Comparison

Grid Ranger vs Maze Slash

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

Head to head
About

Grid Ranger

Experience a high-speed synthwave shooter with a unique blend of racing, arcade, and bullet hell gameplay. Master increasingly challenging levels and modes, enhanced by an 80s vector display aesthetic and original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Synthwave shmuplike gameplay
  • Vector-scan display emulation
  • Racing, arcade, and bullet hell zones
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Infinite mode
  • Original synthwave soundtrack
Features
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A heart-pounding laser-powered synthwave shmuplike. Level up your finger dexterity and see what lies beyond the grid... Each level starts with a high-speed racing zone, followed by a slower arcade zone, and ends with a powerful bullet hell boss. - Uses the V99 vector engine that emulates classic vector-scan displays of the early 80's - 3 levels total, each increasing in difficulty, to reach insane levels of intensity by the very end - 2 modes of difficulty: Normal and Hardcore - Infinite mode: a never ending level that gets increasingly fast and difficult, unlocked after level 1 is completed - 8 original tracks by Miles Tilmann, composer for NOVA DRIFT Created by Pixeljam and Datassette. https://www.pixeljam.com https://discord.gg/pixeljam

About

Maze Slash

Features
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Maze Slash is a tactical swipe puzzle — simple to pick up, hard to master. Each swipe sends your hero dashing in a straight line until a wall stops them, slashing every monster on the path. Solve 50+ handcrafted pixel-art dungeons, find the perfect order of slashes, and beat the boss — all offline, no wifi needed. Order matters. Direction matters. Every move counts. One wasted swipe and the room locks you in. WHAT YOU GET • 50+ handcrafted dungeon puzzles + a multi-HP boss to close Dungeon 1 • One-finger controls — swipe, dash, slash, repeat • Pure puzzle design: no random, no grind, just the right move • Undo button for the brave (and the over-confident) • Crisp pixel art with a CRT-style filter • Portrait, one hand, perfect for a 30-second break or a long session • 100% offline — no wifi, no ads tracking you MECHANICS Switches that open doors. Floor traps that punish lazy swipes. Shielded enemies you only kill from behind. A boss who jumps across the grid. Each level is a clean little brain teaser disguised as an action game. A dungeon crawler for puzzle players, an action game for tacticians. Start swiping.

Screenshots

Grid Ranger4 screens
Maze Slash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maze Slash at Free against Grid Ranger's $2.99. Grid Ranger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Maze Slash is free to download; Grid Ranger costs $2.99 up front. Maze Slash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grid Ranger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grid Ranger ships an update weekly, Maze Slash every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Grid Ranger versus Maze Slash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrid RangerMaze Slash
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB258 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAkupara Games, LLCLecoutre Ayrton

In-app purchases

None

Grid Ranger

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Maze Slash

One-time1
  • No ads$0.99

Questions

Is Grid Ranger free?
Grid Ranger costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maze Slash free?
Maze Slash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grid Ranger or Maze Slash have ads?
Maze Slash shows ads; Grid Ranger does not.
Which is updated more often, Grid Ranger or Maze Slash?
Grid Ranger ships an update weekly, and Maze Slash every 9 days. Most recently, Grid Ranger was updated on November 4, 2026 and Maze Slash on October 31, 2026.

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