Comparison

One Way vs Labyrinth City

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

Head to head
About

One Way

Engage in a creative point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must find a blue orb on each floor to power an elevator and ascend. Carefully observe your surroundings and make strategic decisions to overcome unique challenges in diverse, hand-drawn worlds.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click puzzle gameplay
  • Find blue orbs to power elevator
  • Observe surroundings to solve puzzles
  • Diverse, unique floor environments
  • Hand-drawn art style
  • Discover secrets and challenges
Features
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One Way: The Elevator a creative point-and-click puzzle game.The player needs to find a blue orb in each scene to power the elevator and keep going up. To solve the puzzles, one has to carefully observe the surroundings and make decisions accordingly. Every floor is a world entirely different from others. The characters are made alive by the unique hand-drawing style. And everything you see is only the tip of an iceberg. More secrets and challenges are waiting for your arrival.

About

Labyrinth City

Embark on an adventure as a maze detective to find a stolen artifact and prevent a city from becoming a labyrinth. Explore vibrant worlds, interact with characters, and solve puzzles to uncover hidden clues and treasures.

Highlights
  • Explore colorful, detailed worlds
  • Find over 100 hidden objects and trophies
  • Engage in brain-stimulating puzzles and minigames
  • Interact with over 500 elements
  • Experience scenes from a best-selling book series
  • Solve an overarching mystery
Features
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is an adventure puzzle game for children and adults alike! Adapted from the award-winning children's illustration book series by IC4DESIGN and developed by Darjeeling, Labyrinth City takes you on a trip through a fantastic world of underground cities, hot-air balloons, tree-tops and haunted houses. Find your way through each interactive maze, engage with colorful characters, explore hidden pathways, unlock pieces of clues and solve the mystery along the way. 【The Story】 A new case has arrived for Pierre the Maze Detective! Mr. X has stolen the Maze Stone, which has the power to turn the whole Opera City into a maze. Help Pierre and his friend Carmen find their way through the mazes and stop Mr. X before it's too late! 【The Game】 You play as Pierre, Opera City's renowned maze detective, and you must retrieve the Maze Stone stolen by the notorious thief Mr. X! Without you, Opera City is doomed, as the Maze Stone has the power to turn everything around it into an intricate labyrinth. "Beautiful and cute puzzle games are fine and all," I hear you say, "but what about the challenge?". A fine question! In a maze, although there is only one true path to the exit, there are countless trails to hidden treasures and mini-games. So pay close attention while exploring Opera City and you will be pleasantly surprised. 【Features】 - Explore Opera City! Enter colorful worlds teeming with life and intricate details based on the best-selling children’s book series Pierre the Maze Detective by IC4DESIGN - Solve All Mysteries! More than 100 hidden objects and unique trophies to find, engaging puzzles and minigames to stimulate your brain - Interact With the Surroundings! Over 500 interactions possible with the characters, items, and background - Relive Childhood Memories! Each scene is based on a double-page illustration from the original work - Original soundtrack - Save the World! All levels are tied together by an overarching narration that will fill the detectives within us with purpose - Speaks Your Language! Available in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian

Screenshots

One Way4 screens
Labyrinth City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Labyrinth City at fortnightly against One Way's every 2 months. Labyrinth City also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). One Way's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

One Way costs $1.99 and Labyrinth City $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Labyrinth City holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 43 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of One Way's written reviews are positive against 81% of Labyrinth City's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One Way ships an update every 2 months, Labyrinth City fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
One Way versus Labyrinth City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne WayLabyrinth City
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (101 ratings)4.6 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better81.0% of reviews
Number of ratings101 — better43
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size495 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOTTONGAME Network Technology Co., Ltd.StoreRider

Customer experience

One Way

All ratings101 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.0%

Labyrinth City

All ratings43 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

One Way

No in-app purchases

None

Labyrinth City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is One Way free?
One Way costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Labyrinth City free?
Labyrinth City costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, One Way or Labyrinth City?
Labyrinth City is rated higher. One Way averages 4.4 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Labyrinth City averages 4.6 from 43 ratings.
Do One Way or Labyrinth City have ads?
Neither One Way nor Labyrinth City shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One Way or Labyrinth City?
One Way ships an update every 2 months, and Labyrinth City fortnightly. Most recently, One Way was updated on October 22, 2026 and Labyrinth City on October 19, 2026.

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