Comparison

Minesweeper vs Gem Falls

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper

Features
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Classic Minesweeper, reimagined with a sleek dark design. Read the number hints, apply logic, and open every safe tile while avoiding the mines. A pure brain puzzle that tests focus and reasoning in every run. ā–  Classic Minesweeper Familiar rules, cleaner controls. Each number is a clue. Think it through, flag the mines, and clear the board to win. ā–  Three difficulty levels From Easy to Hard. Pick your challenge and get faster and sharper with every game. ā–  Chase your best time Every run is timed. Clean solves mean better records. Beat your personal best. ā–  Flag mode Mark suspicious tiles with a flag. Long-press or toggle — your call. Fewer mistakes, smarter play. ā–  Immersive feedback Subtle haptics, crisp sound effects, and calm background audio heighten the tension of every tile. ā–  Play offline No connection needed. Commutes, waiting rooms, before bed — play anywhere. ā–  Dark design An easy-on-the-eyes dark theme for longer, more comfortable sessions. For fans of Minesweeper, logic puzzles, and quick sessions of focus. Download free now and feel the tension of every single tile. ā–  Minesweeper Pro (In-App Purchase) Remove all ads with an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly), or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kyulabs.statix.kr/minesweeper-privacy-policy

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Gem Falls

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Match three or more, watch the cascade take the rest, and keep going. Gemfall is an endless match-3 built for picking up and putting down. Every level asks for something different. Clear a colour, break through the ice, bring the cargo home. And when you close the app mid-run, the board, the score and your powerups are waiting exactly as you left them. No timer running against your day, no lives to wait for, no move you have to make right now. FOURTEEN WORLDS Every level is set somewhere, and where never changes: level two is a Maya temple in the jungle, level four is a dead valley under an erupting volcano, and they will be next time too. A wreck on the sea floor. A sweet factory. A frozen kingdom, a haunted mansion, a marble gate in the clouds, a garden at sunset, a gorge full of waterfalls, a toy box at the end of the afternoon, a fjord under the northern lights. Each world has its own six pieces, its own board, and its own weather in the air above it. CLASSIC Endless levels, each with its own objective. Chain your matches to build heat, and every gem on the board is worth more while it lasts. Clear the level, fall through the warp, and the next one asks a little more of you. TIME ATTACK Sixty seconds. Every match buys you a few more. See how far you can stretch the clock. POWER GEMS Four in a row makes a gem that clears a whole line. An L or a T makes one that blows a hole in the board. Five in a row makes the star. The rarest piece in the game and worth waiting for. Put two power gems together and the board comes apart. ICE, STONE AND CARGO Later levels do not just hand you the board. Ice freezes gems in place until you break the shell. Stone blocks take repeated knocks. Cargo has to be walked all the way to the bottom before it counts. FAIR BY DESIGN Ā· Free. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no ads. Nothing is locked behind a paywall, because there is no paywall. Ā· Fully playable offline. Ā· Nothing is collected. No analytics, no tracking, no account, no sign-up. Your run lives on your phone and nowhere else. Ā· The six gems differ in shape as well as in colour, so they stay apart if you do not see colour the way most people do. GAME CENTER Sign in to Game Center and your best Classic and Time Attack scores go on Apple's global leaderboards. Skip it and the game plays exactly the same, minus a rank. Gemfall is built from scratch in Swift for iPhone, rebuilt from the browser game of the same name. iPhone, portrait, iOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

Minesweeper3 screens
Gem Falls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gem Falls at none against Minesweeper's 2. Gem Falls also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Minesweeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gem Falls asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Minesweeper versus Gem Falls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperGem Falls
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperkyulabsSandrino Kelders

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Minesweeper

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$4.99
None

Gem Falls

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gem Falls free?
Gem Falls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minesweeper or Gem Falls have ads?
Minesweeper shows ads; Gem Falls does not.

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