Comparison

Hexpair vs Refract

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

Refract

Features
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Tap through six colors and match the gate before it reaches you. Every successful match adds to your run. A single mistake ends it. As the pace rises, new trapezium gates split the track into two lanes. Shift left or right, read the colors, and keep your timing sharp. The rules are simple. The speed is not. - Match red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet gates - Tap to cycle your color - Swipe, tap, or use left and right controls to change lanes - Unlock badges as your best run grows - Submit your score to the local or shared leaderboard when available - Practice the controls without affecting your best score - Play offline with sound you can mute at any time How far can you refract?

Screenshots

Hexpair4 screens
Refract4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Refract at none against Hexpair's 1. Refract also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price 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. Refract asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexpair ships an update every 4 days, Refract daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hexpair versus Refract: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexpairRefract
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperINNCODER ASSurbhi Agrawal

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hexpair

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99
None

Refract

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexpair free?
Hexpair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Refract free?
Refract is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexpair or Refract have ads?
Hexpair shows ads; Refract does not.
Which is updated more often, Hexpair or Refract?
Hexpair ships an update every 4 days, and Refract daily. Most recently, Hexpair was updated on October 8, 2026 and Refract on October 10, 2026.

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