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
A two-player strategy board game where players aim to connect opposite sides of the board with their colored pieces. It's a simple yet deep game of strategic placement and foresight.
- Two-player gameplay
- Connect opposite sides
- Strategic piece placement
- Simple rules
- Deep strategy
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Hex is a strategy board game. Two players take turns putting their color on the board with the goal of making a chain that connects two opposite sides.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hex at 100% against Hex Touch's 17%. Hex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Hex Touch's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hex Touch has 8 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Hex's.
Hex Touch ships an update every 9 months, Hex every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex Touch | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 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 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin White | Sylvia Mosharraf |
Customer experience
Hex Touch
Hex
In-app purchases
Hex Touch
No in-app purchases
Hex
No in-app purchases
