Mineswifter (Minesweeper)

Flag toggle box needs to be bigger. Constantly misclicking mines thinking I’ve toggled the flag button.

Classic game. Very addictive. But the controls are finicky sometimes. It’s very frustrating to lose a string of perfect games because the app didn’t decides the long-touch you did to flag a tile was actually a short tap instead. Kaboom. Except my finger is usually still right where I put it. Oh well. Fun game nevertheless. But it would be nice if it only blew me up when I deserved it.

Clean, simple and integrates just the right amount of gamification. Great app!

I love this app and it makes minesweeper so much more fun. But could you please please please show us the time average only for perfect games when we get one for the daily game. If I get a perfect game in seven minutes and the average is four minutes it takes away some of my satisfaction from getting the perfect game because it makes me feel slow even though I don’t know how long those people would have taken if it was only perfect games.

This take on the old mine game actually improves on the original. While most of these games in the App Store are a lazy rip-off with no functionality and worse game mechanics than the original, the developer of this gem actually put some thought into it. I sense they must be a fan of the game :-) Simple yet powerful, I highly recommend Mineswifter.

I played the free version and it was so brilliant I felt bad not paying for it so I did. I haven’t even tried it yet but based on the other reviews, I’m sure it will be great. The one game I played so far on the hardest mode available was solvable but not easy. I got stuck at a few points and questioned whether it was really solvable but decided to try and logic it out and figured out that I could. I found the flagging and uncovering function to be a tiny bit clunky but apparently that’s customizable in the paid version so I’m sure I’ll manage. It was nonetheless a clever scheme and the biggest issues were the limitations of the phone rather than the app. I’ll try the pinch to zoom and see how I like it. It is refreshing to be able to play minesweeper and devote your full intelligence to the puzzle instead of just clicking through a 99 mine field that will inevitably rely on guessing right at multiple points. This app is a gem.

Being able to know the game won’t end in a stupid 50/50 is so relieving. I wish the game board had some padding around the outside though as sometimes I have difficulty clicking on the squares at the edge of the board.

I have had several circumstances where a guess needs to be made to continue the game. I used the hint feature to make sure there was not a solution but it brought me to a tile that could not be figured out without using hint. (Edit: I’m an idiot it was solvable)

Good UI, very responsive, daily maps are fun. Just wish it had a customizable board.

This is the best version of Minesweeper for iOS I can find. I can’t fathom why it doesn’t show up immediately on search for “Minesweeper”. There’s no ads, a super clean interface, and really nice statistics. I love this version and it might honestly be my favorite on all platforms