Comparison

Maze 4D vs Polychoron Explorer

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

Head to head
About

Maze 4D

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Please aim for the goal in the 4-dimensional maze! In 4-dimensional space, you can move not only along the X, Y, and Z axes but also in the W-axis direction. Even if a path appears disconnected at first glance, you can advance by taking a detour in the W-axis direction. In "Maze 4D," you navigate the maze using the standard up, down, left, and right buttons, along with additional up, down, left, and right buttons. Each of the eight buttons corresponds to movement in the positive and negative directions along the X, Y, Z, and W axes. On the screen, 2-dimensional cross-sections of the 4-dimensional maze are arranged in the Z and W-axis directions. Aim for the goal by skillfully moving not only in the X and Y directions but also in the Z and W directions.

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Polychoron Explorer

Features
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Introducing Magic Manycell - a puzzle game inspired by Magic Cube but in 4D. Rotate 4D slices of a Tesseract or 16-Cell to match colors. Comprehend and feel 4D space by watching 4D objects projected into 3D by brand new 4D projection-based rendering engine. Magic Manycell puzzle can be played on 3 different 4D figures -- Tesseract with its Cells divided into 8 cubes 2*2*2, tesseract with cells divided into 3*3*3=27 smaller cubes each, and a 16-cell, which is a regular polychoron with 16 tetrahedral cells, where you have to match colors in 4 cells aligned together. If Magic Manycell puzzle seems too hard at first, you can adjust difficulty by selecting amount of moves (called shuffles) that game creates from the state with all colors perfectly aligned. So as you master elementary 1, 2 and 3 shuffles, you can move on to more challenging puzzles. In addition to starting with less shuffles, with Tesseract based figures players can select to utilize rotations that affects less cells that actual rotation would which makes this puzzle playable to even most casual players (this is the default mode - for only "realistic" rotations select "IRON AN" mode). In addition to Magic Manycell, this game contains Explorer mode without game goal where you can take your time to explore all 6 regular 4D polytopes (called polychorons). You can also customize how polychoron looks by selecting colors for each Cell of it. In Premium version, you can even create your own polychorons by scanning and splitting existing ones into 2 parts. Even though right now there're only 2 modes, more fun games on the same engine are planned to be added in the future into this same app. Game uses Freemium model where free (Demo) functionality is limited. Full functionality is unlockable with one-time purchases, only one for each mode. Demo mode is indicated by watermark so you know that there are some limitations to be expected. However in each mode there is a fully unlocked free functionality - for Magic Manycell, this is 2*2*2 tesseract board, for Explorer it's the 5-cell and Tesseract.

Screenshots

Maze 4D4 screens
Polychoron Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maze 4D at none against Polychoron Explorer's 3. Polychoron Explorer's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Polychoron Explorer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Maze 4D asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Maze 4D versus Polychoron Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaze 4DPolychoron Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuta KoshizawaOLEG LESHCHEV

In-app purchases

None

Maze 4D

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Polychoron Explorer

One-time3
  • Unlock Explorer$4.99
  • Unlock Magic Manycell$4.99
  • Full Lifetime Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Maze 4D free?
Maze 4D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polychoron Explorer free?
Polychoron Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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