Maze Boy
Reverse maze exploration tool
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Maze app for exploring a maze by modifying the maze to make it uniquely solvable.
This app presents a maze grid that you can interact with by dragging through walls to open and close them.
While modifying the maze by tearing down and bringing up the walls — instead of moving a token — you rewrite the maze. By sweeping to open and close walls, you can watch in real time how each tiny change ripples through all three solvers in real time.
Imagine two “explorers” (left-hand and right-hand Trémaux solvers) painting the grid in red and green as they solve the maze the way Charles Pierre Trémaux would do. At each step as they trace the grid, cells turn red, green and yellow to indicate whether each cell is on the left-hand, right-hand or both Trémaux explorers’ solution. That is, only if the maze is solvable at all. If not, the whole maze just remains a dull gray.
In addition, a thin white line through the maze shows a path computed using a different algorithm (Breadth-first search). If the maze is solvable at any point in time while you are dragging through the cells, this is the truly shortest path through the maze.
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You can now adjust the maze size and various parameters.
You can save mazes you have created and load them back later.
The mazes are stored in JSON format for portability and to support future enhancements.
The developer, Mark Barclay, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mark Barclay
- Size
- 31.6 MB
- Category
- Puzzle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mark Barclay