Maxwell Gate vs Hoop Protect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maxwell Gate
An action game where you guide flowers to matching colored areas by strategically using a bar. Adjust the bar's reflection angle to direct red flowers to red zones and blue flowers to blue zones. Aim for chain reactions to achieve high scores.
- Flower color matching
- Bar reflection mechanics
- Chain reaction aiming
- Action-puzzle gameplay
- Score-based progression
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It is an action game that operates the bar. A red flower is led to a red area and it leads to the area where a blue flower is blue. The reflection angle of the flower changes at the position that hits the bar. Let's hit the flower to the bar well, and aim at the chain.
Hoop Protect
Guide a growing crowd to block enemies and break through obstacles. Strategically expand your group to overcome challenges and achieve victory. Enjoy a simple yet engaging gameplay experience.
- Collect friendly crowds
- Block enemy crowds
- Break walls
- Strategic gameplay
- Casual experience
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Collect all the friendly crowd and close the hoop in front of the enemy crowd to stop them from clashing. Use the collected friendly crowd numbers to break the wall and just go on!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Maxwell Gate at none against Hoop Protect's shown. Maxwell Gate also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hoop Protect's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
Hoop Protect holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Maxwell Gate ships an update every 10 months, Hoop Protect monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maxwell Gate | Hoop Protect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | turu3net | Manish Kumar |
Customer experience
Maxwell Gate
Hoop Protect
In-app purchases
Maxwell Gate
No in-app purchases
Hoop Protect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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