Comparison

Hidden Through Time 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

Hidden Through Time

Embark on a charming hide-and-seek adventure across historical eras. Solve object-finding puzzles using clever clues in vibrant, hand-drawn levels. Create and share your own levels or explore those made by a global community.

Highlights
  • Object finding puzzles
  • Historical level exploration
  • Cryptic hints
  • Hand-drawn colourful levels
  • Level editor
  • Cloud level sharing
  • Community level discovery
Features
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Hidden Through Time is a cute game of hide and seek with objects scattered through the wonderful history of our world. Use cryptic hints to discover every secret as you explore the colourful hand drawn levels. Find enough objects to advance to the next stage, and make your way through all four great ages. Still desire more or wish to unleash your creativity? Our editor is available to anyone, allowing you to create your very own levels and share them on our cloud! Here you can also discover, play and rate levels made by other creators from all around the world! So join Clicky on his wondrous adventure in Hidden Through Time!

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

Hidden Through Time4 screens
Labyrinth City4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hidden Through Time and Labyrinth City both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Labyrinth City's written reviews are positive against 45% of Hidden Through Time's. Labyrinth City also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Hidden Through Time's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 44) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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

Hidden Through Time costs $2.99 and Labyrinth City $4.99 up front. Hidden Through Time sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Labyrinth City asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Hidden Through Time against 4.6 for Labyrinth City. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden Through Time has 1K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Hidden Through Time's written reviews are positive against 81% of Labyrinth City's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Through Time ships an update every 11 days, Labyrinth City fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hidden Through Time versus Labyrinth City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden Through TimeLabyrinth City
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.6 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews45.1% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better44
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogueside NVStoreRider

Customer experience

Hidden Through Time

All ratings1,015 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive45.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative40.6%

Labyrinth City

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

Bugs and requests

Hidden Through Time

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during gameplay
  • Expansion packs not working as expected
  • Inability to load or play on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Improved map editor functionality
  • Larger icons and objects
  • Removal of offensive/stereotypical content

Labyrinth City

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Hidden Through Time

One-time5
  • Viking Tales$1.99
  • Legends of Japan$1.99
  • Aztec Rituals$1.99
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  • Road to Rome$1.99
  • Pirate Treasures$1.99
None

Labyrinth City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hidden Through Time free?
Hidden Through Time costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Labyrinth City free?
Labyrinth City costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hidden Through Time or Labyrinth City?
Hidden Through Time is rated higher. Hidden Through Time averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Labyrinth City averages 4.6 from 44 ratings.
Do Hidden Through Time or Labyrinth City have ads?
Hidden Through Time shows ads; Labyrinth City does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Through Time or Labyrinth City?
Hidden Through Time ships an update every 11 days, and Labyrinth City fortnightly. Most recently, Hidden Through Time was updated on October 29, 2026 and Labyrinth City on October 27, 2026.

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