Comparison

Battleplanes vs Minesweeper

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

Head to head
About

Battleplanes

Engage in a strategic turn-based combat game where you must locate and destroy your opponent's hidden planes. Analyze hits and misses to find weak spots and outmaneuver your adversary.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategic combat
  • Locate and destroy hidden planes
  • Online and local multiplayer
  • Challenging AI opponent
  • Training mode
  • Customizable avatars and flags
Features
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Battleplanes is a game of strategy and suspense that will stimulate your brain. Players take turns to search and destroy each other's planes. Each plane has 8 orientations and a weak spot. A good player will analyze the hits and misses, together with the shape of plane and locate that weak spot using as few steps as possible. This makes battleplanes more challenging and exciting to play than the classic sea battle game. Features - Play with friends online or locally. - Rated online games using the Glicko rating system. - 16 planes with 8 uniquely designed shapes. - Challenging AI. - Training mode - Lots of beautiful avatars - Represent your region using 200+ flags. How to Play Setup ------- At first each player set up the planes on a grid-like board. As long as they are not overlaping, the planes be placed anywhere, and in any of the 8 orientations. Player can strategically set the plane formation to confuse the opponent. Gameplay ---------- During the game, players take turns to guess where the opponent planes are. Most importantly, player must correctly guess where the weakness located. At each turn player choose a tile to strike, if it hits the enemy plane, it'll set it on fire. If it hits the weakness tile, the plane will be destroyed. The game finishes when one player destroy all the enemy planes. That player will be the winner.

About

Minesweeper

A classic logic puzzle game with a modern interface. Strategically uncover hidden mines on a grid, using deduction to avoid detonation. Compete globally for the fastest times and challenge yourself with various difficulty settings.

Highlights
  • Classic Minesweeper gameplay
  • Modern design
  • Logic and strategy challenges
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Global time leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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Classic Minesweeper game with modern design. Find all the mines without detonating them. Use logic and strategy to clear the minefield. Challenge yourself with different difficulty levels. Compete for the best time with users worldwide.

Screenshots

Battleplanes4 screens
Minesweeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Battleplanes at 12.0 against Minesweeper's 15.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Battleplanes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Minesweeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battleplanes ships an update fortnightly, Minesweeper weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Battleplanes versus Minesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattleplanesMinesweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—23 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB38 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHonghai GuGyuhyeon Jeon

Customer experience

Battleplanes

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Minesweeper

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Battleplanes

One-time10
  • 20 Hints Pack$0.99
  • Coins Pack 5000$0.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
Show 7 more
  • Coins Pack 42000$7.99
  • 500 Hints Pack$17.99
  • Coins Pack 100000$17.99
  • 1000 Hints Pack$29.99
  • Coins Pack 300000$47.99
  • Coins Pack 720000$99.99
  • Coins Pack 1660000$199.99
1 purchases

Minesweeper

Subscriptions1
  • Remove advertisements$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Battleplanes free?
Battleplanes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Battleplanes or Minesweeper have ads?
Both Battleplanes and Minesweeper show ads.
Which is updated more often, Battleplanes or Minesweeper?
Battleplanes ships an update fortnightly, and Minesweeper weekly. Most recently, Battleplanes was updated on October 5, 2026 and Minesweeper on October 14, 2026.

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