Comparison

Pathways vs aMazed

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

Head to head
About

Pathways

A minimalist logic puzzle game where players guide a dot to its home space by drawing colored paths. It offers increasing difficulty levels and daily challenges, with an option for advanced features like custom level creation.

Highlights
  • Draw colored paths to guide a dot
  • Solve spatial reasoning puzzles
  • Progress through increasing grid sizes
  • Daily timed puzzles with score sharing
  • Create and share custom levels
  • No ads, playable offline
Features
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Pathways is a spatial reasoning logic puzzle with a clean, minimalist design. The goal is simple: move the dot home! How it works: -Each grid has one dot, and one home space -The dot can only move to colored spaces -Use tabs on the side of the grid to draw paths of color -Retract and redraw paths as necessary -Move that dot home! Easy to learn, difficult to master -Start with 3x4 grids to learn the ropes -Up the challenge with 4x4 grids -Put yourself to the real test with 4x5 grids Daily Puzzles -Timed puzzles, share your score with friends -Puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the week -Build your streak! Pathways PRO -Access all packs (375 puzzles + future packs) -Access Daily Puzzle archive to play old puzzles (100+ Daily Puzzles) -Create your own levels, share with friends and/or submit to Pathways to be featured Why Pathways? -Clean, minimalistic design -Simple rules, yet challenging solutions -No ads, no wifi required Up for the challenge? Download Pathways today!

About

aMazed

Features
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aMazed is a cinematic maze puzzle about reading impossible spaces, tracing quiet routes, and mastering the hidden logic of each chamber. Navigate puzzle worlds shaped by keys, gates, portals, glides, crumble paths, shifting walls, perspective bridges, and the Weave. Each world teaches a rule, bends it, then asks you to spot the path hiding in plain sight. Boss chambers test everything you have learned. Chase 3-star clears, no-hint mastery, streaks, daily goals, hidden achievements, and long-tail progression through the Archive and Infinite Reverie. Built for focused portrait play on iPhone and iPad, with offline core gameplay and optional Game Center achievements and leaderboards. No ads. No in-app purchases. No energy systems. No monetization gates. aMazed is free because the puzzle should be the focus. Study the chamber. Read the space. Find the path.

Screenshots

Pathways4 screens
aMazed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: aMazed at none against Pathways's 9. aMazed also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Pathways's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pathways sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. aMazed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathways ships an update every 2 months, aMazed every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pathways versus aMazed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathwaysaMazed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB223 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam ArbuckleGAMERHOLIC (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Pathways

One-time9
  • Support Developpment$0.99
  • Support Developpment$1.99
  • Support Developpment$4.99
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  • Pathways PRO$7.99
  • Support Developpment$7.99
  • Support Developpment$9.99
  • Support Developpment$14.99
  • Support Developpment$19.99
  • Support Developpment$29.99
None

aMazed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pathways free?
Pathways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is aMazed free?
aMazed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pathways or aMazed have ads?
Neither Pathways nor aMazed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pathways or aMazed?
Pathways ships an update every 2 months, and aMazed every 4 days. Most recently, Pathways was updated on October 8, 2026 and aMazed on October 7, 2026.

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