Do a Maze vs Pocket8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Do a Maze
Easily play and create your own maze games. Navigate a red ball to a green one by tilting your device, avoiding enemies. Design mazes with your finger and set enemy paths. Share your creations with friends.
- Tilt to move ball
- Avoid enemies
- Create mazes with finger
- Place game pieces
- Set enemy paths
- Track best times
- Share games
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Do A Maze is an easy way to play and create games. While playing, tilt your device to move the red ball to the green ball while avoiding all the enemies. Games can be found on the internet or included as attachments you might send or receive in emails or texts. To create a game all you have to do is draw a maze with your finger, place game pieces where they should start and choose paths for the enemy pieces to follow. Do A Maze even keeps up with your best times for each game. If you are sharing your games, your friends will need to get Do A Maze to play them. It costs nothing to play and create games and Do A Maze has no ads. Do A Maze comes with some games we made with the app. So go ahead and give them a try. Then, let your creative juices flow by creating your very own games to play and share!
Pocket8
This app brings the PICO-8 fantasy console experience to your mobile device, offering access to thousands of community-made games. Enjoy customizable touch controls or gamepad support, and never lose progress with an instant save system.
- Browse and play community-made PICO-8 games
- Customizable touch controls and gamepad support
- Instant save states for unlimited progress saving
- Portrait and landscape orientation support
- Locked 60FPS gameplay
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Experience PICO-8 Anywhere: Pocket8 brings the magic of the PICO-8 fantasy console to your pocket. Whether you’re on a commute or relaxing at home, thousands of indie games are a single tap away. A Massive Library in Your Pocket: Discover thousands of community-made games with integrated BBS exploration. From challenging platformers to relaxing puzzles, there’s always something new to play. Download your favorites and build a personal collection that goes offline wherever you do. Controls That Feel Right: Gaming on a touch screen can be a struggle. Pocket8 features high-precision controls that feel as good as a real handheld. Choose between a classic D-pad or virtual joystick, or swap the face buttons positioning to match your playstyle. Wanna go touch-less? Connect a controller and play with a bluetooth gamepad or keyboard. Play Without Interruption: Instant save system lets you freeze time and jump back in to the exact pixel where you left off. Manage an infinite amount of save states per cartridge. Features: Browse & Play: Explore the Lexaloffle BBS to find and download new games instantly. Pro-Style Controls: Fluid movement and adaptive controls. Gamepad and Keyboard support included. Portrait & Landscape: Play comfortably in any orientation. Save Anywhere: Never lose your progress with instant state saves. Pure Performance: Locked 60FPS gameplay for the ultimate retro experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket8 at none against Do a Maze's 1. Pocket8 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Do a Maze's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Do a Maze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket8 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Do a Maze holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket8 has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Do a Maze ships an update every 15 months, Pocket8 daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Do a Maze | Pocket8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lone Human, LLC | Jevon Lipsey |
Customer experience
Do a Maze
Pocket8
In-app purchases
Do a Maze
- More Enemies$0.99
Pocket8
No in-app purchases









