Maze Square (Lite) vs Shoot Bubbles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maze Square (Lite)
Navigate through a variety of 2D mazes with customizable wall visibility and helpful features like breadcrumbs and a timer. Offers a free set of mazes with an option to unlock thousands more.
- 32 free 2D mazes
- Adjustable wall visibility
- Breadcrumb markers
- Show Best Move feature
- Timer
- Touch and drag controls
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32 free 2-D mazes from 5x5 to 40x40 (iPad) or 6x6 to 20x20 (iPhone). Color and sound. Maze walls can be invisible, revealed upon touch, shown only along a horizontal and vertical line, shown only near your position, or fully displayed. * 32 mazes (In App Purchase increases this to 4000 mazes) * iPhone - Easy 6x6 mazes to hard 20x20 mazes * iPad - Easy 5x5 mazes to hard 40x40 mazes * Touch and drag to move - fast smooth action * 8 colors * Sound on moving * Breadcrumb markers * Show Best Move feature * Timer * Walls can be: invisible visible only when touched visible only nearby (adjustable) visible throughout visible along a horizontal and vertical line (this 1Dx1D display is geometrically similar to the 2Dx2D display in Maze Cube - a true 3D maze game also available at the App Store) Screen shots below show: iPhone - 1) a 20x20 maze with the current position in the center and the 'Show best Move' feature used 2) a 10x10 maze using the 'Reveal' walls option solved using the 'right-hand-rule' 3) a 14x14 maze with the solution marked with 'breadcrumbs' 4) a 20x20 maze using the 'Near' option with walls shown only near the current position 5) the Select Maze screen used to select from the 32 mazes available on the iPhone iPad - 1) a 40x40 maze with the current position in the center and the 'Show best Move' feature used - Portrait view 2) a 15x15 maze using the 'Reveal' option with the solution found using the right-hand-rule - Landscape view 3) a 10x10 maze using the "1Dx1D" option showing only the walls along a horizontal and vertical line and with the path to that position marked with 'breadcrumbs' 4) a 30x30 maze using the 'Near' option with walls shown only nearby the current position 5) the Select Maze screen used to select from the 32 mazes available on the iPad
Shoot Bubbles
Engage in a classic bubble-popping adventure with new features. Save trapped birds by strategically bursting bubbles, utilizing special power-ups like lightning and magic balls. With over 3000 levels and daily challenges, test your aiming skills in this engaging puzzle game.
- Save trapped birds
- Lightning ball power-up
- Magic ball power-up
- Precise aiming and shooting
- Over 3000 levels
- Daily challenges
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This is a brand new revision launched on the 10th anniversary of the game's release. We have added many new features on the basis of the classic bubble shooter gameplay, such as The goal of each puzzle is to save trapped birds by bursting bubbles The lightning ball can explode a circle of bubbles around Accumulated energy can activate the magic ball and burst bubbles in a large area There is also precise aiming and shooting, pointing to where to shoot More Cool animation effects 3000 levels are waiting for you to challenge Daily challenge: There are new levels to play every day Try luck: There are new challenges every time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Maze Square (Lite) at 5.0 against Shoot Bubbles's 4.5. Maze Square (Lite) also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Shoot Bubbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Maze Square (Lite) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shoot Bubbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maze Square (Lite) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Maze Square (Lite)'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Shoot Bubbles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Maze Square (Lite) ships an update every 6 weeks, Shoot Bubbles every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maze Square (Lite) | Shoot Bubbles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Kramer | 毅 郑 |
Customer experience
Maze Square (Lite)
Shoot Bubbles
In-app purchases
Maze Square (Lite)
- package of 4000 mazes - 500 mazes of each size$0.99
Shoot Bubbles
No in-app purchases
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