Ant Maze! vs Hook Chain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ant Maze!
A strategic puzzle game where players clear mazes by dropping colored ant bags to match and remove blocks. Each move requires careful planning to find the smartest solution and open new paths. Enjoy a brain-teasing yet smooth puzzle experience designed for quick mobile play.
- Color-matching block removal
- Strategic move planning
- Maze navigation
- Progressive difficulty
- Quick mobile play
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Ant Maze! is a fun and strategic puzzle game where you clear the maze by using colors in the right order. Choose the colorful ant bags coming from below, drop them into the maze at the right moment, and clear matching colored blocks to open new paths. Every bag is a new move, and every move is an important step toward solving the maze. Levels may seem simple at first, but they soon ask you to think more carefully. Plan the color order, read the maze, and find the smartest solution without wasting your moves. Easy to learn and satisfying to master, Ant Maze! offers a colorful, smooth, and brain-teasing puzzle experience made for quick mobile play. Guide the ants, clear the colored blocks, and open the way through the maze.
Hook Chain
Engage in a satisfying puzzle experience by pulling matching cubes to create chains and clear colorful patterns. Plan your moves strategically to manage open slots and discover the optimal sequence for clearing the board. Encounter new challenges like mystery cubes, giant blocks, and various barriers as you progress through increasingly difficult levels.
- Pull matching cubes
- Create satisfying chains
- Clear colorful patterns
- Strategic move planning
- Progressive challenges
- Unlock new mechanics
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Pull matching cubes, create satisfying chains, and clear every colorful pattern! Plan each move carefully, keep your slots open, and find the best order to clear the board. New challenges appear as you progress, including mystery cubes, giant blocks, locks and keys, wheel barriers, cube cannons, and more. Think ahead, master every mechanic, and complete increasingly challenging levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hook Chain at 5.0 against Ant Maze!'s 4.4. Ant Maze!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Hook Chain sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ant Maze! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hook Chain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ant Maze! has 57 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ant Maze! ships an update every 2 days, Hook Chain every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ant Maze! | Hook Chain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (57 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 336 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electra Games | CLOUDPOP |
Customer experience
Ant Maze!
Hook Chain
In-app purchases
Ant Maze!
No in-app purchases
Hook Chain
- Fail Offer$5.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Small Bundle$9.99
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- No Ads Bundle$11.99
- Coin Pack 03$14.99
- Medium Bundle$19.99
- Coin Pack 04$29.99
- Ultra Bundle$34.99
- Coin Pack 05$54.99
- Coin Pack 06$99.99
