Minesweeper vs Minesweeper Duo
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.
Minesweeper Duo
Experience classic Minesweeper with two distinct visual themes: a modern 'Liquid Glass' or a nostalgic 'Classic' mode. Enjoy customizable board sizes, a safe first click, and detailed game statistics to track your progress and improve your skills.
- Two visual themes: Liquid Glass and Classic
- Multiple difficulty levels (Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, Custom)
- Safe first click and chording mechanics
- iCloud sync for high scores
- Game Center leaderboards
- Detailed game statistics (time, 3BV, pace, efficiency)
- Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
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Two looks Liquid Glass for today, or Classic with sunken tiles, LED counters and the smiley face. Classic rules Beginner, Intermediate, Expert and custom boards. A safe first click, chording and question marks. Scores that follow you High scores sync through iCloud, and Game Center leaderboards show how you rank. Stats that count Every game records time, 3BV, pace and efficiency, so you can see what to practise. Made for every screen Taps and long presses on iPhone, pointer and keyboard on iPad and Mac. Picks up where you left off The game in progress is saved after every move, zoom and scroll included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minesweeper at none against Minesweeper Duo's 3. Minesweeper also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 8). Minesweeper Duo's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Minesweeper Duo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Minesweeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Minesweeper against 5.0 for Minesweeper Duo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minesweeper has 1.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Minesweeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minesweeper Duo's.
Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, Minesweeper Duo every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Minesweeper | Minesweeper Duo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | developersBliss | Patrick Kelleher |
Customer experience
Minesweeper
Minesweeper Duo
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 Duo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minesweeper
No in-app purchases
Minesweeper Duo
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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