Comparison

4D Maze vs Conway's Cells

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

Conway's Cells

Features
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Discover the beauty of cellular automata with Conway's Cells, a polished and powerful implementation of Conway's Game of Life for iOS. WHAT IS THE GAME OF LIFE? Conway's Game of Life is a zero-player game where cells on a grid live, die, or multiply based on simple rules. Despite its simplicity, it produces astonishingly complex behavior — gliders that travel across the screen, oscillators that pulse rhythmically, and structures that generate infinite streams of spaceships. TAP, DRAW, AND EXPLORE • Tap individual cells to toggle them alive or dead • Use drawing tools (line, rectangle, circle) to sketch structures quickly • Stamp pre-built patterns onto the grid with a ghost preview before placement • Zoom in to see every cell, pan across large grids MANY CLASSIC PATTERNS Browse a curated library of famous Game of Life patterns: • Still Lifes: Block, Beehive, Loaf, Boat, Ship, Pond • Oscillators: Blinker, Toad, Pulsar, Pentadecathlon • Spaceships: Glider, LWSS, HWSS, Copperhead • Guns: Gosper Glider Gun, Simkin Glider Gun • Methuselahs: R-pentomino, Acorn, Diehard • Save your own creations to the pattern library 18 RULES Go beyond Conway's rules with HighLife, Seeds, Day & Night, Maze, Replicator and more. HighLife and Seeds are free; Pro unlocks the other 15, plus 22 patterns made for them. CUSTOMIZABLE THEMES Personalize with 11 visual themes — Classic, Blueprint, Matrix, Cyberpunk, Laser, Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Terminal, Pixel, Gameboy. Unlock additional themes with a one-time purchase. 3D VISUALIZATION See the Game of Life like never before. Switch to a 3D torus, cylinder, or sphere topology. Watch patterns wrap around edges in real time. FULL CONTROL • Adjustable simulation speed from 1 to 60 generations per second • Step through generations one at a time • Generation counter and population graph • Undo and redo support • Auto-save your session — pick up right where you left off Conway's Cells is free with optional in-app purchases to remove ads and unlock Pro features.

Screenshots

4D Maze4 screens
Conway's Cells4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 4D Maze at none against Conway's Cells's 3. 4D Maze also leads on ads (none vs shown). Conway's Cells's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Conway's Cells sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 4D Maze asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

4D Maze ships an update every 7 months, Conway's Cells monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
4D Maze versus Conway's Cells: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter4D MazeConway's Cells
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff WeeksAndrey Tyurin

In-app purchases

None

4D Maze

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Conway's Cells

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
  • Unlock Everything$7.99

Questions

Is 4D Maze free?
4D Maze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conway's Cells free?
Conway's Cells is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 4D Maze or Conway's Cells have ads?
Conway's Cells shows ads; 4D Maze does not.
Which is updated more often, 4D Maze or Conway's Cells?
4D Maze ships an update every 7 months, and Conway's Cells monthly. Most recently, 4D Maze was updated on October 13, 2026 and Conway's Cells on October 15, 2026.

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