Pocket Minesweeper X vs Cascade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Minesweeper X
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### 【Product Description】 Pocket Minesweeper is a classic puzzle game tailored for Chinese users, featuring a Windows 95/98-style interface: grayscale 3D borders, pixel-art number colors, a smiley reset button, and digital tube-style displays for timer/remaining mines, recreating familiar controls and visuals. ### 【Core Gameplay】 • Mines are generated before the first reveal; the first tap and its adjacent cells are safe. Non-mine cells trigger automatic cascading reveals. • Supports flagging, with remaining mine count updating dynamically. • Win condition: reveal all non-mine cells; stepping on a mine ends the game, with full minefield view available. • Timer starts on the first valid reveal and stops on win/loss. ### 【Difficulty & Records】 • Multiple difficulty levels from easy to hard; auto-adapts board size, scaling and scrolling on large-screen devices for readability and touch control. • Local best times are recorded separately for each difficulty; data is stored only on-device with no account or cloud sync. ### 【Target Audience】 Players who enjoy puzzle logic, retro games and casual, bite-sized entertainment; suitable for all ages with simple controls and clear rules. ### 【Access & Support】 Free to download. The app uses third-party ads to support operations. Please view the privacy policy and third-party SDK information in-app. Thank you for playing and supporting us.
Cascade
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Minesweeper has been played on a rectangle since 1989. Cascade plays it on a sphere. That reads like a gimmick until you open the first tile. There are no edges to work from and no corner to start in. Every tile has neighbours the whole way round, so the flat-board habits — hug a wall, open a corner, count along a row — are simply gone. You read a curved surface instead, turning the planet with your thumb to check what you left behind you. It also means the board is bigger than the screen. Half of it is always round the back. When a cascade opens it runs over the horizon, and if it travels far enough it comes back the other way and meets itself. One tile in five is a mine. Five planet sizes, from 96 tiles to 384. CLASSIC One planet, no clock. Take as long as it takes. TIME ATTACK Planets that keep growing, and one three-minute clock for all of them. Walking into a mine costs ten seconds. It never ends the run. How far round do you get? ABILITIES Radar checks a single tile. Sweep opens everything one number already proves. Rewind takes back the mine that ended it. Each costs coins, and each costs more the second time you use it on the same planet — so clearing a planet by spending is possible, and priced like what it is. Coins come from clearing planets. You can buy them if you would rather not wait, but nothing is locked behind money: both extra modes can be earned by playing. No ads. No account needed — sign in to Game Center if you want a place on the boards, skip it and the game is identical. There is a leaderboard for each planet size, and a streak that counts days you cleared something. Privacy policy: https://raichibald.github.io/cascade.github.io/privacy-policy.html Terms and conditions: https://raichibald.github.io/cascade.github.io/terms-and-conditions.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pocket Minesweeper X at 16.0 against Cascade's 26.0. 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. Pocket Minesweeper X sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cascade sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pocket Minesweeper X | Cascade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 家芳 陶 | Raitis Saripo |
In-app purchases
Pocket Minesweeper X
- permanent member$0.99
Cascade
- 400 coins$1.99
- 1 000 coins$3.99
- 2 500 coins$6.99
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