Replicat vs Hedgemaze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Replicat
A roguelike deckbuilder where matching cards is just the start. Build your deck, collect powerful items, and bend the rules to create unique strategies and builds in every run. Enjoy adorable cat visuals and jazzy sound effects.
- Strategy-first pair matching gameplay
- Deep deckbuilding with cards and curios
- Rule-bending mechanics
- Diverse builds and replayable runs
- 5 distinct card colors
- 21 challenging stages
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Replicat is a roguelike deckbuilder that reimagines pair matching as a strategy-first experience. Matching cards is only the beginning. Build your deck and collect powerful curios to bend the rules— reveal more cards, keep tiles face-up, match wild Jokers, or even turn failed matches into successes. Strategy decides the run. Every run lets you create a completely different build: extra moves, passive reveals, turn control, multiplier chains, or pure chaos. Your choices steadily push the game further beyond its original rules. Key Features 5 card colors, each with distinct mechanics 90+ cards and 80+ curios for deep deckbuilding 10 starter decks with different difficulty levels 21 stages with escalating challenges and unique boss modifiers Highly replayable roguelike runs—no two games are the same The PC version of Replicat has already launched and earned a 99% positive rating from players. Now, the full experience is available on mobile. With adorable cat visuals, jazzy sound effects, and vibrant style, whether you’re chasing high scores or crafting broken combos, Replicat keeps you coming back for more.
Hedgemaze
A relaxing logic puzzle game where you use grid clues to create a single path through various serene environments. It offers over 2,000 puzzles with increasing difficulty and a daily challenge mode with leaderboards. Enjoy a pure puzzle experience with no ads or timers.
- Logic-based grid puzzles
- Build a single perfect path
- 2,000+ puzzles
- Four difficulty levels
- Daily challenges with leaderboards
- No ads or timers
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Hedgemaze is a relaxing logic puzzle inspired by nonograms, picross, and traditional paper puzzles. Use row and column clues to build a single perfect path through flowers, zen gardens, torii gates, and winding rivers. Each puzzle challenges you to determine exactly which cells become hedge and which become path. Every puzzle has one unique solution and can be solved with logic alone. No guessing required. Play 2,000+ puzzles across four difficulties. Start with 6×6 Easy grids and work your way up to challenging 12×12 Expert puzzles with rivers, bridges, and new twists to master. Take on a new Daily Challenge every day. Solve three puzzles that reset at midnight, compete on global leaderboards for the fastest times, and track your streaks and best solves while earning achievements. No ads. No energy timers. Just puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hedgemaze at Free against Replicat's $4.99. Hedgemaze also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Replicat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On rating, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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
Hedgemaze is free to download; Replicat costs $4.99 up front. Hedgemaze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Replicat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Replicat against 5.0 for Hedgemaze. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Replicat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hedgemaze's.
Replicat ships an update daily, Hedgemaze fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Replicat | Hedgemaze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 19 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 369 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erabit Studios | Drew Koontz |
Customer experience
Replicat
Hedgemaze
In-app purchases
Replicat
No in-app purchases
Hedgemaze
- Hedgemaze Pro$4.99









