Join4 for iMessage vs Mythic Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Join4 for iMessage
Challenge friends in a classic connect four game directly through iMessage. Strategically place your colored counters to be the first to achieve four in a row and win the game.
- Play via iMessage
- Turn-based gameplay
- Strategic counter placement
- Challenge friends
- Connect four win condition
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Can you Join4? Challenge your friends over iMessage to see who can be the first to connect 4 of their coloured counters! Take it in turns to place counters, strategically blocking each other until one of you finds a way to win!
Mythic Escape
Embark on an escape room adventure across mythological eras. Decode cryptic artifacts, manipulate elemental forces, and solve inventive puzzles in meticulously crafted chambers. Interact with diverse objects to progress through layered enigmas and immersive settings.
- Decode cryptic artifacts
- Manipulate elemental forces
- Solve inventive puzzles
- Collect diverse artifacts
- Immersive mythological settings
- Interact with objects
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Journey through distinct mythological eras in this pulse-pounding escape room adventure! Mythic Escape: Shift challenges you to decode cryptic artifacts, manipulate elemental forces, and escape meticulously crafted chambers. - Game Features - Multiple Clues: Collect various artifacts including lanterns, swords, tiaras, ropes and more. Interact with every object to progress through layered enigmas. - Immersive Settings: Each chamber boasts unique thematic designs ranging from majestic mysticism to eerie obscurity, delivering diverse visual and psychological experiences. - Inventive Challenges: Cleverly crafted puzzles demand both observation skills and imaginative thinking. The gates of eternity await your command. Download Mythic Escape: Shift and start your mythical adventure now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mythic Escape at Free against Join4 for iMessage's $0.99. Mythic Escape also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 59 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Join4 for iMessage's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Mythic Escape is free to download; Join4 for iMessage costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Join4 for iMessage holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Join4 for iMessage's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mythic Escape's.
Join4 for iMessage ships an update every 59 months, Mythic Escape daily. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Join4 for iMessage | Mythic Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Matthew Cotton | LLC Destruction |
Customer experience
Join4 for iMessage
Mythic Escape
In-app purchases
Join4 for iMessage
No in-app purchases
Mythic Escape
No in-app purchases
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