Comparison

Maze HyperCube Lite vs Crane Madness

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

Head to head
About

Maze HyperCube Lite

Explore a variety of multidimensional mazes, from simple lines to complex 4-dimensional tesseracts. This free game offers customizable maze sizes and optional aids like showing the best move. Upgrade to unlock a vast library of mazes.

Highlights
  • Multiple dimensions (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D)
  • Customizable maze sizes
  • Optional 'Show Best Move'
  • Optional 'Porous Walls'
  • Moves remaining indicator
  • Portal visualization
Features
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A free multidimensional maze game for the both iPhone and iPad. Many different sizes - Squares, Cubes, 4-dimensional Tesseracts, and mazes with any size sides like 5x2x7x3 or a double stacked square - 10x10x2. 1 dimensional lines 2 dimensional squares - up to 40x40 on the iPad, 20x20 on the iPhone 3 dimensional cubes - up to 40x40x40 on the iPad, 20x20x20 on the iPhone 4 dimensional tesseracts - up to 20x40x40x20 on the iPad, 10x20x20x10 on the iPhone Optional: Show Best Move, Make Best Move Optional: Porous Walls, Moves remaining indicator, Show Portals Combines Kramer&Kramer Apps MazeLine, MazeSquare, MazeCube and MazeTesseract into one App. And much much larger mazes can be selected on an iPad. Prior to upgrade, this free version allows 2 mazes of each size and complexity level (e.g. 4 mazes 17x17, 4 mazes 5x2x7x3, 4 mazes, 4 mazes 8x11x2x2, etc.). After upgrade there are 100 mazes of each size and complexity level. Screenshots: 1) a small 2-D maze 2) a large 2-D maze 3) a 3-D maze 4) a 4-D maze (4x3x2x2) 5) Select Maze screen

About

Crane Madness

Build incredibly tall structures by precisely stacking building blocks. Upgrade your crane and unlock new locations as you ascend towards the sky. Experience an intuitive and engaging builder's journey.

Highlights
  • Intuitive gameplay
  • Build tall structures
  • Upgrade crane
  • Unlock new buildings
  • Unlock new grounds
  • Builder's story
Features
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Ever wondered how tall can a building stand? Play Crane Madness to find out and reach the sky! Crane Madness is a intuitive game, easy to play and with a builder's story behind the scene. Start from the bottom and unlock new buildings and new grounds by upgrading your crane and stacking tall buildings.

Screenshots

Maze HyperCube Lite4 screens
Crane Madness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crane Madness at none against Maze HyperCube Lite's 1. Crane Madness also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Maze HyperCube Lite's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Maze HyperCube Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crane Madness 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 Maze HyperCube Lite against 5.0 for Crane Madness. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maze HyperCube Lite ships an update every 14 months, Crane Madness every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Maze HyperCube Lite versus Crane Madness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaze HyperCube LiteCrane Madness
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerVisar Spanca

Customer experience

Maze HyperCube Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Crane Madness

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Maze HyperCube Lite

One-time1
  • package of mazes - 100 for each size and complexity level -$1.99
None

Crane Madness

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maze HyperCube Lite free?
Maze HyperCube Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crane Madness free?
Crane Madness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Maze HyperCube Lite or Crane Madness?
Maze HyperCube Lite and Crane Madness are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Maze HyperCube Lite or Crane Madness have ads?
Neither Maze HyperCube Lite nor Crane Madness shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maze HyperCube Lite or Crane Madness?
Maze HyperCube Lite ships an update every 14 months, and Crane Madness every 4 days. Most recently, Maze HyperCube Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and Crane Madness on November 4, 2026.

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