Comparison

Mazik vs Bad Box

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

Head to head
About

Mazik

Navigate a colorful 2D maze, avoiding traps and booby traps. This arcade platformer challenges your concentration with unpredictable gameplay and increasing difficulty. Collect power-ups to unlock new features and share your scores online.

Highlights
  • Colorful 2D maze exploration
  • Arcade platformer gameplay
  • Avoid booby traps and obstacles
  • Tap-to-turn controls
  • Collect power-ups
  • Share scores online
Features
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With The Mascoteers’ unique combination of colourful visuals and understated gameplay that draws you in more and more as you play, Mazik is simple fun anytime, anywhere. Enjoy the original concept that sees you explore a perplexing maze all the while keeping out of harm’s reach... Mazik is available for free now! Set in a two-dimensional maze world, this arcade platform game has you navigate your character around the twists, turns and all manner of booby traps that are set up throughout your journey. You need to tap the screen to turn at the right moment and squeeze through the smallest of gaps, unpredictable rotating doors and dangerous moving walls. Challenging you visually and mentally, it can be tricky to keep up with what’s happening on your screen, but concentration is crucial if you’re going to make it through and progress. Being quite difficult in the early going, smart players will learn from their mistakes and progress quickly, just don’t expect a walk in the park! Things ramp up pretty quickly and the pressure will be on before you know it...   Unpredictable, exciting gameplay Easy for beginners and young people Share your scores online Collect powerups to unlock new features Free now!

About

Bad Box

Navigate a challenging arcade experience by dodging impossible squares and collecting power-ups. Destroy obstacles with weapons and slow down time to survive longer. Compete for high scores in this difficult, offline-friendly game.

Highlights
  • Collect slow motion items
  • Use shields for survival
  • Destroy geometry blocks with weapons
  • Power up skills with coins
  • Offline play supported
Features
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Impossible Squares are everywhere and you have to deal with those dashes as long as you can. One of the toughest rage games that is not only difficult to play but also impossible to beat your friend's high score!! KEY FEATURES ------------------------- -> Free to play -> You can slowdown your time by collecting slow motion item. -> Try to collect the shield to survive more time! -> There is a weapon! So you can destroy those geometry blocks! -> You can power up your skills by collecting more coins! -> No WiFi? No problem! It's an offline arcade game. You can play it offline.

Screenshots

Mazik4 screens
Bad Box3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bad Box at 5.0 against Mazik's 4.2. Mazik's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 20 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Mazik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bad Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bad Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mazik has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mazik ships an update every 10 days, Bad Box every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mazik versus Bad Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMazikBad Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe MascoteersPlayense

Customer experience

Mazik

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bad Box

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mazik

One-time1
  • Remove advertisements$0.99
1 purchases

Bad Box

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$0.99

Questions

Is Mazik free?
Mazik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bad Box free?
Bad Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mazik or Bad Box?
Bad Box is rated higher. Mazik averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Bad Box averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mazik or Bad Box have ads?
Bad Box shows ads; Mazik does not.
Which is updated more often, Mazik or Bad Box?
Mazik ships an update every 10 days, and Bad Box every 20 months. Most recently, Mazik was updated on October 16, 2026 and Bad Box on October 7, 2026.

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