Pinchworm vs Hamster Maze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinchworm
Embark on a quest to rescue your beloved from an evil bird. Jump, dig, and navigate challenging levels with unique characters. Compete with friends on leaderboards and collect badges in this addictive twitch-rhythm adventure.
- Unlockable characters with unique worlds
- Award badges to collect
- Custom scoreboard for competition
- Addictive twitch-rhythm gameplay
- Rescue your love
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The love of your life has been snatched up by an evil bird! Jump, dig, and inch your way back to get revenge and save your love! • Collect ’em all — 14 unlockable characters each with a unique world and backstory • The struggle is real — 30 easy to near-impossible award badges to collect • Swag it out — climb the custom scoreboard and dominate your friends (and enemies!) while showing off your favorite worms • Love ain’t easy — test your skills with this super addictive twitch-rhythm game to get the highest score and save your love! *** 5/5 Clods *** Dirt Entusiast *** Harrowing tale of love as an arthropod in an world ruled by angry, flappy, and flightless birds *** Wormhole Weekly *** Game of the decayed! *** Gentleworms Quarterly *** We dig it! *** The Compost Tribune
Hamster Maze
Guide a cute hamster through challenging mazes filled with interactive obstacles. Customize your pet with various accessories and unlock new items as you progress. Experience thrilling new gameplay mechanics like gliding and bubble riding.
- Navigate mazes with obstacles
- Climb stairs, swing, crawl, roll
- Intuitive one-hand control
- Hamster customization and rescue
- Glider and bubble gameplay
- Unlockable customizations
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Guide your funny and cute hamster through the maze full of obstacles. Climb stairs, balance on swing, crawl over balls, roll through tubes and pass many other funny and interactive barriers. Nothing can stop you on your way to the desired food! Lead the hamster with intuitive one-hand control and enjoy the funny animations of your pet. Customize your hamster however you want! Rescue the hamsters to choose them. Change their clothes, accessories, hats and even moustache. Combine them to get the most stylish or the funniest hamster. Progress through the game to unlock even more customizations. Feel the speed and the freedom of the flight with the new glider gameplay. Jump into a pool full of soap bubbles to ride one and reach the higher places. Can you beat the obstacle course and escape the maze? No hamster was harmed during the development of this game!
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Verdict
Pinchworm and Hamster Maze both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Pinchworm's written reviews are positive against 62% of Hamster Maze's. Pinchworm also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Hamster Maze's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 185). On price, rating, 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. Pinchworm sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hamster Maze sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pinchworm against 4.7 for Hamster Maze. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hamster Maze has 48K ratings behind it against 185, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Pinchworm's written reviews are positive against 62% of Hamster Maze's.
Pinchworm ships an update every 10 days, Hamster Maze every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinchworm | Hamster Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (185 ratings) | 4.7 (48K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 61.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 185 | 48K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 331 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | A Forgettable Tuesday | ZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Pinchworm
Hamster Maze
User reviews
Pinchworm
From 185 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Highly addictive and fun gameplay
- 🎮 Simple yet challenging mechanics
- 🎨 Charming art style and design
- 🎵 Great music and audio
- 😂 Funny and entertaining story
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
- 🎮 Occasional unresponsive controls
- 👀 Cannot see upcoming obstacles
- 📊 Limited character variety
- 🎯 High difficulty curve (100 points to win)
Hamster Maze
From 48K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🐹 Cute and realistic hamster animations
- 🎨 Fun and creative obstacle course elements
- 👍 Easy to control and play
- 💖 Addictive and entertaining gameplay
Room to improve
- 🙄 Excessive advertisements
- 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
- 🤯 Inability to progress past certain levels due to bugs
- 😤 In-app purchase issues (ads not removed)
Bugs and requests
Pinchworm
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
- Unresponsive jump and dig controls
- Incorrect move detection
- App crashes with specific iOS versions
- Persistent crashing issues preventing gameplay
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- Spam/casino redirects in app store
Requested features
10 requests- Jump and dig buttons as separate controls
- Preview of upcoming obstacles
- Mini-games within the app
- More worms to purchase
- Different birds to battle
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- Online scoreboard
- More character options
- Different themes for characters
- Lower winning score threshold (80 instead of 100)
- Additional obstacle types
Hamster Maze
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes when trying to name new hamster
- Unable to progress past level 9 due to glitch
- Ads still present even after purchasing ad-free version
- Hamster getting stuck or unable to be saved
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to rename hamsters
- More customization options for hamster house
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free mode
- Smoother progression and fewer game-breaking bugs
In-app purchases
Pinchworm
- Earl with CoinsFree
- Glowy with CoinsFree
- Añejo with CoinsFree
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- Groovy with CoinsFree
- Goldsworth with CoinsFree
- Indy with CoinsFree
- North with CoinsFree
- Panduh with CoinsFree
- W.J. Pennypincher III with CoinsFree
- Onyx with CoinsFree
Hamster Maze
- Some Fruits$0.99
- No Ads$1.99
- A lot of fruits$3.99
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- Frog Skin Pack$4.99
- Unicorn Skin Pack$4.99
- Sheriff Skin Pack$4.99
- Dress Up Pack$7.99
- House Upgrade$7.99
- Starter Pack3 variants$9.99









