Comparison

cardinal. vs Hedgemaze

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

Head to head
About

cardinal.

Engage in a minimalistic logic puzzle game where you deduce a secret solution using sixteen cards and clues. Enjoy procedurally generated boards for endless play and compete globally in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic logic puzzles
  • Deduce secret solutions
  • Procedurally generated boards
  • Endless regular mode
  • Daily global competitions
  • 16 logic cards
Features
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Minimalistic yet challenging, CARDINAL gives you sixteen different cards and clues in which you must figure out the secret solution! Begin with the cardinal rule you can then continue to creatively deduce the solution from there! An endless amount of procedurally generated boards waits for you in regular mode. And when you feel ready, test yourself in the daily competition alongside players from all over the globe.

About

Hedgemaze

A relaxing logic puzzle game where you use grid clues to create a single path through various serene environments. It offers over 2,000 puzzles with increasing difficulty and a daily challenge mode with leaderboards. Enjoy a pure puzzle experience with no ads or timers.

Highlights
  • Logic-based grid puzzles
  • Build a single perfect path
  • 2,000+ puzzles
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Daily challenges with leaderboards
  • No ads or timers
Features
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Hedgemaze is a relaxing logic puzzle inspired by nonograms, picross, and traditional paper puzzles. Use row and column clues to build a single perfect path through flowers, zen gardens, torii gates, and winding rivers. Each puzzle challenges you to determine exactly which cells become hedge and which become path. Every puzzle has one unique solution and can be solved with logic alone. No guessing required. Play 2,000+ puzzles across four difficulties. Start with 6×6 Easy grids and work your way up to challenging 12×12 Expert puzzles with rivers, bridges, and new twists to master. Take on a new Daily Challenge every day. Solve three puzzles that reset at midnight, compete on global leaderboards for the fastest times, and track your streaks and best solves while earning achievements. No ads. No energy timers. Just puzzles.

Screenshots

cardinal.3 screens
Hedgemaze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: cardinal. at none against Hedgemaze's 1. cardinal. also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). Hedgemaze's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Hedgemaze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. cardinal. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for cardinal. against 5.0 for Hedgemaze. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of cardinal.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Hedgemaze's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, Hedgemaze fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
cardinal. versus Hedgemaze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercardinal.Hedgemaze
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerfect Hat Games LLCDrew Koontz

Customer experience

cardinal.

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Hedgemaze

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

cardinal.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hedgemaze

One-time1
  • Hedgemaze Pro$4.99

Questions

Is cardinal. free?
cardinal. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hedgemaze free?
Hedgemaze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, cardinal. or Hedgemaze?
cardinal. and Hedgemaze are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 19 ratings respectively.
Do cardinal. or Hedgemaze have ads?
Neither cardinal. nor Hedgemaze shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cardinal. or Hedgemaze?
cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, and Hedgemaze fortnightly. Most recently, cardinal. was updated on July 21, 2026 and Hedgemaze on September 22, 2026.

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