Comparison

hocus GO vs BurrPuzzler

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

Head to head
About

hocus GO

Design and build your own unique mazes with this app. Once created, watch as the app generates a solution for your custom puzzle.

Highlights
  • Build custom mazes
  • Drag and create mazes
  • Watch maze solutions
  • New gameplay available
Features
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year and hocus GO is ready. A new gameplay is live now. Just drag/create your own maze and watch the solution

About

BurrPuzzler

Features
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Burr is a complete toolkit for interlocking 3D burr puzzles — the classic wooden puzzles where multiple pieces lock together into a solid cube and must be disassembled in the right sequence. DESIGN YOUR OWN PUZZLES Build puzzle pieces voxel by voxel in a 4×4×4 grid using an intuitive layer-by-layer editor or by tapping directly on the 3D model. Add, duplicate, and color-code pieces to bring your designs to life in a real-time Metal-rendered viewport. SOLVE WITH A TAP Challenge the built-in solver to find valid assemblies using an exact cover algorithm (Knuth's Dancing Links). Watch animated step-by-step disassembly sequences and see the complexity level of each puzzle — how many moves it takes to free each piece. GENERATE ENDLESS PUZZLES Let the AI puzzle generator create new challenges for you. Using simulated annealing guided by an on-device language model, the generator searches for puzzles with deep, complex disassembly sequences. Watch the search in real time and stop whenever a puzzle catches your eye. EXPLORE THE COMMUNITY Browse a curated catalog of interlocking puzzles from puzzlewillbeplayed.com, a respected archive of burr puzzle designs. Import puzzles directly into the app and study their solutions. PLAY AND EXPERIMENT Switch to Play mode and drag pieces apart yourself. Try to solve puzzles manually or study the animated solution to understand the blocking relationships between pieces. FEATURES • Real-time 3D Metal rendering with interactive camera controls • Layer-by-layer voxel grid editor and 3D tap-to-edit mode • Exact cover solver with Dancing Links for guaranteed solutions • Animated disassembly playback with transport controls • AI puzzle generator with on-device LLM guidance • Import BurrTools .xmpuzzle files • Online puzzle catalog with thousands of designs • Save and manage your puzzle collection • Procedurally synthesized sound effects and ambient music • Puzzle complexity ratings (level notation)

Screenshots

hocus GO4 screens
BurrPuzzler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BurrPuzzler at none against hocus GO's 1. BurrPuzzler also leads on ads (none vs shown). hocus GO's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. hocus GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BurrPuzzler asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
hocus GO versus BurrPuzzler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhocus GOBurrPuzzler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (512 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings512 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETIJeff Namkung

Bugs and requests

hocus GO

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pieces overlap on the bottom
  • Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled

Requested features

2 requests
  • Level replaying
  • Cosmetics/skins to use stars on

BurrPuzzler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

hocus GO

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99
None

BurrPuzzler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hocus GO free?
hocus GO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BurrPuzzler free?
BurrPuzzler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hocus GO or BurrPuzzler have ads?
hocus GO shows ads; BurrPuzzler does not.

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