Comparison

Hexarch vs Wayline

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Wayline

Features
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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

Screenshots

Hexarch4 screens
Wayline4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexarch ships an update daily, Wayline monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hexarch versus Wayline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexarchWayline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB86 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperYves FlueckigerEOIN J TOLSTER

In-app purchases

None

Hexarch

No in-app purchases

None

Wayline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexarch free?
Hexarch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wayline free?
Wayline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexarch or Wayline have ads?
Neither Hexarch nor Wayline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexarch or Wayline?
Hexarch ships an update daily, and Wayline monthly. Most recently, Hexarch was updated on November 2, 2026 and Wayline on October 28, 2026.

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