Hexa Stack vs Hexa Sort

Looking for a Hexa Sort alternative?

AppLovin's Hexa Sort proved the hex-stack-and-merge mechanic works at scale. Hexa Stack runs the same core loop without gating progress behind coin packs — every level's solution is public.

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Hexa Sort — Lion Studios Plus / AppLovin

Pricing: Free + IAP coin packs from $1.99 (Coin Pack 1) up to $14.99 (Coin Pack 3), plus a $4.99 Piggy Bank and a $9.99 Refresh Bundle.
Scale: ~10M lifetime Google Play installs, ~$9.5M net revenue Jan–May 2025, 4.7 stars across 219K ratings.
Strongest feature: A tight hybridcasual core loop tuned by a studio that ideates roughly 1,000 game concepts a month — the mechanic itself is proven.
Weakest point: Progression gates behind coin-pack purchases rather than skill; no on-device proof that a level is solvable; no level editor; no replay/coach system.

Hexa Stack vs Hexa Sort

Feature	Hexa Sort	Hexa Stack
Progress gating	Coin packs ($1.99–$14.99) to refresh or unstick a board	No purchases of any kind — free campaign, start to finish
Proof a level is solvable	Not published	Every level's solved placement route is public — see the level 1 walkthrough
Levels	Procedural, difficulty not disclosed	250 solver-certified levels with a published move count per level
Where you can play it	App Store / Google Play install required	This browser tab, free, no install

Why Hexa Stack is different

Hexa Sort's coin-pack economy means getting stuck turns into a purchase decision. Hexa Stack's 250 campaign levels are all solver-certified ahead of release and the solved route for each one is published, so "stuck" has a real answer that isn't a coin pack.

Play Hexa Stack's 250-level campaign free, right now, in this tab.

Competitor figures are sourced from public App Store/Play listings and Sensor Tower/AppMagic estimates reported by MobileGamer.biz, current as of October 2026. Hexa Stack figures are read directly from this site's live level-guide walkthroughs and campaign data.