Comparison

Patch Switchboard Daily vs Hexa Screw

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

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About

Patch Switchboard Daily

Features
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A vintage telephone switchboard, a grid of brass jacks, and one clean way to wire it. Patch is a daily connect-the-callers puzzle. Colored caller pairs sit in jacks on a small board, and your job as operator is to drag a jewel-colored cord from each jack to its partner. But there's a catch: the cords may not cross or share a socket, and when you're done every single jack on the board must be covered. It's a flow puzzle that has to fill the whole board. Every daily is built solution-first: the board is carved into a set of non-crossing cord paths that tile the grid, and only then are the path ends turned into caller jacks. Because a complete wiring already exists by construction, the board is ALWAYS solvable — and par is the number of caller pairs, one clean cord each. Wire it in par and the day logs under par. As the week goes on the boards get meaner: mid-week they grow and start sprouting SEALED jacks — out-of-service sockets marked with an X that no cord may route through, so you have to wire around the dead spots. From Thursday the exchange also clips on PINNED jacks: live sockets locked to a single caller's color. Only that caller's cord may pass through a pin, which prunes the easy alternate wirings and forces real deduction. By Sunday it's a dense 6×6 pocked with sealed sockets and pins. And once the daily is cleared, clock in for the NIGHT SHIFT: a timed gauntlet of escalating boards. You start with two minutes on the shift clock; every board you patch buys back time and deals a harder line — bigger grids, sealed sockets, pinned jacks — until the clock runs out. Calls patched pay brass tokens, a new best pays double, and your best shift goes in the operator's log. Clearing boards pays BRASS TOKENS, and tokens buy the Collection: eight cord palettes (from the house jewels to a neon exchange to the Moonlit Shift) and five board finishes (walnut, oxblood, verdigris and more). You choose what to unlock first and which set to run — a whole switchboard you dress the way you like. There is exactly one board a day, the same for everyone, with a spoiler-free share card and a streak to protect. Once today's board is cleared, work as many random practice boards as you like. • A fresh hand-generated switchboard every day, the same for everyone • Drag jewel cords between brass jacks; no crossing, no sharing a socket • Fill every jack — a flow puzzle that must tile the live board • Sealed dead jacks on later boards you must route your cords around • Pinned jacks late in the week — live sockets only one caller's cord may use • NIGHT SHIFT — a timed gauntlet of escalating boards with its own best-shift record • Generation-first: every board is provably solvable, with a real par • Difficulty ramps 5×5 open early week to a dense, sealed-and-pinned 6×6 by Sunday • Earn brass tokens and collect eight cord palettes and five board finishes • Climb the operator ranks from Trainee to Night Legend • Streaks, an operator's log of your record, and a spoiler-free share card • Endless random practice boards after the daily • Fully offline, no account, nothing collected Work the board.

About

Hexa Screw

Engage in a challenging puzzle game that tests your color-sorting and stacking skills. Strategically drop hexagon tiles to perfectly match them into containers, overcoming obstacles and increasing difficulty. Compete with friends and earn achievements as you master increasingly complex levels.

Highlights
  • Hexagon tile stacking mechanics
  • Color-sorting gameplay
  • Increasing difficulty levels
  • Obstacles and trap blocks
  • Achievement system
  • Multiplayer challenges
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Don't let the vibrant color layers fool you! Hexa Fall: Color Sort is a true mental arena where your logical puzzle-stacking and sharp color-sorting skills will decide everything! Are you confident in your high IQ to master the hexagon tile layers falling from above? Step into the game and prove it! Every level is a mind-bending puzzle that challenges your ultimate color-sorting skills, with difficulty multiplying exponentially. The container space below gets tighter, obstacles pop up constantly, and trap color blocks will easily jam your board if you tap and drop at the wrong spot. You must calculate the falling trajectory so that the hexagon layers match perfectly into the color boxes below, triggering chain reactions to clear the board. Conquer impossible stacking milestones and proudly share your top score with friends! Ready for the Ultimate Battle? Skyrocketing Difficulty: Hundreds of stages ranging from "a walk in the park" to "virtually impossible" are waiting for you to tap, drop, and master the hexagon color-sorting mechanics. Extreme Obstacles: Face off against locked hexagon tiles, mystery hidden color blocks, and heavily restricted stacking container spaces. Elite Achievement System: Smash through core sorting levels to collect prestigious badges that certify your tactical genius. Challenge Your Friends: Who will clear the hexagon containers the fastest? Who can trigger the longest stacking combo? The answer lies in your hands! WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT Unique stacking mechanics: Tap to release hexagon tile layers falling smoothly with realistic physics. Addictive color-sorting gameplay: Sort colors accurately into the containers below to trigger satisfying board-clearing combos. A wide variety of brain-teasing board layouts to challenge your long-term block-dropping analysis and planning abilities. Hexa Fall: Color Sort is not just a standard block-stacking game; it is an ultimate test of intellectual survival instinct and wits under the most demanding color-sorting constraints. Stop looking for easy games! Download Hexa Fall: Color Sort and kickstart your journey to claim the puzzle-stacking crown today!

Screenshots

Patch Switchboard Daily4 screens
Hexa Screw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Patch Switchboard Daily at none against Hexa Screw's shown. Hexa Screw's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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

Patch Switchboard Daily ships an update every 3 months, Hexa Screw weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Patch Switchboard Daily versus Hexa Screw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatch Switchboard DailyHexa Screw
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—30 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan WegnerPhoenix Games Lab

In-app purchases

None

Patch Switchboard Daily

No in-app purchases

None

Hexa Screw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patch Switchboard Daily free?
Patch Switchboard Daily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexa Screw free?
Hexa Screw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Patch Switchboard Daily or Hexa Screw have ads?
Hexa Screw shows ads; Patch Switchboard Daily does not.
Which is updated more often, Patch Switchboard Daily or Hexa Screw?
Patch Switchboard Daily ships an update every 3 months, and Hexa Screw weekly. Most recently, Patch Switchboard Daily was updated on October 16, 2026 and Hexa Screw on October 7, 2026.

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