Comparison

SAPPER vs HexSweep

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

Head to head
About

SAPPER

This logic puzzle game offers an endless Minesweeper experience with a unique "cash out" mechanic. Players can choose between an infinite mode with a one-time purchase or a daily challenge. It's designed for a calm, ad-free experience with no timers.

Highlights
  • Endless drag-to-pan board
  • Scoring rewards deeper play
  • Daily seeded challenge
  • Offline play
  • No timers or ads
  • Dark Mode and Dynamic Type support
Features
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The same board for everyone, every day. One attempt. How far you push it is up to you. SAPPER is minesweeper with no edges. Each day the world gets one shared minefield, identical for every player. Start on safe ground and sweep outward. The farther you go, the denser the mines and the more every safe tile is worth. A Cash Out button sits on screen the whole time. Bank your score, or push one more row into the unknown. Hit a mine and the run ends with half of what you had not banked. Cash out and all of it is yours. That choice is the whole game. Then see how your run stacks up and share the shape of the territory you cleared. Miss a day and it is gone. Tomorrow there is a new board, the same for everyone, again. MORE WAYS TO PLAY Endless: a fresh board every run, whenever you want. Chase your personal best. Rush: two minutes on the clock. Clearing tiles buys time, mines cost it, and there is no Cash Out. How long you last is the score. The Daily is free for everyone, forever. One single purchase unlocks the full game, Endless and Rush included, for good. Your first day comes fully unlocked, so you know exactly what you are buying. No subscriptions. EVERY CASH-OUT LEAVES A MARK Cash out on purpose and the expedition is preserved in the Archive: the shape of the territory you cleared, the score, how far you pushed. Every banked point grows your lifetime Vault, and Vault milestones unlock app icons and board editions. Everything is earned by playing. Nothing is sold, and nothing changes the odds. iCloud keeps your Archive, Vault, and stats in sync across your devices. BUILT TO FEEL CALM No timers while you play. No explosions. No ads. Just a clean board, quiet haptics, and a real decision on every tile. FEATURES Daily seeded challenge, one board shared by the whole world Shareable result cards showing the territory you cleared Infinite drag-to-pan board Scoring that rewards going deeper Expedition Archive that preserves every cash-out Lifetime Vault with earned app icons and board editions Board editions found out on the board, not bought iCloud sync across your devices Game Center leaderboards Dark Mode and Dynamic Type support Plays fully offline Sweep. Push your luck. Cash out before the board catches you.

About

HexSweep

Experience a unique twist on Minesweeper played on a 3D globe. Navigate a rotatable sphere to reveal safe cells, mark mines, and solve puzzles. Enjoy daily challenges and save your progress with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • 3D globe gameplay
  • Rotatable sphere interface
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Offline daily challenges
  • Save and restore games
  • Two visual themes
  • No ads or tracking
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HexSweep reimagines classic Minesweeper on a rotatable geodesic sphere. Reveal safe cells, mark suspected mines, chord around solved clues, and rotate, roll, and zoom the globe to inspect every angle. Choose Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme, No Flags, or four Time Pressure difficulties. Take on a reproducible offline Daily Challenge, share replay codes, and return to an exact saved game. Features: • Solver-verified logical boards with protected openings • Offline Daily Challenges and local streaks • Deterministic replay and recipe codes • Exact save and restoration • Two visual themes and selectable backgrounds • Optional sound and haptics • No ads, accounts, tracking, or data collection

Screenshots

SAPPER4 screens
HexSweep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HexSweep at none against SAPPER's 2. HexSweep also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). SAPPER's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. SAPPER sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HexSweep asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SAPPER against 5.0 for HexSweep. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SAPPER has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SAPPER versus HexSweep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSAPPERHexSweep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancisco MartinezDANIEL ANTHONY BASSIL

Customer experience

SAPPER

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HexSweep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SAPPER

One-time2
  • Endless Challenge$3.99
  • Endless$9.99
None

HexSweep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SAPPER free?
SAPPER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HexSweep free?
HexSweep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SAPPER or HexSweep?
HexSweep is rated higher. SAPPER averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while HexSweep averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SAPPER or HexSweep have ads?
Neither SAPPER nor HexSweep shows ads.

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