# Maze Boy — Reverse maze exploration tool

> Reverse maze exploration tool (iPhone/iPad app by Mark Barclay.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maze-boy/id6761824742 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mark Barclay](https://appshunter.io/developer/1779667710)
- Category: Games, Education, Puzzle, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 30 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maze-boy/id6761824742/reviews.md

## What is Maze Boy?

This app presents a maze grid that you can interact with by dragging through walls to open and close them.

While modifying the maze by tearing down and bringing up the walls — instead of moving a token — you rewrite the maze. By sweeping to open and close walls, you can watch in real time how each tiny change ripples through all three solvers in real time.

Imagine two “explorers” (left-hand and right-hand Trémaux solvers) painting the grid in red and green as they solve the maze the way Charles Pierre Trémaux would do. At each step as they trace the grid, cells turn red, green and yellow to indicate whether each cell is on the left-hand, right-hand or both Trémaux explorers’ solution. That is, only if the maze is solvable at all. If not, the whole maze just remains a dull gray.

In addition, a thin white line through the maze shows a path computed using a different algorithm (Breadth-first search). If the maze is solvable at any point in time while you are dragging through the cells, this is the truly shortest path through the maze.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-08-01

You can now adjust the maze size and various parameters.
You can save mazes you have created and load them back later.
The mazes are stored in JSON format for portability and to support future enhancements.

### 1.1 — 2026-04-10

Simplified interface.
Two screens: 4x4 and 9x9 mazes.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-10

No release notes.

## More apps by Mark Barclay

- [Molecule Maker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/molecule-maker/id6739954250)
- [Grating Simulator](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grating-simulator/id6759843063)

All apps by Mark Barclay: https://appshunter.io/developer/1779667710

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