Hex Mapper vs Hearthwild
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex Mapper
Design beautiful hex maps for your role-playing games quickly and easily. Paint terrain, add notes, and build overland maps entirely offline. This tool is perfect for Game Masters and solo players preparing or exploring RPG campaigns.
- Create hex maps for RPGs
- Paint terrain with a tap
- Add notes to hexes
- Works completely offline
- Elegant and fast map building
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Create gorgeous hex maps for your RPG campaigns in seconds. Paint terrain with a tap, add notes to hexes, all without internet required. Hex Mapper is the fastest, most elegant way to build overland hex maps for your tabletop RPG sessions. Whether you're a Game Master prepping a campaign or a solo RPG player exploring uncharted territory, Hex Mapper gives you a beautiful, crisp mapping tool that works completely offline.
Hearthwild
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Hearthwild is a systems-rich ecological strategy game about stewardship, memory, and consequence. Shape expeditions across a living watershed where organisms act with visible intent, restoration choices alter future missions, and every command becomes part of the world’s history. BUILD A LIVING WORLD • Plan expeditions from real basin conditions • Guide interacting organisms across tactical hex fields • Restore damaged ecosystems through permanent choices • Watch decisions compound across regions and relationships REPLAY CAUSE, NOT JUST SCORE The Living Chronicle records commands, consequences, civic doctrines, and ecological memory. Trace what changed, why it changed, and how one expedition reshaped the next. SHARE QUESTIONS, NOT POWER Share a fixed, replayable Glassroot Field Challenge with friends. Advanced routes are clearly labeled as field showcases. Shared links never alter either player’s campaign, save, or progression. GLASSROOT REMAINS FREE Finish the complete prologue, then replay Glassroot as often as you want. Your first permanent restoration, Morrow Basin, the Chronicle, and fixed Glassroot Field Challenges remain available without payment. FULL LIVING WORLD A single optional purchase unlocks six authored advanced fields across two campaign branches. Each device-local world permanently chooses Rootwell or Tideglass, then reaches Braid, Parallax, Concordance, and Asterreach—five advanced fields in that campaign. There is no subscription, loot box, paid power, energy timer, virtual currency, or expiring entitlement. Family Sharing is supported. Play at your pace. Keep the whole world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hex Mapper at none against Hearthwild's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hearthwild sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hex Mapper asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Hex Mapper | Hearthwild |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ricardo Rivera | Mubarak Almahmeed |
In-app purchases
Hex Mapper
No in-app purchases
Hearthwild
- Full Living World$14.99









