Sweeple vs Ceau Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sweeple
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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.
Ceau Player
A private-first media player for live TV and personal media servers. Organize and play content from various sources like IPTV playlists, Emby/Jellyfin libraries, and local files across Apple devices. Features multi-view playback and native interfaces.
- Multi-view playback (up to 4 channels)
- Supports M3U, Emby, Jellyfin, WebDAV, local files
- Native interfaces for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac
- Private by design with no ads or analytics
- Powered by VLC for broad format support
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Your media. Your sources. One player across Apple devices. Ceau Player is a private-first media player for live TV, personal media servers, network storage, and local files. Add sources you are authorized to use, then browse, search, organize, and play them in a native interface designed for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac. MULTI-VIEW Watch up to four live channels or videos at once. Choose a layout, focus a tile, and switch audio without leaving the wall. BRING YOUR OWN SOURCES • M3U, M3U8, and TXT IPTV playlists • Emby and Jellyfin libraries • WebDAV and SMB network storage • Local video files on supported devices MADE FOR APPLE SCREENS Use touch on iPhone and iPad, the Siri Remote on Apple TV, and keyboard and pointer controls on Mac. Favorites, recents, search, channel groups, program guide, and playback controls stay consistent across devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Credentials remain in the device Keychain. Ceau Player contains no advertising or cross-app tracking. Remote notifications use Firebase. Basic usage statistics use Google Analytics for Firebase and can be turned off in Settings > About > Share usage statistics. Media URLs, playlist contents, credentials and viewing history are not included in analytics. See our privacy policy for details. Optional iCloud sync is limited to credential-free source descriptions and app preferences. PLAYBACK FOR REAL-WORLD MEDIA Powered by VLC for broad support across common live-stream and video formats. Ceau Player does not provide, host, curate, or sell media content. You must only connect sources and media you own or are authorized to use. Apple Watch: browse your IPTV sources, groups, favorites and recents on your wrist. Supported HTTP(S) HLS and video streams use the system player; other supported HTTP(S) streams offer audio playback. The Watch app can run independently of iPhone. Optional iCloud sync and the shared Ceau Pro purchase are available. Media-server libraries, local files and Multi-View are available on other supported devices. Add, browse, and manage unlimited media sources for free. Each device includes 45 minutes of single-screen playback daily; iPhone and iPad also include a separate 6 minutes of Multi-View. Apple Watch supports single-screen playback. Live TV, media servers, network files, and local videos count toward playback time. The allowances reset at local midnight. Ceau Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase for unlimited playback. View remaining time in Settings > Ceau Pro and restore purchases with the same App Store account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ceau Player at none against Sweeple's 3. Ceau Player also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and device support (6 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sweeple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ceau Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sweeple ships an update weekly, Ceau Player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sweeple | Ceau Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亮 鲁 | 曙光 乐 |
In-app purchases
Sweeple
- Sweeple Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Sweeple Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Sweeple Premium Lifetime$29.99
Ceau Player
No in-app purchases









