Comparison

Dark Maze! vs Polychoron Explorer

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

Head to head
About

Dark Maze!

Navigate a ball of light through increasingly challenging mazes by swiping in different directions. Collect all the stars in each level to progress and test your puzzle-solving skills. See how far you can advance through the illuminated pathways.

Highlights
  • Swipe controls for movement
  • Collect stars to win
  • Increasingly difficult levels
  • Puzzle-based gameplay
  • Light and shadow theme
Features
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Swipe up, down and sideways to move the ball of light around the maze and collect all the stars to win. Each level is a puzzle and they get harder and harder. How far can you go?

About

Polychoron Explorer

Features
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Introducing Magic Manycell - a puzzle game inspired by Magic Cube but in 4D. Rotate 4D slices of a Tesseract or 16-Cell to match colors. Comprehend and feel 4D space by watching 4D objects projected into 3D by brand new 4D projection-based rendering engine. Magic Manycell puzzle can be played on 3 different 4D figures -- Tesseract with its Cells divided into 8 cubes 2*2*2, tesseract with cells divided into 3*3*3=27 smaller cubes each, and a 16-cell, which is a regular polychoron with 16 tetrahedral cells, where you have to match colors in 4 cells aligned together. If Magic Manycell puzzle seems too hard at first, you can adjust difficulty by selecting amount of moves (called shuffles) that game creates from the state with all colors perfectly aligned. So as you master elementary 1, 2 and 3 shuffles, you can move on to more challenging puzzles. In addition to starting with less shuffles, with Tesseract based figures players can select to utilize rotations that affects less cells that actual rotation would which makes this puzzle playable to even most casual players (this is the default mode - for only "realistic" rotations select "IRON AN" mode). In addition to Magic Manycell, this game contains Explorer mode without game goal where you can take your time to explore all 6 regular 4D polytopes (called polychorons). You can also customize how polychoron looks by selecting colors for each Cell of it. In Premium version, you can even create your own polychorons by scanning and splitting existing ones into 2 parts. Even though right now there're only 2 modes, more fun games on the same engine are planned to be added in the future into this same app. Game uses Freemium model where free (Demo) functionality is limited. Full functionality is unlockable with one-time purchases, only one for each mode. Demo mode is indicated by watermark so you know that there are some limitations to be expected. However in each mode there is a fully unlocked free functionality - for Magic Manycell, this is 2*2*2 tesseract board, for Explorer it's the 5-cell and Tesseract.

Screenshots

Dark Maze!4 screens
Polychoron Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Maze! at none against Polychoron Explorer's 3. Dark Maze! also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Polychoron Explorer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Polychoron Explorer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dark Maze! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Maze! ships an update weekly, Polychoron Explorer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Dark Maze! versus Polychoron Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark Maze!Polychoron Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better14.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size67 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikola IgnjatovicOLEG LESHCHEV

In-app purchases

None

Dark Maze!

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Polychoron Explorer

One-time3
  • Unlock Explorer$4.99
  • Unlock Magic Manycell$4.99
  • Full Lifetime Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Dark Maze! free?
Dark Maze! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polychoron Explorer free?
Polychoron Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dark Maze! or Polychoron Explorer have ads?
Dark Maze! shows ads; Polychoron Explorer does not.
Which is updated more often, Dark Maze! or Polychoron Explorer?
Dark Maze! ships an update weekly, and Polychoron Explorer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dark Maze! was updated on November 3, 2026 and Polychoron Explorer on October 31, 2026.

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