Comparison

4D Maze vs Tchisla

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

Head to head
About

4D Maze

Navigate intricate mazes by sliding a marker through interconnected pathways. The game visualizes three dimensions normally and uses color to represent the fourth, offering a unique spatial puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Four-dimensional maze navigation
  • Color-coded fourth dimension
  • Intuitive slider controls
  • Unique spatial puzzle mechanics
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Drag the slider to the goal, following tubes that snake around in four dimensions. 4D Maze draws the first three dimensions in the usual way, while using color to represent the fourth dimension.

About

Tchisla

This app challenges you to represent numbers as arithmetic expressions using only digits 1-9. It offers various operations, including roots, powers, and factorials, to find optimal solutions. Improve your mental math skills through engaging puzzles and competitive modes.

Highlights
  • Represent numbers as arithmetic expressions
  • Use digits 1-9
  • Standard arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /)
  • Advanced operations (√, ^, !)
  • Practice mode with tutorial
  • Competitive modes with leaderboards
  • Gallery for tracking progress and solutions
Features
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Tchisla is a really absorbing number puzzle from the creators of Euclidea. Explore the magic world of numbers and train your mental arithmetic skills. All you need is to represent numbers as arithmetical expressions using only one of the digits from 1 to 9. This can be done in various ways. You gain more points if your solution uses fewer digits and sometimes your way to the optimal solution looks like an exciting quest. You can use standard arithmetic operations +, -, *, /, and brackets, extract square roots (√), raise to a power (^), and apply factorials (!). The factorial (n!) is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n. For example: 96 = 99 - √9 96 = 4 * 4! 96 = 2 * 2 * (22 + 2) 96 = 111 - (1 + 1)^(1 + 1 + 1 + 1) + 1 2048 = ((5 + 5) / 5) ^ (55 / 5) The idea is easy but it can be very hard to find the shortest solution. Try to solve 64#4 using 2 digits or 71#7 with just 3 digits. Here 64#4 means that you need to express 64 using only 4. When the solution is found, you can stop for a moment to take a look at the received formula and to enjoy and appreciate all the beauty of the mathematics. *** More than just a calculator *** Tchisla looks like an ordinary calculator but it is designed to help you in your fight with the problem. It proposes you autocomplete variants that can lead you to the goal. You choose the way and the app calculates and performs all the menial job for you. In short time you suddenly discover that you know a lot of numbers and their properties: factorials, squares, cubes, prime numbers, roots and others. Tchisla imperceptibly helps you to improve your calculating skills. *** Game modes *** * The Practice mode consists of a short tutorial and the most interesting problems to solve with numbers from 1 to 100. * 2016 is the number of the year and one more mode. You need to express it with each digit from 1 to 9. Can you reproduce the world record? It uses totally 48 digits. * In the Gallery, you can find a table of numbers and the count of digits used in solutions. You can solve new problems here and find solutions that can be improved. This will help in future challenges since they can be based on the levels that are already solved. You can extend the standard Gallery up to 10000 (via in-app purchase). It will help you to track your progress and the current records and to get quick access to any number or solution. The Extended Gallery contains 50 sections with 200 numbers each (1800 exercises). * The Contest mode is a regular competition between players. A number to be expressed is announced and you have just 24 hours to find the shortest solution for each digit. You win the gold medal if you have used the minimum number of digits. Do not lose your chance to become the first in the rating! *** Gestures and controls *** - swipe to the left to erase the expression - swipe to the right to restore an existing solution - double tap on the solution to switch between alternative variants - yellow square with digit count means that nobody has found a shorter solution. Maybe, it is you who will break the record? *** Why Tchisla *** "Tchisla" is the Russian word for "numbers". With our app you will find out a lot of dependencies between numbers, discover their secrets, learn a lot of tricks to tame them or even become their friend. Numbers will become not just sets of digits for you. *** Questions? Comments? *** Send in your inquiries and stay up-to-date on the latest Tchisla news at http://www.euclidea.xyz/ and http://www.twitter.com/tchisla.

Screenshots

4D Maze4 screens
Tchisla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tchisla at 88% against 4D Maze's 33%. Tchisla also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (154 vs 3). 4D Maze's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Tchisla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 4D Maze asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tchisla holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tchisla has 154 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of 4D Maze's written reviews are positive against 88% of Tchisla's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

4D Maze ships an update every 7 months, Tchisla monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
4D Maze versus Tchisla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter4D MazeTchisla
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.9 (154 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews87.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff WeeksHORIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Customer experience

4D Maze

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

Tchisla

All ratings154 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive87.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.2%

In-app purchases

None

4D Maze

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tchisla

One-time1
  • Extended gallery$1.99

Questions

Is 4D Maze free?
4D Maze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tchisla free?
Tchisla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 4D Maze or Tchisla?
Tchisla is rated higher. 4D Maze averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Tchisla averages 4.9 from 154 ratings.
Do 4D Maze or Tchisla have ads?
Neither 4D Maze nor Tchisla shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 4D Maze or Tchisla?
4D Maze ships an update every 7 months, and Tchisla monthly. Most recently, 4D Maze was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tchisla on October 24, 2026.

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