hocus. vs CUBIC MAZES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hocus.
Engage with a collection of mind-bending puzzles featuring impossible shapes. Create and share your own levels, or get assistance from AI when you're stuck. Explore both handcrafted challenges and an endless mode.
- 120 mind-bending handcrafted levels
- Create and share custom levels
- Load levels from pictures
- Endless mode
- AI-assisted gameplay
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year; Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck. Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes. Features: • 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels • Create/share your own levels • Load / take picture of levels cards • Endless mode • Shortest path algorithm
CUBIC MAZES
Navigate intricate 3D mazes by shifting between faces and climbing stairs to reach the goal. Explore new passages by moving onto different sides of the cube. This puzzle adventure offers enchanting visuals and over 40 challenging stages.
- 3D cube maze navigation
- Face shifting mechanics
- Stair climbing movement
- Over 40 stages
- Hint system
- Relaxing ambience
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Enjoy 3D fun with CUBIC MAZES! Shift across faces and aim for the goal! Cubic maze faces shift as you walk the stairs! Move onto sides to discover new passages! With your stereognostic sense, join COZMO -a puzzle-loving peculiar alien- in a blitz through star of mazes! [Game Features] - Simple game steps / rules for everyone - Enchanting visuals with relaxing ambience - Over 40 exciting stages (and more in future updates!) - Shows hints when you are lost - Ad removal with an upgrade
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CUBIC MAZES at Free against hocus.'s $1.99. CUBIC MAZES also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). hocus.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (87% vs 67%). On rating, ads 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
CUBIC MAZES is free to download; hocus. costs $1.99 up front. CUBIC MAZES sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. hocus. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for hocus. against 4.2 for CUBIC MAZES. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hocus. has 234 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of hocus.'s written reviews are positive against 67% of CUBIC MAZES's.
hocus. ships an update every 5 weeks, CUBIC MAZES every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hocus. | CUBIC MAZES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (234 ratings) — better | 4.2 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 234 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | takuya ori |
Customer experience
hocus.
CUBIC MAZES
In-app purchases
hocus.
No in-app purchases
CUBIC MAZES
- UPGRADE$1.99
