Comparison

Area Maze vs Slide Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Area Maze

A logic puzzle app where you calculate unknown areas or lengths within a maze of calculations. It requires only elementary school math skills and is designed to boost imagination and thinking abilities. Solve puzzles to unlock new levels and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Calculate unknown areas and lengths
  • Maze of calculations
  • Elementary school math level
  • Boosts imagination and thinking
  • Unlock new levels
  • Daily puzzle addition
Features
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This is a brand new logical puzzle app that has been created by Japanese puzzle designers in collaboration with specialist mathematics and science schools. It has been designed to increase your imagination and thinking abilities to the max! This puzzle features a maze of calculations and the aim is to calculate the unknown area or length as shown by the question mark by using the other measurements which are provided. As there are no decimals or fractions involved, the player only needs an elementary school level of mathematics to have a go; specifically, knowing how to determine the area of a rectangle (length × width = area). Sounds simple enough, right? Well, have a go at finding out the correct answer which the creators have hidden within each of the levels! Even if you come across a level that looks difficult, by sharpening your thinking skills you will surely be able to solve it. And there is nothing like that feeling of accomplishment when you finally solve that difficult puzzle! In order to prevent puzzles from being solved just by looking at the diagram without performing any calculations, the scale of some of the puzzle diagrams has been adjusted to differ from the actual length or area. Clear the number of levels shown to unlock more puzzles! A new puzzle level will be added each day if you meet the conditions. Conditions ・You have completed the beginner and intermediate puzzles. ・You have also completed the new puzzle. ・A new puzzle will be added once per day when you start the app. However, you will not receive all the new levels for previous days in which you didn’t start the app.

About

Slide Puzzle

This classic puzzle game challenges you to slide numbered blocks into their correct order. Progress through increasingly difficult levels with more blocks and steps. Save your progress at any time to resume later.

Highlights
  • Slide numbered blocks
  • Increasing difficulty levels
  • Constant save function
  • Interrupt and resume gameplay
  • Addictive puzzle mechanics
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A classic puzzle game where you slide blocks to rearrange them in numerical order. The higher the level, the more blocks and the number of steps, and the more difficult it becomes. Since it is a constant save function, you can interrupt and resume at any time.

Screenshots

Area Maze4 screens
Slide Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slide Puzzle at 100% against Area Maze's 51%. Slide Puzzle also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2). Area Maze's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slide Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Area Maze's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slide Puzzle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Area Maze ships an update every 6 months, Slide Puzzle every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Area Maze versus Slide Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArea MazeSlide Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappymeal Inc.Hirokazu Uno

Customer experience

Area Maze

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral14.6%
Negative34.1%

Slide Puzzle

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Area Maze

No in-app purchases

None

Slide Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Area Maze free?
Area Maze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slide Puzzle free?
Slide Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Area Maze or Slide Puzzle?
Slide Puzzle is rated higher. Area Maze averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Slide Puzzle averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Area Maze or Slide Puzzle have ads?
Slide Puzzle shows ads; Area Maze does not.
Which is updated more often, Area Maze or Slide Puzzle?
Area Maze ships an update every 6 months, and Slide Puzzle every 5 months. Most recently, Area Maze was updated on October 23, 2026 and Slide Puzzle on October 27, 2026.

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