Hoplite vs Hex Star Battle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoplite
Engage in challenging turn-based tactical combat on small maps. Strategize your moves carefully to overcome procedurally generated levels and unlock upgrades. Compete with friends on leaderboards and test your skills in daily challenges.
- Turn-based tactical movement
- Procedurally generated levels
- Quest mode with upgrades
- Challenge mode with daily challenges
- Leaderboard rankings
- Hard but fair gameplay
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"Blanket recommendation for this one." - Pocket Tactics (5 stars) "It's very simple to learn, but there's a huge amount of depth to the game" - Touch Arcade (5 stars) Hoplite is a turn-based strategy game focusing on tactical movement around small maps. This game is designed to be hard, yet fair. You'll need to think before you act if you hope to win. Every move counts! Quest Mode: • Make strategical choices to upgrade your abilities as you dive deeper into the underworld. • Earn achievements and unlock access to new upgrades. • Procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play. • Challenge your friends and see how you rank on the leaderboard. Challenge mode: • Jump straight into the action with a randomized set of upgrades. • Try to beat the daily challenge or play predetermined challenges at two difficulty levels.
Hex Star Battle
This logic puzzle game challenges players to place stars on a hexagonal grid according to specific rules for regions and lines. It offers classic and double star modes, multiple difficulty levels, and daily puzzles with streak tracking. Enjoy a pure, logical solving experience without timers or interruptions.
- Hexagonal grid logic puzzles
- Classic and Double Star modes
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Daily puzzles with streak tracking
- Global leaderboards
- Step-by-step logic hints
- Colorblind-friendly and dark mode
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Hex Star Battle is a logic puzzle game similar to Queens or Star Battle played on a hexagonal grid. Place stars so that every color region and every line has exactly the right number. For the classic Queens variant: no two stars may touch, even diagonally. For the Double variant, similar to Star Battle: 2 stars must be in every region and along every line. • Classic mode (1 star per region/line) and Double Star mode (2 stars) for a genuinely different challenge • Five difficulty tiers, from gentle Easy puzzles to Expert and Extreme brain-benders • A new Daily Puzzle every day for both modes, with streak tracking • Global leaderboards and personal best times • Step-by-step hints that explain the actual logic — not just the answer • Colorblind-friendly region patterns, dark mode, and undo/redo No timers forcing your hand, no ads interrupting a puzzle — just satisfying, purely logical solving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hex Star Battle at Free against Hoplite's $3.99. Hex Star Battle also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hoplite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (790 vs 1). On in-app purchases 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
Hex Star Battle is free to download; Hoplite costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hex Star Battle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoplite has 790 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, Hex Star Battle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoplite | Hex Star Battle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (790 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 790 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Cowley | Corey Wu |
Customer experience
Hoplite
Hex Star Battle
Bugs and requests
Hoplite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch with certain OS versions
- Agility upgrade not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes or levels
- Customization options for the character
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to start at higher levels
Hex Star Battle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoplite
No in-app purchases
Hex Star Battle
No in-app purchases









