Mazetron vs Shooting Ants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mazetron
Navigate a red rectangle through an endless minefield of squares. Tap the screen to control your movement and survive as long as possible to achieve a high score. This is a simple, high-score focused survival game.
- Endless block-maze gameplay
- High-score based survival
- Simple tap controls
- Navigate a red rectangle
- Minefield avoidance
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mazetron is a simple high-score based game in which you guide a red rectangle through an endless minefield of squares. Tap the sides of the screen to control your rectangle. Survive as far as you can to get a high score! Mazetron II is in development. There will be no more major updates to Mazetron.
Shooting Ants
Read full descriptionHide full description
Shooting ants. Hit the food.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mazetron at none against Shooting Ants's shown. Mazetron also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 17 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mazetron ships an update monthly, Shooting Ants every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mazetron | Shooting Ants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marc Davis | Macaca Games Inc. |
In-app purchases
Mazetron
No in-app purchases
Shooting Ants
No in-app purchases
