Shimmers vs Moldvay's Labyrinth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shimmers
A cozy indie game where you travel through time and space to identify mysterious characters using limited questions and guesses. Collect identified characters in your Temporal Codex. Subscription offers increased encounters and ad-free play.
- Time and space travel
- Character identification gameplay
- Limited questions and guesses
- Collect characters in Temporal Codex
- Unique character rarities and traits
- Subscription for enhanced features
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Delve into the world of Shimmers! In this cosy indie game, you hop through time and space to meet different unknown Shimmers. The Shimmers you meet could be anyone from all of human history, fiction and folklore. It's up to you to talk to this unknown Shimmer, and to use up to three open questions and guesses to slim down the infinite options to just one. Be careful though: Shimmers are slippery and cunning, and will flee to never be seen again should you guess wrong too many times. In addition, you only get one new Shimmer encounter per 3 hours, and can only save up to 5 encounters. Make those guesses count! Each Shimmer will have a unique rarity, as well as unique traits. Some Shimmers may even have unique emotions that will seep through in everything they say. Once you have found and identified a Shimmer, you add them to your Temporal Codex for safekeeping. Are you knowledgeable and nimble enough to meet and identify all Shimmers? Shimmers+ Can't get enough of playing Shimmers? Subscribe to Shimmers+ to drastically increase the amount of Shimmer encounters you save up (15 instead of 5), increase the rate of new Shimmer encounters (a new encounter every 1 hour instead of 3), meet unique Shimmers only available to Shimmers+ members, and enjoy an experience without any ads. Why a subscription rather than a one time purchase? Because keeping Shimmers in the air requires running costly servers now and in the future. We are so thankful for your support! IMPORTANT NOTE: the Shimmers (persons) you talk to in the app are not real whatsoever, and are modeled by AI algorithms. Terms of Use By downloading and using Shimmers, you agree to our Terms of Use, as outlined in the standard Apple EULA. Please review the terms carefully at the link below: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Moldvay's Labyrinth
Embark on a classic dungeon-crawling adventure inspired by 1970s and 80s CRPGs. Explore over 500 rooms, battle hundreds of unique monsters, and uncover countless treasures and secrets. Adjust the difficulty to your preference for a quick or extended play session.
- Over 500 rooms to explore
- 300+ unique monsters
- Hundreds of treasures and secrets
- 80 spells and 15 character classes
- Adjustable difficulty
- No ads or interruptions
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You’ve just entered another world—a world of fabulous riches, unbridled sorcery, and certain doom. Over 300 monster types lie in wait, eager to kill your characters in dozens of exotic ways. Even if the monsters don’t get you, the traps lurking in every corridor almost certainly will. Moldvay’s Labyrinth is inspired by classic tabletop and CRPG games of the 1970s and 80s, including the Basic Edition of D&D (the “Red Book”), Wizardry, and Bronze Dragon on the Apple ][+ computer. It’s designed for fast, accessible play: • Jump in and explore for a minute or stay for hours • Adjustable difficulty: go breezy or brutally old-school • Play at your pace, with no ads or interruptions Explore a vast dungeon filled with: • 500+ rooms across dozens of hand-crafted levels • 300+ monsters, each with unique attacks and personalities • Hundreds of treasures, puzzles, and secrets • 80 spells and 15 unique character classes • Tons of weapons, armor, magic items, supplies, curses, and powerful relics This is a love letter to the golden age of dungeon crawling—packed with mystery, danger, and that elusive sense of discovery.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moldvay's Labyrinth at 100% against Shimmers's 0%. Moldvay's Labyrinth also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Shimmers's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On update cadence 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
Shimmers is free to download; Moldvay's Labyrinth costs $4.99 up front. Shimmers sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Moldvay's Labyrinth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moldvay's Labyrinth holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moldvay's Labyrinth has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shimmers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moldvay's Labyrinth's.
Shimmers ships an update fortnightly, Moldvay's Labyrinth every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shimmers | Moldvay's Labyrinth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #187 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jochem Kleine | CrossCut Games, Inc. |
Customer experience
Shimmers
Moldvay's Labyrinth
In-app purchases
Shimmers
- Shimmers+$1.991 Month
Moldvay's Labyrinth
No in-app purchases
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