Comparison

Hexpair vs FORMBO

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

Head to head
About

Hexpair

Engage your mind with a hexagonal logic puzzle game featuring over a thousand levels. Solve daily challenges, compare scores, and enjoy a calming, interruption-free experience. Progress syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal grid logic puzzles
  • Over 1000 levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Offline play
  • iCloud progress sync
  • Free hints and undo
Features
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Two shaded cells in every region. Pairs never touch. That is the whole rulebook, and it stays fresh for a thousand levels. Hexpair is the Norinori logic puzzle on a hexagonal board. Calm, tactile, and nothing on the puzzle screen but the puzzle. THE RULES • Every region gets exactly two shaded cells • Shaded cells form pairs, and a pair may cross region borders • Two pairs never touch edge to edge Hex makes the rules purer than the classic square version. No diagonals, no exceptions, no fine print. THREE LADDERS • 6×6, 8×8 and 10×10 boards, each with its own ladder • Over a thousand levels per size • A gentle ramp to start, then difficulty that rises and falls so no stretch becomes a grind • Everyone plays the same levels in the same order, so you can compare notes DAILY CHALLENGE • One new puzzle per size every day, the same for everyone in the world • One attempt, timed, ranked on Game Center leaderboards • Unlocks after 20 solved levels of that size, so you arrive ready BUILT FOR THINKING • Tap to mark a cell empty, double tap to shade it, drag to mark many at once • Free hints and unlimited undo on ladder levels • Learn the game in four guided levels • Progress syncs over iCloud between iPhone and iPad • The ladder plays offline NO INTERRUPTIONS No banners. No interstitials. No timers pushing you along. Take as long as you like. FREE AND PRO The first 100 levels on 6×6, 50 on 8×8 and 25 on 10×10 are free. The daily challenge and hints are free for everyone. To go further, buy Pro once and every level on every ladder opens for good, or watch an optional ad now and then to unlock the next batch. Nothing you unlock ever locks again. Download Hexpair and solve your first pair in under a minute. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FORMBO

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FORMBO is a colorful shape-packing puzzle: drag, rotate and flip pieces to fill every board completely. Easy to learn, tricky to master. 9 WORLDS, ONE GOAL - Blocks — classic square grids - Hive — honeycomb boards - Twist — fixed and locked pieces - Giants — huge boards, huge pieces - Orbit — circular boards that wrap around - Rush — place pieces in a fixed order - Chroma — two-sided pieces and color targets - Delta — triangle grids - Prisma — half-square pieces FEATURES - Over 1,000 hand-crafted levels with rising difficulty - A fresh daily puzzle every day - Quick tutorials in every world - Hints when you're stuck — 3 free every day - Game Center achievements for every world - No account, no sign-up FORMBO PREMIUM (one-time purchase) - Unlimited hints - No ads - Play offline — anywhere A game by DATOBO. Feedback? info@datobo.com

Screenshots

Hexpair4 screens
FORMBO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FORMBO at daily against Hexpair's every 4 days. FORMBO also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Hexpair sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FORMBO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexpair ships an update every 4 days, FORMBO daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hexpair versus FORMBO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexpairFORMBO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINNCODER ASDATOBO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hexpair

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99
1 purchases

FORMBO

One-time1
  • FORMBO Premium$7.99

Questions

Is Hexpair free?
Hexpair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FORMBO free?
FORMBO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hexpair or FORMBO have ads?
Both Hexpair and FORMBO show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexpair or FORMBO?
Hexpair ships an update every 4 days, and FORMBO daily. Most recently, Hexpair was updated on October 8, 2026 and FORMBO on September 28, 2026.

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