HexBoard vs Ward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HexBoard
Play Chinese Checkers against AI or friends on various board sizes. Enjoy a portable game experience with accessibility features for VoiceOver users.
- Play against computer opponents
- Multiplayer with friends
- Three different sized gameboards
- Portable gameboard on phone/tablet
- VoiceOver accessibility
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With HexBoard you can play chinese checkers in two ways: - Against one or multiple computer opponents in two, three, four, five and six player modes. - With your friends. Hexboard has three different sized gameboards. Small gameboard has three marbles per each player, medium has six. Full gameboard has total of ten marbles per player. With HexBoard you have a portable gameboard with you all the time in your phone or tablet, and it's easy to start a game at any time. We have also done our best to make HexBoard accessible with VoiceOver.
Ward
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A defense without guns. Enemies dive at your core from every direction — and you never fire a shot. Drag gravity wells to bend their paths: slingshot attackers into the sun, crush them in a well's pull, or whip them clean off the field. Live trajectory lines show where each enemy is headed — red means it is on course for your core, gold means the sun claims it. Mid-flight correctors can change course, so read the field, reposition your wells, then brace for the wave. • Pure physics combat — every takedown is environmental: sun, crush, or deflection • Draft a perk between waves: new wells, deeper gravity, drag fields, core plating, solar flares • Heavies, mid-flight correctors, and Warden bosses keep every run escalating • Doctrines — loadouts you choose before a run that shape its opening; earn Cores to unlock more • Free ranked Daily Challenge — one shared board a day, same for every player, with a global leaderboard • Free-play runs save at every wave break and whenever you pause or leave, mid-wave included: come back and pick up where you left off GO PRO The first 10 waves are free — the complete loop, every perk, and a Warden boss. Going Pro opens the endless climb past wave 10 plus Warden skins and board themes. Choose a one-time Ward unlock, or the StackForge Play Pass for Pro in every StackForge game, plus One Good Thing. Prices are shown before you buy. The Daily Challenge is always free, in full, for everyone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://stackforgestudios.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ward at Free against HexBoard's $0.99. Ward also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). HexBoard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Ward is free to download; HexBoard costs $0.99 up front. Ward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HexBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.
HexBoard ships an update every 40 months, Ward fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HexBoard | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Iiro Viitanen | StackForge Studios |
In-app purchases
HexBoard
No in-app purchases
Ward
- StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
- StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
- Ward Full Unlock$4.99









