Comparison

Hexodic vs ArcadeOS

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

Head to head
About

Hexodic

Features
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Hexodic is a hex-board strategy game of placement, stacking, and capture. Every move is a decision: build your network, stack to promote, and capture across tiers to break your opponent's position. No dice, no hidden information — pure skill. HOW YOU WIN Three paths to victory, each a different plan: - Network — connect your stones across the board. - Takeover — seize and hold the board's contested ground. - Strangle — leave your opponent with no legal move. PLAY ANYWHERE - Six on-device bots, from gentle to ruthless — no connection required. - Solo training and a guided, interactive how-to that teaches the game move by move. - Story Mode: seven chapters, seven rivals — clear each to advance. PLAY TOGETHER - Online multiplayer through Apple Game Center — turn-based matches against other players. - Game Center leaderboards to track your results and compete. ON YOUR WRIST - A companion Apple Watch app to play a full game right from your wrist. GO FOR GLORY - CL3O — a self-improving global opponent. Free to enter, nothing staked, no cash prizes, no gambling mechanics: beat it to hold the reigning-champion title until someone dethrones you. - National Bots — one self-improving model per country. Beat yours and bring glory home. - Sign in to challenge CL3O or a National Bot so your win can be verified and credited. Hexodic is free to play, with occasional interstitial ads between games. Prefer an ad-free game? A one-time Premium purchase removes them for good. Hexodic is designed to be readable at a glance and deep to master — a clean, monochrome board where the strategy, not the noise, is the point.

About

ArcadeOS

Experience a full arcade with 65 original retro-style games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Enjoy diverse genres from racing to RPGs, all playable offline with instant resume and authentic chip audio. New games are added seasonally.

Highlights
  • 65 original retro-style games
  • Playable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Offline play with no internet required
  • Instant resume for all games
  • Authentic chip audio
  • New games added seasonally
  • No accounts, ads, or tracking
Features
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Welcome to ArcadeOS — a whole arcade in your pocket, and now on your wrist. 65 hand-picked original games, each one its own cartridge: kart racers, ninja action, gothic pinball, paper-craft RPGs, sky shooters, momentum platformers, run-and-gun, belt brawlers, puzzle boxes, rhythm, and full 3D adventures. Every game is an original creation in the spirit of the golden age of consoles — drawn in code, scored with real chip audio, and built to be picked up in seconds. CHERRY EDITION 23 new games join the shelf, every one rated five stars by our testers before it shipped — look for the cherry on the cartridge. Highlights: Reefjack's lantern-tide run-and-gun, Thornhollow's gorge platforming, Quiet Falls' suburban-oddball RPG, Emberline's three-winter family saga, Cascabel's commedia brawler, Ironvane's vertical shooter, and Crestline GP's speedboat regatta. APPLE WATCH ArcadeOS now ships with an Apple Watch app. Three games are built for the wrist and the Digital Crown: Redline Ridge (crown hops lanes, hold to burn), Sunstrip (crown steers, tap to shift) and Ironvane (crown flies, hold to charge, tap to call your wingman). Runs on its own — no iPhone needed nearby. FEATURES 65 games — every one with its own hand-crafted cartridge art New home screen: your games as icons, with folders you make yourself Gold-star collection: beat a game, earn its golden seal. Collect them all Authentic chip sound in every game — square waves, the real thing Instant resume — every game remembers exactly where you left off No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No internet required. Just games New games ship in seasonal fruit editions — Cherry is the first ArcadeOS games are living software: they grow new levels, mechanics, and polish over time. Your shelf gets better while you sleep. Powered by RetroApps.

Screenshots

Hexodic4 screens
ArcadeOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ArcadeOS at none against Hexodic's shown. Hexodic's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, 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

Hexodic ships an update daily, ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Hexodic versus ArcadeOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexodicArcadeOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin DavisRetroApps LLC

In-app purchases

None

Hexodic

No in-app purchases

None

ArcadeOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexodic free?
Hexodic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArcadeOS free?
ArcadeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexodic or ArcadeOS have ads?
Hexodic shows ads; ArcadeOS does not.
Which is updated more often, Hexodic or ArcadeOS?
Hexodic ships an update daily, and ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hexodic was updated on September 17, 2026 and ArcadeOS on October 3, 2026.

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