Comparison

Christmas Puzzles vs Strong Mind Mazes

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

Head to head
About

Christmas Puzzles

A holiday-themed jigsaw puzzle game featuring festive images of Christmas and New Year. It offers 60 levels with beautiful pictures and allows users to save completed images. Compete with others globally via Game Center.

Highlights
  • 60 holiday-themed levels
  • High-quality festive images
  • Drag-and-drop puzzle mechanics
  • Peek button for preview
  • Save completed images
  • Skip levels
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Christmas Puzzles is jigsaw game for iPhone and iPad. Enjoy of high quality images. The game contains 60 levels with beautiful pictures with Xmas bells, Santa Claus, Christmas balls, and more. Drag the pieces to the right place to create the image. Use "Peek" button to preview the original image. Completed levels will be unlocked and you can save original images to your phone photo gallery. If you can not complete any level you can simple skip it and try to complete it later. Just press "Skip" level button to skip current level. The Game Center is available. So you can compete with players all over the world. Lets start and enjoy! Merry Christmas!

About

Strong Mind Mazes

This app offers clinical-grade brain training exercises designed to enhance cognitive functions like concentration, working memory, and problem-solving. It features progressive difficulty levels and over a million maze variations, built on decades of cognitive neuroscience research.

Highlights
  • Cognitive neuroscience-based training
  • Enhances concentration and attention
  • Improves working memory
  • Develops multi-variable problem solving
  • Hierarchical difficulty levels
  • Over 1 million maze variations
Features
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Clinical-grade brain training built on 40 years of cognitive neuroscience. Used by Dr. Donalee Markus with concussion and traumatic brain injury patients, NASA scientists, and corporate executives since 2003. Strong Mind Mazes is not a casual puzzle game. It is a hierarchical cognitive-restructuring exercise designed to engage neuroplasticity through deliberate, progressive challenge. The same approach featured in Clark Elliott's "The Ghost in My Brain." WHAT IT TRAINS • Concentration and sustained attention • Working memory and mental manipulation • Multi-variable problem solving • Reduced impulsivity through deliberate planning • Carryover skills that translate to daily life THE PROGRAM • 5 hierarchical difficulty levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Accelerated, Advanced, and Expert • Over 1,000,000 maze variations for ample rehearsal • A wide palette of colors, patterns, and graphics that promote engagement without overstimulation WHO IT'S FOR • Concussion and post-concussion recovery • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation • Stroke recovery • Adults seeking cognitive maintenance and resilience • Executives, professionals, and athletes wanting a sharper edge • Used by clinicians as an adjunct to standard rehabilitation THE SCIENCE Effective problem-solving and decision-making are based, at least in part, on the number of variables a problem solver can evaluate at once. With deliberate rehearsal, individuals can learn to increase that number — reducing impulsivity and developing the mental filter that supports planning before acting. This is built on a neurocognitive model emphasizing Attention, Intention, and Rehearsal — three pillars drawn from Dr. Markus's clinical practice and from her post-doctoral training under Reuven Feuerstein, the father of teachable intelligence. ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Dr. Donalee Markus earned her Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 1983 and has been in clinical practice in cognitive restructuring ever since. Her work has been featured in Psychology Today, in Clark Elliott's book "The Ghost in My Brain," and in peer-reviewed publication in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Institutional clients include NASA, the U.S. Federal Court System, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Screenshots

Christmas Puzzles4 screens
Strong Mind Mazes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Christmas Puzzles at Free against Strong Mind Mazes's $29.99. Christmas Puzzles also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Strong Mind Mazes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Christmas Puzzles is free to download; Strong Mind Mazes costs $29.99 up front. Christmas Puzzles sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Strong Mind Mazes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Christmas Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Puzzles ships an update every 26 months, Strong Mind Mazes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Christmas Puzzles versus Strong Mind Mazes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas PuzzlesStrong Mind Mazes
PriceFree — better$29.99
Rating3.2 (6 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn SmithDonalee Markus

Customer experience

Christmas Puzzles

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Strong Mind Mazes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Christmas Puzzles

One-time5
  • Peek image$0.99
  • Save image$0.99
  • Skip level$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock all levels$1.99
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

Strong Mind Mazes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Christmas Puzzles free?
Christmas Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strong Mind Mazes free?
Strong Mind Mazes costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Christmas Puzzles or Strong Mind Mazes?
Christmas Puzzles is rated higher. Christmas Puzzles averages 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Strong Mind Mazes averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Christmas Puzzles or Strong Mind Mazes have ads?
Christmas Puzzles shows ads; Strong Mind Mazes does not.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Puzzles or Strong Mind Mazes?
Christmas Puzzles ships an update every 26 months, and Strong Mind Mazes every 2 months. Most recently, Christmas Puzzles was updated on November 1, 2026 and Strong Mind Mazes on November 2, 2026.

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