Tiny Bird vs Hamster Maze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Bird
Tap to control a small bird's flight path. Navigate through a series of obstacles without crashing. Enjoy a simple yet engaging arcade experience.
- Tap to fly
- Avoid pipe obstacles
- Simple arcade gameplay
- Engaging adventure
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Tiny Bird! Tap to fly and don't crash into the pipes!
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
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hamster Maze at 48K against Tiny Bird's 4. Tiny Bird's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Tiny Bird sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hamster Maze sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Bird holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hamster Maze has 48K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tiny Bird's written reviews are positive against 62% of Hamster Maze's.
Tiny Bird ships an update every 3 months, Hamster Maze every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Bird | Hamster Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (48K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 62.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 48K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 331 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gorilla Technologies | ZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Tiny Bird
Hamster Maze
Bugs and requests
Tiny Bird
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Tiny Bird
- 100 Gems$0.99
Hamster Maze
- Some Fruits$0.99
- No Ads$1.99
- A lot of fruits$3.99
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- Unicorn Skin Pack$4.99
- Sheriff Skin Pack$4.99
- Dress Up Pack$7.99
- House Upgrade$7.99
- Starter Pack3 variants$9.99
Questions
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