Hex Jewels™ vs Bibliofix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex Jewels™
This is a free puzzle game where you group five or more identical jewels to clear them from the board. Plan your moves carefully as new jewels grow after each turn. Clear the target number of jewels before the board fills to win.
- Group five or more identical jewels
- Clear target number of jewels
- Endless levels
- No timer for relaxed play
- High score leaderboards
- Automatic progress saving
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100% FREE! DOWNLOAD NOW and start having fun! Take your time planning the best moves in this relaxing yet challenging puzzle game! • Make groups of five or more identical Jewels to clear them from the board. • After each move, more Jewels start to grow on the board. • Clear the target number of Jewels before the board fills up to win! • Endless levels to challenge you! • No timer, so you can take your time and relax • Beautiful graphics! • Intuitive touch controls! • Compete against your friends and against everyone worldwide for the highest scores on Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for "Boy Howdy" to see all our free games! HEX JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC
Bibliofix
Guess book titles by filling in missing words from famous literary excerpts. This word puzzle game challenges players to restore text and identify the book and author. It's a unique experience for book lovers and word game fans.
- Fill in missing words from book excerpts
- Guess book titles and authors
- Multiple languages supported
- Variety of famous stories
- Thousands of words to guess
- Proceed at your own pace
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Every level of this game is an excerpt from a well-known book. Some words in the text are missing. Your goal is to find these missing words, restore the text, and then guess the title and the author of the book. Proceed at your own pace, skip a word or two if you have to, and advance to the end of each fragment to figure out what book you are reading. Ideal for bibliophiles and word puzzle enthusiasts! Features: • A novel way to play word games. • Available in English, French or Russian. • Beautifully illustrated. • A variety of famous stories. • Thousands of words to guess. If you like crosswords, word search and word games in general, this game is for you! Install it and enjoy the new type of word game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hex Jewels™ at 4.8 against Bibliofix's 4.2. Hex Jewels™ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (404 vs 9). Bibliofix's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Bibliofix sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Hex Jewels™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hex Jewels™ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex Jewels™ has 404 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Hex Jewels™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Bibliofix's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hex Jewels™ ships an update every 5 months, Bibliofix fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex Jewels™ | Bibliofix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (404 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 404 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boy Howdy Technology LLC | Maribou Inc. |
Customer experience
Hex Jewels™
Bibliofix
Bugs and requests
Hex Jewels™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress not saved after closing app or inactivity
- Game resets to level 1 unexpectedly
- Point counter fails to credit valid moves
- Bombs trigger too frequently at high levels
Requested features
7 requests- Sound toggle within app settings
- Hint button for stuck players
- Back button for undoing moves
- Achievement milestones and progression badges
- Ability to clear entire board
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- Better save/progress persistence
- Kindle Fire HD version
Bibliofix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hex Jewels™
No in-app purchases
Bibliofix
- Silver Bundle$2.99
- Gold Bundle$7.99
- Platinum Bundle$19.99
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- Diamond Bundle$29.99
