Tap or Cry vs Maze Mice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap or Cry
Punch monsters, break bones, and detonate bombs to save the world from interdimensional portals. Collect power-ups, avoid traps, and enjoy a fun, arcade-style experience with great artwork and music. Play anywhere, anytime, even offline.
- Punching and combat mechanics
- Collect power-ups and weapons
- Avoid sneaky traps
- Intense visual effects and artwork
- Offline play supported
- Arcade-style gameplay
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When creepy monsters start arriving through interdimensional portals you are left with one option - roll up your sleeves and get your fists ready. Break skeleton bones, punch out zombie brains and enjoy a fresh shower of teeth, debris and fire as you detonate bombs or go crazy with your iron fists. Only you can save the world by collecting all the Anti-Portal Crystals and destroy the portals once and for all. MONSTERS EVERYWHERE, INFINITE. Some monsters are easy to kill, some are way harder and some even try to avoid your punches! Stay on your fingers, be ready and see how long you can survive! COLLECT EXOTIC POWER-UPS AND WEAPONS. When things heat up, use the Slowmo-snail to cool things down, smash monsters with your iron fists, launch deadly drones or just explode everything for a short moment of peace and quiet. WATCH OUT FOR SNEAKY TRAPS. Don't just tap on everything that comes at you. You might get poisoned, electroshocked, dizzy or activate the horrible Superspeed snail. GREAT ARTWORK, MUSIC AND ATMOSPHERE. Intense visual effects, creative and cartoonish artwork and a fantastic soundtrack specificly composed for Tap or Cry. This game has a creepy, fun and arcadish atmosphere. PLAY ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME. No WiFi connection? Don't worry - Tap or Cry also works without WiFi. CREATED BY ONE GUY. That's me, Kenni. A solo game developer, living in Copenhagen. If you enjoy the game, please consider supporting it. Share it with your friends, purchase the ad-free version or just play it a lot. It all helps. Want to know more about my games and what I'm up to? Visit my website @ northmice.games, follow me on social media or sign up for my newsletter. Thanks for playing Tap or Cry and hope to see you around!
Maze Mice
Navigate challenging mazes in this roguelike survival game where time progresses only when you move. Collect power-ups, choose upgrades, and evade enemies to survive. Unlock new characters and discover a vast array of enhancements.
- Time moves only when you move
- Collect dots and level up
- Choose from tons of upgrades
- Unlock multiple cute characters
- Bullet heaven roguelite gameplay
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Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace. Features: Gameplay designed by the same solo developer who brought you Luck be a Landlord. A fantastic soundtrack from the same composer as Luck be a Landlord. Multiple cute characters to unlock and play as. Tons of upgrades to unlock and pick from.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tap or Cry at 100% against Maze Mice's 40%. Tap or Cry also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Maze Mice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Tap or Cry is free to download; Maze Mice costs $4.99 up front. Tap or Cry sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Maze Mice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tap or Cry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maze Mice has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Tap or Cry's written reviews are positive against 40% of Maze Mice's.
Tap or Cry ships an update every 9 months, Maze Mice daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap or Cry | Maze Mice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Northmice ApS | TrampolineTales |
Customer experience
Tap or Cry
Maze Mice
In-app purchases
Tap or Cry
- Pile of coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Sack of coins$1.99
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- Crate of shiny coins$2.99
Maze Mice
No in-app purchases









