Minesweeper Challenge! vs Minesweeper Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper Challenge!
Experience a classic logic puzzle with extensive customization options and competitive ranked play. Enjoy a frustration-free experience with no forced ads, and learn from your mistakes with a built-in solver. Play offline, track your progress, and compete on global leaderboards.
- No forced ads
- Extensive customization (themes, styles, animations)
- Ranked play with ELO system
- Built-in solver for learning
- Offline play
- Daily puzzles and win streaks
- Infinite and casual modes
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NO FORCED ADS. EVER. I've played Minesweeper almost every day since 2020, and two things always got in the way: constant forced ads, and no way to make the game look and play the way that felt natural to me. So I built the version I always wanted. It comes with one rule that will never change: no forced ads, ever. Every mode, theme and setting is free, with no paywalls and no energy timers. There's nothing to buy that gives you an edge in ranked, either. Your ELO comes from how you play, and nothing else. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Fully customize the game, for free. Pick from over a dozen board themes, a dozen number styles, flag and bomb styles, reveal animations and speeds. Tune flag-hold time, pinch and pan to your hands. Choose your avatar, color and country flag. It's your board. RANKED: CLIMB THE LADDER Every ranked board is guaranteed solvable by logic. No coin-flip guesses, ever. Race the clock and gain or lose ELO with every game. Climb from Bronze to Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond, compete on the worldwide leaderboard, and rep your country's flag. - Sprint, Standard and Marathon boards - Territory: race up to 7 bots to claim more of the board than they do, in Sprint, Standard or Marathon length. The bots get faster and sharper as your ELO climbs. - Win streaks, promotions and 40+ medals to earn, including secret ones LEARN FROM EVERY LOSS Lost a ranked game? The built-in solver shows exactly where it went wrong and the move you missed, step by step in plain language, so you learn the patterns and level up. INFINITE MODE An endless minesweeper world that's yours alone. Sweep block by block, zoom out to see everything you've cleared, and climb the mines-swept leaderboard. Pick up exactly where you left off. DAILY PUZZLE One no-guess puzzle a day, the same board for everyone. Your first try goes on the global leaderboard, and every day earns a medal for where you placed. Keep your streak alive and watch your year of medals fill in. CASUAL Classic presets from Beginner to Expert, all the way up to the 250×250 Galactic board, or build your own. Step away mid-game and resume right where you left off. Works offline. No account to make. Optional tips if you want to support the game. They unlock nothing.
Minesweeper Challenge
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Discover the logic behind the minefield. Reveal safe cells and use numbers to locate hidden mines. Each number counts the mines in the eight surrounding cells. Your first move is always safe. A MISTAKE IS NOT THE END Hit a mine? Keep playing, with a 1,000-point penalty for each mine hit. Reveal every safe cell to complete the board and build your score and streak. THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS • Beginner: 9 × 9 cells and 10 mines. • Intermediate: 16 × 16 cells and 40 mines. • Expert: 30 × 16 cells and 99 mines. HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT A logical hint costs 500 points and reveals a proven safe cell or marks a proven mine. A free safe move is only available at a proven logical deadlock. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Place flags, double-tap a revealed number, pinch to zoom and drag the board. Pause whenever you like and resume your locally saved game. View scores, statistics and streaks, choose Dutch or English, and turn the explosion sound on or off. SUPPORT With a one-time support purchase, you help support the continued development of Minesweeper. No advertising, no tracking and no account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minesweeper Challenge! at none against Minesweeper Challenge's 1. Minesweeper Challenge! also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Minesweeper Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minesweeper Challenge! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Minesweeper Challenge! | Minesweeper Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Perry | il Polpo B.V. |
In-app purchases
Minesweeper Challenge!
No in-app purchases
Minesweeper Challenge
- Support Minesweeper Challenge$2.99



