Comparison

PathPix Max vs Gleamworks

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PathPix Max

This app offers extremely large and challenging logic puzzles for experienced players. Solve over a million squares across 102 giant puzzles, including a special art section. Features varying difficulty levels and rewarding images or quotes upon completion.

Highlights
  • 102 GIANT-sized puzzles
  • Special Art section with 12 masterpieces
  • Over 1 million squares of puzzling
  • Easy, Medium, and Hard areas
  • Check button to remove incorrect paths
  • Puzzles range from 7360 to 15,540 squares
Features
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Can't get enough PathPix? Like big challenges? PathPix Max will keep you playing for a LONG time! It includes 102 GIANT-sized puzzles plus a special Art section with 12 art masterpieces for you to solve. Over 1 million squares of PathPix puzzling pleasure await you here. Easy, Medium and Hard areas in every puzzle. Images from around the world and wise or witty quotes will reward your correct solutions. Stuck? Use the check button and remove incorrect paths. These puzzles are BIG! Puzzles range in size from 7360 squares (46x160) to 15,540 squares (140x111), with an average size around 10,000 squares (100x100). Each puzzle is a giant canvas - puzzle your way through it to paint the finished picture. Needless to say, PathPix Max is for experienced solvers ONLY!!! New to PathPix? Not sure which PathPix to buy?  Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different.  ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix Max is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.

About

Gleamworks

Guide beams of colored light through an intricate grid of optical pieces by rotating mirrors, splitters, and filters. Solve logic puzzles with no timers or move limits, at your own pace. Features additive color mixing and a colorblind-friendly mode.

Highlights
  • 250 handcrafted puzzles
  • 6 unique piece types
  • Additive color mixing
  • No timers or move limits
  • Offline play
  • Colorblind-friendly mode
Features
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Direct beams of colored light through an intricate grid of optical pieces. Rotate mirrors, splitters, filters, portals, and combiners to guide every beam to its matching receiver. Gleamworks is a thoughtful puzzle game built around light, color, and precision. Each level places every piece on the board — your job is to find the right rotation for each one. No guessing, no inventory management, just clean logic. FEATURES - 250 handcrafted puzzles across 12 difficulty tiers - 6 unique piece types: mirrors, filters, splitters, portals, combiners, and walls - Additive color mixing — combine red, yellow, and blue beams to create new colors - New mechanics introduced gradually as you progress - No timers, no energy systems, no move limits - Play at your own pace — offline, on your schedule - Hints available when you need a nudge - Colorblind-friendly mode with shape-based cues START SIMPLE, GO DEEP Early levels teach you the basics with mirrors and filters. By the midgame, you're splitting beams, mixing colors, and routing light through portals. Late-game puzzles demand creative thinking across large grids with every piece type in play. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS No flashing notifications, no social pressure, no pay-to-win mechanics. Gleamworks respects your time and attention. Sit down, solve a puzzle or ten, and walk away satisfied. **What's New (first release):** Welcome to Gleamworks! 250 light beam puzzles await. Rotate mirrors, mix colors, and guide every beam to its receiver.

Screenshots

PathPix Max4 screens
Gleamworks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gleamworks at Free against PathPix Max's $3.99. Gleamworks also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 17 months). PathPix Max's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Gleamworks is free to download; PathPix Max costs $3.99 up front. Gleamworks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PathPix Max asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PathPix Max against 5.0 for Gleamworks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PathPix Max has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of PathPix Max's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gleamworks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathPix Max ships an update every 17 months, Gleamworks daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PathPix Max versus Gleamworks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathPix MaxGleamworks
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (105 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB242 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKris PixtonJames Knarr

Customer experience

PathPix Max

All ratings105 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative0.0%

Gleamworks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PathPix Max

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashing multiple times a day

Requested features

8 requests
  • Gigantic versions of puzzles (1000+ x 1000+)
  • More colorful puzzles
  • A whole game based on famous artwork
  • Soundtrack
  • Show completion time for each solved puzzle
Show 3 more
  • More holiday-themed puzzles
  • More PathPix Max games
  • Loopical Max game

Gleamworks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PathPix Max

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gleamworks

One-time1
  • Gleamworks Ad-Free$2.99

Questions

Is PathPix Max free?
PathPix Max costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gleamworks free?
Gleamworks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PathPix Max or Gleamworks?
Gleamworks is rated higher. PathPix Max averages 4.9 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Gleamworks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PathPix Max or Gleamworks have ads?
Gleamworks shows ads; PathPix Max does not.
Which is updated more often, PathPix Max or Gleamworks?
PathPix Max ships an update every 17 months, and Gleamworks daily. Most recently, PathPix Max was updated on October 18, 2026 and Gleamworks on October 10, 2026.

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