Comparison

Hexarch vs Hexatoria

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

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. • Simple rules, clear outcomes. Every fight is decided by the pieces on the board — no dice, no luck. • Real tactics. Encircle enemy land, cut off regions, and guard your borders with towers. • 60 hand-numbered maps, the same for every player. Play against 1 to 5 bots. • Three bot difficulties: easy, medium, hard. • Short matches. No timers, no pressure, no reflexes needed. • Works fully offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking. • Your match is saved automatically, so you can stop any time. • Available in 12 languages.

Screenshots

Hexarch4 screens
Hexatoria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hexarch at daily against Hexatoria's every 8 days. 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, Hexatoria every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hexarch versus Hexatoria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexarchHexatoria
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperYves FlueckigerAndriy Lypovskiy

In-app purchases

None

Hexarch

No in-app purchases

None

Hexatoria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexarch free?
Hexarch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexatoria free?
Hexatoria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexarch or Hexatoria have ads?
Neither Hexarch nor Hexatoria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexarch or Hexatoria?
Hexarch ships an update daily, and Hexatoria every 8 days. Most recently, Hexarch was updated on November 2, 2026 and Hexatoria on October 31, 2026.

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