Minesweeper vs Nim Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minesweeper
Clear a minefield by tapping tiles and using numbered clues to locate hidden explosives. Achieve your best score by clearing the board as quickly as possible. Customize your gameplay with a variety of grid sizes.
- Flag hidden landmines
- Use numbered clues
- Customize grid sizes
- Achieve best scores
- Fast-paced gameplay
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The goal of Minesweeper is to flag all the landmines on the board as quickly as possible. Tap tiles to flip them, use the numbers on the tiles to figure out where the mines are. Clear the board quickly to achieve your best score. Want to play on a 3 x 3 grid? Or a 24 x 24 grid? Or a 13 x 22 grid? No problem. This version is totally customizable.
Nim Challenge
Engage in a strategic game of Nim against your iPhone. Test your skills to see if you can master the game and avoid losing. Discover how quickly you can achieve victory.
- Play Nim against iPhone AI
- Master strategic gameplay
- Track learning time
- Simple interface
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You play the game of Nim against your iPhone. If you master the game, you should never lose. How long will it take you?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nim Challenge at none against Minesweeper's shown. Nim Challenge also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Minesweeper's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nim Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, Nim Challenge daily. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | Nim Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Gilbert Gonsalves |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
Nim Challenge
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
Nim Challenge
No in-app purchases
