Maze Mice vs SkyDrift
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.
SkyDrift
Pilot a hot air balloon across the globe using real-world wind patterns. Explore destinations, collect artifacts, and track your journeys. This game offers a peaceful, background experience with no pressure or competition.
- Drift across live, real-world wind patterns
- Launch from anywhere to anywhere on Earth
- Build a hangar of unique balloons
- Track flights in a detailed logbook
- Collect achievements and find artifacts
- Quiet, background gameplay experience
- Optional social sharing with friends
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All wind, no engines. Skydrift is a quiet little game of the air. You launch a hot air balloon from where you actually stand, pick a destination anywhere on Earth (a friend's hometown, a peak you've always wanted to see, the other side of the world) and let real world wind carry you there. There's no throttle. There's no boost button. Just you, your balloon, and the weather that's happening right now. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Drift across live, real world wind patterns • Launch from anywhere on Earth to anywhere on Earth • Build a hangar of balloons, each with their own character • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Track every flight in your logbook with routes, reroutes, and the long way around • Collect achievements as you drift further • Launch from anywhere on Earth to anywhere on Earth • Build a hangar of balloons, each with their own character • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Track every flight in your logbook with routes, reroutes, and the long way around • Collect achievements as you drift further • Find artifacts. Curious things picked up along the way. QUIET BY DESIGN Skydrift is built to live in the background of your day. Set a course on the bus. Check the wind at lunch. Touch down before bed. No grinding, no shouting notifications, no fake urgency. Just the small, satisfying pleasure of watching weather move you somewhere. WITH FRIENDS, OR ALONE Compare logbooks, share a destination, or keep your skies entirely your own. There's no PvP, no leaderboards screaming at you. Just shared appreciation for the long way around. Come drift.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SkyDrift at Free against Maze Mice's $4.99. SkyDrift also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Maze Mice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
SkyDrift is free to download; Maze Mice costs $4.99 up front. SkyDrift sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Maze Mice asks for nothing beyond the download.
SkyDrift holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Maze Mice's written reviews are positive against 75% of SkyDrift's.
Maze Mice ships an update daily, SkyDrift every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maze Mice | SkyDrift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TrampolineTales | Freeze Tag, Inc. |
Customer experience
Maze Mice
SkyDrift
In-app purchases
Maze Mice
No in-app purchases
SkyDrift
- Lapis Mariner$0.99
- 500 Coins$0.99
- Emerald Voyager$1.99
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- 4,000 Coins$6.99
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- 10,000 Coins$9.99
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- 25,000 Coins$19.99
- 75,000 Coins$49.99









