Maze Mice vs Pixel Bowling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maze Mice
Navigate challenging mazes in this roguelike survival game where time progresses only when you move. Collect power-ups, choose upgrades, and evade enemies to survive. Unlock new characters and discover a vast array of enhancements.
- Time moves only when you move
- Collect dots and level up
- Choose from tons of upgrades
- Unlock multiple cute characters
- Bullet heaven roguelite gameplay
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Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace. Features: Gameplay designed by the same solo developer who brought you Luck be a Landlord. A fantastic soundtrack from the same composer as Luck be a Landlord. Multiple cute characters to unlock and play as. Tons of upgrades to unlock and pick from.
Pixel Bowling
Experience retro-style bowling with intuitive swipe controls and realistic pin physics. Compete in a career mode with multiple tournaments and locations, or enjoy daily challenges and quick play. Unlock new balls and track your stats in this ad-free, no-nonsense game.
- Retro pixel art style
- Intuitive swipe controls
- Realistic pin physics
- Career mode with 15 tournaments
- Daily Bowl challenges
- Unlockable bowling balls
- Detailed stat tracking
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Step up to the lane. Pixel Bowling is a retro-styled bowling game with simple swipe controls, satisfying pin physics, and a whole lot to keep you coming back. Aim your shot, set your power, swipe in the direction you want the ball to go. Every roll feels different — every spare feels earned. Career Mode takes you from small-town leagues to the national stage across 15 tournaments and 5 Locations. Win matches, climb the ranks, and unlock new balls along the way. Daily Bowl gives you one game per day. Track your streak, chase your best, and see how you stack up on the Game Center leaderboard. Quick Play is always there when you just want to bowl. Earn achievements, complete weekly challenges, and build your ball collection as you go. Track your stats — strikes, spares, averages, and everything in between. Pixel art. Retro fonts. No ads. No nonsense. Just bowling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Bowling at 91% against Maze Mice's 40%. Pixel Bowling also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). Maze Mice's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Maze Mice costs $4.99 and Pixel Bowling $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixel Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Bowling has 69 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Maze Mice's written reviews are positive against 91% of Pixel Bowling's.
Maze Mice ships an update daily, Pixel Bowling every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maze Mice | Pixel Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TrampolineTales | adam rogan |
Customer experience
Maze Mice
Pixel Bowling
In-app purchases
Maze Mice
No in-app purchases
Pixel Bowling
No in-app purchases
