Comparison

Sweeple vs Den

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

Head to head
About

Sweeple

Features
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A quiet moment. A field of numbers. One move you can prove. Sweeple brings classic minesweeper to iPhone and iPad with a structured campaign, daily challenges and hints that explain the logic. Read the clues, open safe cells and flag the mines. A 25,000-LEVEL CAMPAIGN Progress through 1,250 chapters across five difficulty tiers. Boards grow from compact beginner fields to 14×18 master challenges, with a smooth difficulty curve and a boss puzzle at the end of every chapter. Interactive guidance introduces the controls and new solving ideas as you play. A DAILY CHALLENGE Everyone gets the same field each day. Solve it before midnight to extend your streak, collect badges, and keep a calendar of every day you showed up. Missed days stay in the archive, so you can always go back and play them. TOOLS THAT KEEP YOU THINKING - Dig and Flag controls support taps and continuous drag strokes - Tap a completed clue to open the remaining safe tiles around it - Hints highlight the relevant cells and explain the deduction; you make the move yourself - Wrong moves flash immediately and never remain on the board SEE YOUR PROGRESS Your Brain Profile tracks Focus, Logic and Memory after every solve. Best times, solve counts, streaks and 30-day trends make improvement visible. Carefully tuned animation, sound and haptics give every move a satisfying response, with light and dark presentation available. IPHONE AND IPAD Play on iPhone or enjoy a larger board on iPad, with layouts designed for both portrait and landscape. Comfortable controls keep the puzzle within reach. PLAY YOUR WAY - No account required - Playable offline - No ads interrupting a puzzle - Available in 20 languages - Free players receive three hints per day and can progress through the full campaign in order - Optional Sweeple Premium unlocks extra convenience and challenge features HELL MODE Hell Mode is open to everyone. Descend through an endless sequence of increasingly difficult boards with five lives shared across the entire run (seven with Premium). Chain correct moves to build your combo and score, and try to beat your best depth. SWEEPLE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Sweeple Premium unlocks all 25,000 campaign levels immediately and adds unlimited campaign mistakes and hints, advanced weekly Focus / Logic / Memory insights, Auto Flag in later campaign chapters, additional themes and iCloud progress sync. Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app and vary by region. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your device Settings. Privacy Policy: https://gentleflow.github.io/legal/sweeple/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://gentleflow.github.io/legal/sweeple/terms/ Sweep with logic. Start your first Sweeple puzzle today.

About

Den

Features
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Den —— 小窝 连接你自己的服务器,把音乐、影视、有声书、漫画和小说装进同一个 App。 【音乐】 · 完整同步 Emby 音乐库,专辑、歌单、收藏一应俱全 · 私人雷达:根据你最近常听,每天生成专属推荐 · 全屏海报播放页、歌词与听歌报告 【影视】 · Emby 电影与剧集海报墙 · 「在看」列表自动记住每部剧追到第几集第几秒 【阅读与有声书】 · BookOrbit 小说、漫画、有声书统一入口 · 支持 Audiobookshelf 有声书独立同步 【体验】 · iCloud 同步配置与数据,换机不丢 · 液态玻璃界面,深浅色自适应 需要配合你自己搭建的 Emby / BookOrbit / Audiobookshelf 服务器使用 使用条款:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sweeple4 screens
Den4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Den at none against Sweeple's 3. Den also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sweeple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Den asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweeple ships an update weekly, Den every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sweeple versus Den: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweepleDen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB129 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer亮 鲁雷雷 刘

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sweeple

Subscriptions2
  • Sweeple Premium Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Sweeple Premium Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sweeple Premium Lifetime$9.99
None

Den

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweeple free?
Sweeple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Den free?
Den is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sweeple or Den have ads?
Neither Sweeple nor Den shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweeple or Den?
Sweeple ships an update weekly, and Den every 3 days. Most recently, Sweeple was updated on October 29, 2026 and Den on October 31, 2026.

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