Comparison

Photon Highway vs Quadrim

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

Head to head
About

Photon Highway

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Warning: Photon Highway is a very challenging game and only a few chosen ones will be able to reach the end of it. Take control over the fastest cars in the universe and drive through 10 unique areas of the cosmos until you reach the end of all time. But be cautious, many obstacles are in your way. If you crash your journey will begin over and over again. Once you reach certain areas, you unlock new vehicles, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

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Quadrim

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Four in a row, but the board is a cube. Sixteen squares become sixty-four cells, and the lines run in directions a flat board never had: across, upward, and straight through the diagonals of the cube. Seventy-six ways to win, and most of them are hard to see until somebody has already used one on you. THIRTY-ONE OPPONENTS A ladder that starts with a creature which barely notices a threat and ends with one that plays the game perfectly. Each has a rating, a face and a temperament of its own. Beat one and the next is waiting. The opponent at the top cannot be beaten when it moves first. That is not a boast: four in a row on a 4x4x4 board is a solved game, and it plays from the solution. FIND YOUR LEVEL Your own rating moves with every result, the way a chess rating does. A ten-game trend, a win-loss record against each opponent, and a path that opens up as you earn it. QUESTS AND STREAKS Small goals that give a session a shape: a first win against someone new, a first win playing second, ten games in a day, a run of days in a row. PASS AND PLAY Hand the phone across. No account, no opponent search, no waiting for anyone. LEARN IT PROPERLY A tutorial that teaches the lines rather than the buttons, followed by a practice game against a gentle opponent. PLAYS ANYWHERE The games, the opponents and the ratings all run on your device. No connection is needed to play, so a tunnel or a plane changes nothing. WHAT IS FREE The first month is unlimited. After that you can start three games a day and nine a week against the computer, free, for as long as you like. Pass and play, the tutorial, and finishing a game you have already started are never limited. TWO OPTIONAL PURCHASES - Unlimited play: €2.99 per year, auto-renewing. Lifts the daily and weekly limits on computer games. It does not unlock opponents. - Unlock all opponents: €4.99, one payment. Every opponent straight away instead of earning them with points. It does not change how many games you can start. Prices are shown in euros. Outside the euro area the store charges the equivalent in your own currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://evict.nl/quadrim/quadrim-privacy-policy PRIVACY No accounts, no advertising, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing collected about you. Your games are kept on your device and are included in your device's own iCloud backup, to your own account. Perfect play at the top of the ladder comes from Oren Patashnik's Qubic strategy dictionary (1980), used with permission and with the moves unchanged. Available in English and Dutch.

Screenshots

Photon Highway4 screens
Quadrim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photon Highway at none against Quadrim's 2. Quadrim's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 63 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Quadrim sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Photon Highway asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photon Highway ships an update every 63 months, Quadrim fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Photon Highway versus Quadrim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoton HighwayQuadrim
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 63 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax GittelEdwin Vermeer

In-app purchases

None

Photon Highway

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Quadrim

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited daily games$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock every opponent$3.99

Questions

Is Photon Highway free?
Photon Highway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quadrim free?
Quadrim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photon Highway or Quadrim have ads?
Neither Photon Highway nor Quadrim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photon Highway or Quadrim?
Photon Highway ships an update every 63 months, and Quadrim fortnightly. Most recently, Photon Highway was updated on November 1, 2026 and Quadrim on October 29, 2026.

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