KenKen Classic vs Maze Lab Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KenKen Classic
Engage your mind with this addictive logic and math puzzle game. It offers a virtually unlimited supply of challenges with adjustable difficulty and grid sizes. Enjoy a fun way to train your brain with a trusted source of daily puzzles.
- Unlimited puzzles
- Adjustable difficulty and grid size
- Multiple input modes
- Hints, Undo, Redo, Reset
- Online leaderboards
- Color schemes and music options
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KenKen® - Brain Training Puzzle Train your brain with KenKen®, the unbelievably fun, exciting and addictive logic and math puzzle! KenKen is an amazing puzzle that is frequently described as “sudoku on steroids.” If you like other brain games such as sudoku, 2048, Threes, Kakuro, Unblock Me, Tricky Test, Tetris, Flow, jigsaw puzzles, word search puzzles, or crossword puzzles, then you will LOVE KenKen! This is the ONE-AND-ONLY Original KenKen app, created by acclaimed Japanese mathematics educator Tetsuya Miyamoto. Don’t be fooled by unauthorized versions such as mathdoku and calcudoku, and don't get stuck in a sudoku rut. Play KenKen math puzzles today! KenKen appears daily in the New York Times and hundreds of other publications around the globe. NY Times puzzle editor, Will Shortz, calls KenKen "the most addictive puzzle since sudoku." There are virtually unlimited KenKen puzzles available to you on this app. The first 50 are included FREE with the download. If you need more...no problem! Just order them and they'll appear immediately. YOU select the size, difficulty level, and operations. KenKen Classic includes: - 50 FREE fun math puzzles of every size and difficulty level - Unlimited FREE 3x3 size puzzles to learn from and enjoy - Virtually unlimited puzzles, ranging from 3x3 to 9x9 grids, from Easy to Expert - A variety of color schemes and music (you can even set your own music to play in the background) - 3 input modes for digits and notes - Great extra features such as Hints, Check, Undo, Redo, Reset, Pause, and Timer - Online leaderboards - Ability to post results directly to Twitter - Ability to email results and invite friends
Maze Lab Creator
Easily design and create custom mazes with a variety of tools and color options. Share your unique maze creations and drawings with others.
- Maze creation tools
- Customizable background and pen colors
- Drawing section with various tools
- Share maze creations
- Share drawings
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Maze Lab lets you make a drawing or maze, save it to your device, and share as a photo. In the saved mazes section you can play the maze in the app, and share a maze file so another Maze Lab user can import and play your maze. Enjoy! NOTE: Receiving a Maze Lab file over email is straightforward, just click the file and it will import into your Maze Lab app. When receiving a Maze Lab file over iMessage, follow these steps: click on the contact name of the message thread, then click on the Documents section, and then click on the Maze Lab file, and finally, click 'open in Maze Lab'.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: KenKen Classic at Free against Maze Lab Creator's $0.99. KenKen Classic also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). Maze Lab Creator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
KenKen Classic is free to download; Maze Lab Creator costs $0.99 up front. KenKen Classic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Maze Lab Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maze Lab Creator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KenKen Classic has 3.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
KenKen Classic ships an update every 4 months, Maze Lab Creator every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KenKen Classic | Maze Lab Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.2K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KenKen Puzzle | Jennifer Orlich |
Customer experience
KenKen Classic
Maze Lab Creator
Bugs and requests
KenKen Classic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzles disappearing after device reset or upgrade
- Purchased puzzles not syncing across devices
- App crashing or freezing
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save and revert puzzle progress
- No-op puzzles for advanced players
- Improved puzzle loading and syncing across devices
Maze Lab Creator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KenKen Classic
- Full Year Subscription NO ADS!$19.991 Year
- 500 KenKen toKENs$0.99
- 31 Puzzles PLUS removal of all ads!$1.99
- 250 Puzzles PLUS removal of all ads!$7.99
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- 1000 Puzzles PLUS removal of all ads!$14.99
- Annual Unlimited Subscription - Ad Free$19.99
Maze Lab Creator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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