Comparison

Minesweeper vs Minesweeper Redesigned

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper

This classic logic puzzle game offers an ad-free Minesweeper experience on modern touch devices. It features original rules, intuitive gameplay, and advanced tools like hints and smart undo to enhance the challenge.

Highlights
  • Ad-free classic gameplay
  • Safe first tap
  • Hints and Smart Undo
  • Luck feature for guesses
  • 3D Touch and customizable controls
  • Custom difficulty levels
Features
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No ads. No distractions. Just classic Minesweeper, rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. Minesweeper brings the classic familiar logic puzzle to modern touch screens with intuitive controls, clean graphics, advanced algorithms, and the classic rules you expect: a safe first tap, flags, question marks, chording, and the original difficulty levels. Stuck? Use Hints that prioritize simple deductions so you can learn the logic instead of blindly guessing. Hit an unavoidable 50/50? Luck helps prevent forced guess losses when you choose one of the safest mathematically available squares. Made a mistake? Smart Undo lets you rewind a loss while shuffling hidden mines so the puzzle stays interesting. Features: • Classic Minesweeper rules and difficulty levels • Custom boards • Safe first tap • Flags, question marks, and chording • Hints that teach logical deductions • Luck for unavoidable guesses • Smart Undo after a loss • Statistics by difficulty • Winning streak, win rate, best time, and median time tracking • iPhone and iPad support • Mouse, trackpad, and Apple Pencil support • No ads or in app purchases. This is my gift to you :) How to play: Reveal every safe square without tapping a mine. Numbers show how many adjacent squares contain mines. Tap to reveal, press and hold to flag, and tap a completed number to open ("chord") nearby squares. Start a new board at any time with the smiley button. Built for classic Minesweeper players, speed solvers, logic puzzle fans, and anyone who wants a clean, fast puzzle game without ads. Having trouble or have a feature request? Contact me directly from the app.

About

Minesweeper Redesigned

Experience a classic puzzle game with a clean, intuitive interface optimized for touchscreens. Enjoy customizable themes and track your progress with detailed game history. This app offers a seamless and beautiful experience across all device sizes.

Highlights
  • Simple and coherent design
  • Touch-optimized controls
  • Light and dark themes
  • Detailed playing history
  • Responsive across multiple screen sizes
Features
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• Simple Design Simplicity creates coherence and consistency throughout the app. With no redundant elements, MINESWEEPER allows you to focus completely to the game itself. • Ready for Touch Different from those for the mouse, apps designed for touch screens require great effort of optimization. In MINESWEEPER, you can tap to reveal a tile, or long press to plant a flag. • Light or Dark Your devices have different colors, so does the app. Light and dark themes allow the app to display harmoniously on different devices. • Playing History History is what you can learn from. You can view, or even share, your gaming statistics at any time. • Multiple Screen Sizes MINESWEEPER just looks beautiful on all screen sizes, ranging from 3.5" to 12.9". It is also well fitted in Slide Over or Split View.

Screenshots

Minesweeper4 screens
Minesweeper Redesigned4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Minesweeper at 4.9 against Minesweeper Redesigned's 4.0. Minesweeper also leads on ratings volume (962 vs 5) and review sentiment (96% vs 75%). Minesweeper Redesigned's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 962 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Minesweeper's written reviews are positive against 75% of Minesweeper Redesigned's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, Minesweeper Redesigned every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Minesweeper versus Minesweeper Redesigned: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperMinesweeper Redesigned
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (962 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings962 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperdevelopersBlissHaoyuan Xia

Customer experience

Minesweeper

All ratings962 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.5%

Minesweeper Redesigned

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Minesweeper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent bomb placement logic
  • Game sometimes doesn't recognize cleared board

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to change background
  • Leaderboard/stats tracking
  • Ability to toggle flag mode

Minesweeper Redesigned

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minesweeper

No in-app purchases

None

Minesweeper Redesigned

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minesweeper Redesigned free?
Minesweeper Redesigned is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minesweeper or Minesweeper Redesigned?
Minesweeper is rated higher. Minesweeper averages 4.9 out of 5 from 962 ratings, while Minesweeper Redesigned averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Minesweeper or Minesweeper Redesigned have ads?
Neither Minesweeper nor Minesweeper Redesigned shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper or Minesweeper Redesigned?
Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, and Minesweeper Redesigned every 3 weeks. Most recently, Minesweeper was updated on October 19, 2026 and Minesweeper Redesigned on September 18, 2026.

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