Mazes vs Learn Shapes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mazes
This educational app offers a series of mazes designed to enhance problem-solving, logical thinking, and spatial reasoning skills. It features multiple difficulty levels and can be navigated using touch, single-switch autoscan, or two-switch step-scanning, making it accessible for diverse learners.
- Problem-solving skill development
- Logical and deductive reasoning
- Spatial sense enhancement
- Switch accessible controls
- Touch screen navigation
- Progress tracking
- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels
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"Mazes - Switch Accessible" by Judy Lynn Software, Inc. are more than just games. There are many educational benefits to solving mazes. Some of these skills are problem solving, logical thinking, deductive reasoning, and spatial sense. All of the mazes in this app can be accessed with two switches using step-scanning, 1 switch with autoscan, or touching the screen directly with your finger. Data is automatically saved and can be viewed to monitor progress. There are 3 groups: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced. In each of the apps, the student maneuvers a car or arrow using switches or touch to reach the ending point. Beginners: Includes 12 different beautifully crafted introductory mazes. This beginner level app introduces the concept of navigating through a maze. There are no decision points in these mazes. Intermediate: Includes 12 different beautifully crafted intermediate level mazes. This intermediate level app introduces one or two decision points per maze. Advanced: Includes 12 different beautifully crafted advanced level mazes. This advanced level app introduces many decision points per maze. Switch Accessible Mazes has been programmed to work with the AbleNet Blue2 Bluetooth Switch, Pretorian Technologies interfaces, and RJ Cooper Bluetooth Switch Interface. The App will also work with a Bluetooth wireless keyboard.
Learn Shapes
This app offers an interactive and fun way for young children to learn and master basic shapes through tracing. It enhances fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination with engaging graphics and a reward system to encourage practice.
- Interactive shape tracing
- Enhances fine motor skills
- Hand-eye coordination development
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Progress tracking for parents
- Reward system for motivation
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Introducing Learn Shapes: Tracing Shapes, the fun and interactive way for kids to learn about shapes! Designed specifically for young learners, this educational app combines engaging graphics and intuitive gameplay to help children master basic shapes through tracing. With Learn Shapes, children will enjoy a hands-on learning experience that enhances their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. They can choose from a variety of shapes to trace, including circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and more! As they trace each shape with their finger, they will hear the shape's name and learn about its characteristics. The app features multiple difficulty levels to keep children challenged and motivated, and progress is tracked so parents can monitor their child's progress. Plus, the app includes a reward system that encourages children to keep learning and practicing. Whether your child is just starting to learn about shapes or needs some extra practice, Learn Shapes: Tracing Shapes is the perfect app to help them succeed. Download it today and watch your child's confidence and skills grow! App subscription: You can subscribe for access to the full list of Learn Shapes. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You will be able to do all exercises for the duration of the subscription. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one month" package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting though your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Any unused portion of free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases an app subscription. Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below. Privacy Policy: http://kida.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://kida.app/terms-and-conditions.html * Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Pricing Matrix" determines as the equivalent of the subscription price in $ USD
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn Shapes at 100% against Mazes's 0%. Learn Shapes also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). Mazes's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mazes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Learn Shapes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Learn Shapes holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Shapes has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mazes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Learn Shapes's.
Mazes ships an update every 13 months, Learn Shapes every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mazes | Learn Shapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Judy Lynn Software, Inc. | KIDA Apps L.L.C. |
Customer experience
Mazes
Learn Shapes
In-app purchases
Mazes
- Mazes - Beginner$3.99
- Mazes - Intermediate$3.99
- Mazes-Advanced$3.99
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- Mazes - All 3 Levels$9.99
Learn Shapes
- Learn Shapes$0.997 Days
- Learn Shapes Weekly$2.997 Days
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