Minesweeper vs Minesweeperﾠ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Ad-free classic gameplay
- Safe first tap
- Hints and Smart Undo
- Luck feature for guesses
- 3D Touch and customizable controls
- Custom difficulty levels
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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.
Minesweeperﾠ
Enjoy a classic puzzle experience with a clean interface and no advertisements. Customize your game with various difficulty levels and grid sizes, and track your progress with detailed statistics. Play across multiple Apple devices with a single purchase.
- No ads
- Universal app purchase
- Auto-Complete feature
- Performance statistics
- Safe first reveal
- Customizable difficulty and grid sizes
- Dark Mode support
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- No ads, ever! - Universal app: one purchase to play on iPhone, iPad, & Mac - Auto-Complete to quickly finish the game - Statistics to keep track of your performance - First reveal of each game will always be safe - Tap and hold to quickly flag a space Personalize your game in Settings - Choose from four difficulty settings and four grid sizes - Switch to a dynamically sized grid to fill the screen - Zoom and scroll through the grid - More amazing features coming soon! Native iOS Design - Supports all devices and orientations - Dark Mode enabled - Split View and Slide Over compatible - Keyboard shortcuts for most actions Privacy Policy: crawbuck.com/privacy Terms of Use: crawbuck.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minesweeper at 97% against Minesweeperﾠ's 33%. Minesweeper also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Minesweeperﾠ's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Minesweeperﾠ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Minesweeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Minesweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 962 ratings behind it against 86, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Minesweeper's written reviews are positive against 33% of Minesweeperﾠ's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | Minesweeperﾠ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (962 ratings) — better | 4.1 (86 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 962 — better | 86 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | developersBliss | Duncan Crawbuck |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
Minesweeperﾠ
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
Minesweeperﾠ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
Minesweeperﾠ
- Minesweeper Premium$0.991 Year
- Minesweeper Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Year
- Minesweeper Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Year
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- Minesweeper Premium$1.991 Year
- Minesweeper Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Minesweeper Premium3 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Minesweeper Premium$0.99
- Minesweeper Premium$1.99
- Minesweeper Premium$2.99
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- Minesweeper Premium$4.99
Questions
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