Comparison

Battleplanes vs Minesweeper Classic Widget

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 Classic Widget

Experience the classic Minesweeper game directly on your iOS 17 Home Screen or Mac desktop. Enjoy quick, challenging gameplay with engaging animations and sound effects, accessible anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Play on Home Screen
  • Play on Mac desktop
  • Interactive widgets
  • Engaging animations
  • Sound effects
  • Classic Minesweeper gameplay
Features
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Play Minesweeper right on your iOS 17 device’s Home Screen! Harnessing the power of iOS 17’s interactive widgets, this app brings a fresh twist to the classic game. Minesweeper has never been this accessible or convenient. Whether you’re waiting for a bus, on your coffee break, or just chilling at home, your next move is right at your fingertips. Dive into the game where you’ll pit your wits against the minefield. Each move is a step into the unknown, each flag a victory against the odds. Can you clear the field without triggering a mine? Enjoy the suspense and satisfaction with engaging animations and sound effects that amplify the gaming experience. “Minesweeper Classic Widget Game” is not just a game, it’s a revolution in mobile gaming. It’s quick, it’s challenging, and it’s right on your Home Screen. "Minesweeper Classic Widget Game" is part of our collection of Classic Widget Games you can play right on your iOS Home Screen or Mac desktop. Download all 6 today! Get the Classic Widget Game Pass to unlock themes and disable ads in all of the games for one low price or opt to unlock just the games you want separately. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. The privacy policy for this app is located here: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/widget-games/privacy/ The terms of use for this app are the standard Apple terms located here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Battleplanes4 screens
Minesweeper Classic Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Battleplanes at 100% against Minesweeper Classic Widget's 38%. Battleplanes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Minesweeper Classic Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Battleplanes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Minesweeper Classic Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battleplanes ships an update fortnightly, Minesweeper Classic Widget every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Battleplanes versus Minesweeper Classic Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattleplanesMinesweeper Classic Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—69 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB23 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHonghai GuCromulent Labs

Customer experience

Battleplanes

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

Minesweeper Classic Widget

All ratings69 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Battleplanes

One-time10
  • 20 Hints Pack$0.99
  • Coins Pack 5000$0.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
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  • 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
2 purchases

Minesweeper Classic Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Classic Widget Game Pass7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Minesweeper Widget Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Battleplanes free?
Battleplanes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minesweeper Classic Widget free?
Minesweeper Classic Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Battleplanes or Minesweeper Classic Widget have ads?
Battleplanes shows ads; Minesweeper Classic Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Battleplanes or Minesweeper Classic Widget?
Battleplanes ships an update fortnightly, and Minesweeper Classic Widget every 5 weeks. Most recently, Battleplanes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Minesweeper Classic Widget on November 3, 2026.

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