Comparison

HapticMaze vs Wickgrid

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

Head to head
About

HapticMaze

Navigate invisible mazes using advanced haptic feedback and spatial audio. Experience a minimalist, sensory-focused puzzle game with multiple control options and challenging modes.

Highlights
  • Advanced haptic feedback
  • Spatial audio cues
  • Touch, motion, and follow finger controls
  • Zen and Timed modes
  • Procedurally generated mazes
  • Daily challenges
Features
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Can you escape a maze you cannot see? Enter The Void—a minimalist, sensory-focused puzzle experience where your senses are everything. In Haptic Maze, the path is invisible. You must navigate complex labyrinths using only Advanced Haptic Feedback and Spatial Audio cues. Feel the walls before you hit them. Hear the echo of the marble rolling through the darkness. Master the invisible path. A SENSORY MASTERPIECE Haptic Maze is designed to turn your device into a tactile instrument. True Haptics: Feel the "grain" of the floor, the sharp impact of collisions, and the subtle "groove" of the correct path through the Taptic Engine. Spatial Audio: Immerse yourself in a 3D soundscape. The rolling sound reacts to your speed, and impacts echo based on force. The Void Aesthetic: A stunning, high-contrast visual style where pitch black meets glowing neon trails. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Choose the control scheme that fits your style: Touch/Swipe: Classic trackball-style swiping for arcade action. Motion Control: Tilt your device to roll the marble with realistic physics. Follow Finger: The marble magnetically follows your touch—perfect for precision. CHALLENGE & RELAXATION Zen Mode: No timers, no pressure. Just you, the maze, and the satisfaction of exploration. Timed Mode: Race against the clock. Compete for the best times on Easy, Medium, and Hard tiers. Glow Coins: Risk exploring the darkness to collect coins that permanently light up sections of the map. Peek Mode: Stuck? Use a "flashlight" reveal to get a fleeting glimpse of the walls—but be warned, it will disqualify your speedrun time! KEY FEATURES Infinite Replayability: Procedurally generated mazes ensure no two runs are ever the same. Dynamic Difficulty: Scale from simple 5x5 grids to complex 12x12 labyrinths. 60 FPS Physics: Silky smooth marble rolling mechanics with adjustable mass, damping, and speed. Daily Challenges: Try your luck at a new difficult maze each day and challenge friends to beat your time. Download Haptic Maze today and trust your senses.

About

Wickgrid

Engage your mind with daily logic puzzles that require you to light up cells on a grid based on numeric clues. Form a single connected chain while avoiding any 2x2 blocks of lit cells. Offers a free tier with recent puzzles and an optional one-time purchase for full archive access and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Daily hand-verified puzzles
  • Four difficulty tiers plus Extreme
  • Blackout Mode for pure deduction
  • Streak tracking with heatmap
  • Fully offline gameplay
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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One new logic puzzle every day. Five minutes of pure deduction — no guessing, no ads, no account, works fully offline. Light the correct cells using the numeric clues. Keep every lantern connected in a single chain. Never let four lit cells form a square. Three rules you'll learn in a minute — puzzles that will still be testing you months from now. A DAILY RITUAL Every day brings one hand-verified puzzle, and everyone in the world gets the same one. Difficulty climbs through the week — gentle Monday, brutal Sunday "Extreme." Build a streak, protect it, and watch your month fill in on the heatmap. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Send any puzzle you've solved as a link. Your friend plays the exact same board and sees your time to beat. Same puzzle, head to head, bragging rights included. WHEN YOU WANT MORE Practice mode serves unlimited puzzles at any difficulty, whenever you want. Made a mess of the board? Undo one move at a time or clear it and start fresh. Stuck? Three free hints on every puzzle. Truly stuck? Reveal the solution and see how it comes together. MADE FOR PUZZLE PEOPLE - New to grid deduction? A guided tutorial teaches you the solving method one rule at a time, not just the rules - Veteran? Try Blackout Mode — zero feedback while you solve, pure deduction, verdict at the end - Spoiler-free result cards you can share without ruining the puzzle for anyone - Signed in to iCloud? Your streaks and history follow you across your devices WICKGRID PLUS — $4.99, once, forever - The complete archive: play every past daily, all the way back - Practice History: every practice solve saved — revisit any board, anytime - Unlimited hints - Streak Freeze: never lose a streak to one missed day - Advanced Stats: perfect-solve tracking, per-tier bests, long-term trends No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Your progress syncs privately through your own iCloud — no account, no servers, nothing that reaches us. Just a good puzzle, every day.

Screenshots

HapticMaze4 screens
Wickgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wickgrid at Free against HapticMaze's $0.99. HapticMaze's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Wickgrid is free to download; HapticMaze costs $0.99 up front. Wickgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HapticMaze asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HapticMaze against 5.0 for Wickgrid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HapticMaze versus Wickgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHapticMazeWickgrid
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey MielkeDaniel Grabowski

Customer experience

HapticMaze

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wickgrid

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HapticMaze

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wickgrid

One-time1
  • Wickgrid Plus$4.99

Questions

Is HapticMaze free?
HapticMaze costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wickgrid free?
Wickgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HapticMaze or Wickgrid?
HapticMaze and Wickgrid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do HapticMaze or Wickgrid have ads?
Neither HapticMaze nor Wickgrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HapticMaze or Wickgrid?
HapticMaze ships an update every 4 days, and Wickgrid every 4 days. Most recently, HapticMaze was updated on September 29, 2026 and Wickgrid on October 7, 2026.

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