Hex Touch vs Hex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex Touch
A two-player abstract strategy board game where players aim to connect opposite sides of a hexagonal board with their chosen color. The game guarantees a winner, as a chain must form by the time all cells are colored.
- Two-player gameplay
- Hexagonal board
- Connect opposite sides
- Abstract strategy
- Guaranteed winner
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Hex is a board game for two players. The red player trys to connect the two red borders with a chain of red cells by coloring empty cells red, while the blue player trys the same with the blue borders. The game can never end with a draw:When all cells have been colored, there must exists either a red chain or a blue chain. Good luck!
Hex
Experience the classic Hex board game with an AI opponent. Progress through levels as the AI adapts and improves, offering new strategic challenges. Visualize shortest paths and compete with friends.
- Classic Hex gameplay
- AI opponent
- Progressive AI difficulty
- Shortest path visualization
- GameCenter multiplayer
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Classic Hex Game on a 6x6 board • Challenge yourself with AI oponnent • Develop different strategies as AI gets stronger after each level • Use shortest paths visulaizations • Compete with other gamecenter players
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hex Touch at Free against Hex's $0.99. Hex's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Hex Touch is free to download; Hex costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hex holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex has 185 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Hex Touch's written reviews are positive against 52% of Hex's.
Hex Touch ships an update every 9 months, Hex every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex Touch | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (185 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 185 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin White | Grzegorz Surma |
Customer experience
Hex Touch
Hex
In-app purchases
Hex Touch
No in-app purchases
Hex
No in-app purchases
