wayline is a compact transport strategy game about keeping a growing city moving. Build bus, tram, and train routes between stops, stations, and districts. Watch passenger demand rise, improve your network, and make quick decisions before crowds overwhelm the city. Each run gives you a new chance to improve your layout, deliver more passengers, earn medals, and master different city maps. Features: Build routes for buses, trams, and trains Manage passenger demand across compact city maps Upgrade routes, stations, capacity, speed, and service frequency Earn medals based on passengers delivered Play daily city challenges Works offline with no ads or tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hexarch at daily against Wayline's monthly. Wayline's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hexarch ships an update daily, Wayline monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hexarch | Wayline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yves Flueckiger | EOIN J TOLSTER |
In-app purchases
Hexarch
No in-app purchases
Wayline
No in-app purchases









