Comparison

Pastime Games vs Keepsweeper

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

Head to head
About

Pastime Games

Enjoy bite-sized games directly from your Home Screen widgets. Play classic and new challenges offline, with or without an account. Expand your game library with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Play games from Home Screen widgets
  • Offline play supported
  • No account required
  • Mix and match game widgets
  • Local multiplayer option
  • Unlockable game packs
Features
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Bite-sized games that live on your Home Screen. Pastime turns your Home Screen widgets into a tiny arcade. Just tap a widget to play whenever you have a spare second, whether you’re waiting for coffee, riding the train, or taking a break between meetings. FREE GAMES - Tic Tac Toe: The classic game of Xs and Os. - 4 in a Row: Drop pieces on a grid to connect four in a row before your opponent. - Mines: Dig for safe spots and place flags to clear the board. STARTER PACK Want more? Unlock five more games with a one-time purchase: - Dotgrid: Take turns connecting dots to capture regions on the board. - Sudoku: Fill the grid so every row, column, and box has numbers 1 through 9. - Slide: Shift the tiles back into place, one slide at a time. - Hangman: Guess the mystery word one letter at a time before you run out of chances. - Pipes: Rotate the pieces to connect every pipe. WHY PASTIME? - Play right from your Home Screen, without opening the app - Mix and match widgets to build your own lineup of games - All the games work offline, with no need to create an account - Play side-by-side against a friend, or compete with the computer

About

Keepsweeper

Engage in strategic kingdom building combined with Minesweeper-style deduction. Uncover tiles, develop your settlement, and explore hidden treasures. Choose from multiple quest paths or compete with friends in multiplayer modes.

Highlights
  • Minesweeper-style tile deduction
  • Real-time kingdom building
  • Economic simulation
  • Multiple quest paths
  • Offline play
  • Online multiplayer
  • Map editor
Features
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It starts with a grid. Then you build a kingdom. Keepsweeper mixes Minesweeper-style deduction with a living, real-time fantasy kingdom. Read the number clues. Send workers to uncover tiles. Turn a small clearing into farms, homes and defenses. Then decide whether you're ready to wake the dragon. A LITTLE KINGDOM. BIG POSSIBILITIES. Build an economy that works together. Windmills support farms. Blacksmiths equip your soldiers. Chapels keep the army fighting. Discover combinations that turn a modest settlement into something wonderfully overpowered. EVERY SQUARE HAS A STORY Hidden gold, treasure chests, goblin lairs, crypts and sleeping dragons wait beneath the grid. Explore forests, cross lakes and settle mountain country. Dig carefully. The numbers are trying to tell you something. CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE Follow four quest paths: Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms. The full game adds two twenty-level campaigns: Into the Badlands, with ruined roads, buried archives and Ancient Gates, and Beyond the Pines, where outlaw strongholds and dragon-summoning wizards hide in the northern forests. Head into the Wilds for a larger expedition, or see how long you can survive endless Siege. A NEW REALM EVERY DAY Explore a shared Daily Realm with special objectives. Record your victories in the Realm Journal and earn Royal Seals for first completions. MAKE THE NEXT RUN YOURS Earn Royal Seals and spend them in Research. Unlock new buildings, upgrades and permanent Passives for future runs. Discover treasures that change the rules: sunbeam-firing towers, floating settlements, unlikely allies and creatures you probably shouldn't have disturbed. FRIENDS, RIVALS AND YOUR OWN WORLDS Play online with two to four players. Fight for the last Keep standing, form teams, face AI kingdoms together or hold the line in Co-op Siege. Share an invitation link and friends join your game for free. Build and play your own scenarios in the Map Editor. OLD-SCHOOL WINDOWS. LIVING PIXELS. A familiar beveled interface opens onto busy little worlds. Workers harvest. Soldiers march. Dragons breathe fire. An adaptive fantasy soundtrack follows the action. Pause solo play whenever you need a moment to think. TRY IT. KEEP IT. Play the first two levels of Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms for free, with unlimited randomized replays. Try one Daily Realm for free, with unlimited retries of that selected realm. One optional purchase unlocks the full game, including the remaining quest levels, Into the Badlands, Beyond the Pines, Daily Realm, Wilds, Siege, hosting multiplayer games and Map Editor. Solo quests, Wilds, Siege and local custom maps can be played offline. Daily calendar updates, optional reminders, online multiplayer, community maps, purchases and restoring purchases need an internet connection. Progress is saved on your device.

Screenshots

Pastime Games3 screens
Keepsweeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Keepsweeper at daily against Pastime Games's fortnightly. Keepsweeper also leads on ratings volume (42 vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). Pastime Games's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pastime Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Keepsweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pastime Games holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keepsweeper has 42 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pastime Games's written reviews are positive against 90% of Keepsweeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pastime Games ships an update fortnightly, Keepsweeper daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pastime Games versus Keepsweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastime GamesKeepsweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.7 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.3% of reviews
Number of ratings642 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB37 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAppetizers Inc.Flarup Industries

Customer experience

Pastime Games

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Keepsweeper

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative3.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pastime Games

One-time1
  • Starter Pack$4.99
1 purchases

Keepsweeper

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Pastime Games free?
Pastime Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keepsweeper free?
Keepsweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pastime Games or Keepsweeper?
Pastime Games is rated higher. Pastime Games averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Keepsweeper averages 4.7 from 42 ratings.
Do Pastime Games or Keepsweeper have ads?
Neither Pastime Games nor Keepsweeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pastime Games or Keepsweeper?
Pastime Games ships an update fortnightly, and Keepsweeper daily. Most recently, Pastime Games was updated on October 31, 2026 and Keepsweeper on October 31, 2026.

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