Comparison

Unlock! vs ATMOSFEAR™

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Unlock!

This companion app enhances the Unlock! board game experience by providing clues, secret codes, and atmospheric music. It helps manage game progression, tracks scores, and adds to the escape room feel.

Highlights
  • Provides game clues
  • Enters secret codes
  • Atmospheric music
  • Manages countdown timer
  • Calculates game score
  • Enhances escape room feel
Features
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YOU NEED THE BOARDGAME UNLOCK! TO USE THIS APP. This companion app will allow you to experience the amazing adventures of the Unlock! board game based on the escape rooms model. Escape from a laboratory with a precious formula, save the world and overcome the archaeological traps of a lost island! ***/*** This application will allow you to experience the extraordinary adventures of Unlock! - an adventure cooperative board game - based on the escape rooms model. Infiltrate a Cold War laboratory and recover the serum that will save mankind! Thwart the plans of the despicable Professor Noside in this crazy cartoon-style adventure! Escape from the island of an eccentric antique collector and overcome its traps! ... Unlock! is a board game based on the escape rooms model. Search the rooms, find hidden objects, combine them, solve riddles, avoid traps ... and exit before the end of the countdown! The Unlock! application is a free “companion app”: you must use the Unlock! board game to enjoy it. This application will allow you to get valuable clues and enter secret codes you deciphered. It will also contribute to the atmosphere around the table with its music tailored to each adventure, awful penalties ... and fatal countdown! At the end of the game, it will give you your score calculated on the time you spent to complete the adventure, the number of penalties you collected, the number of clues you requested, etc. Unlock! is a game created by Cyril Demaegd, published by Space Cowboys and distributed by Asmodee (Game’s POS list available at www.asmodee.com .) Try the Unlock! game for free: Download “Elite” cards; game rules and tutorial available at www.spacecowboys.fr Unlock! Escape Adventures game (Release: February 2017) 2 to 6 players 60 minutes Ages 10 and up

About

ATMOSFEAR™

A thrilling board game that uses a mobile app, your TV, and living room to create a race against time. Players must collect keys and confront their fears before the countdown ends, all while evading the mischievous Gatekeeper.

Highlights
  • Interactive board game controlled by an app
  • Race against time countdown
  • Collect colored keys
  • Face your greatest fear
  • Features a 'Gatekeeper' character
  • Requires mobile phone and TV
Features
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AtmosfearTM is a game of skill, strategy and suspense wrapped up in a race against time. You must collect 6 coloured keys and face your greatest fear before the countdown reaches zero. But there is one problem: The Gatekeeper. And he's going to cause a world of trouble. It’s a board game that uses an App, your mobile phones, your TV and living room. You can't escape The Gatekeeper in this game of fast, frightening fun that promises hours of screams and laughs for players 12 years and over. ATMOSFEAR™ is an interactive board game controlled by an App. Once you start the game the countdown to zero will begin, and you must not stop, pause or interrupt the game in any way. Your host, THE GATEKEEPER, considers it cheating and he really doesn’t like cheats! This is his game with his rules and he must be obeyed. ATMOSFEAR™ is a race against THE GATEKEEPER, your opponents and against time itself. The object of ATMOSFEAR™ is to win the game before the countdown reaches 0:00.

Screenshots

Unlock!4 screens
ATMOSFEAR™3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Unlock! at free against ATMOSFEAR™'s paid. Unlock! also leads on ratings volume (242 vs 8) and review sentiment (38% vs 22%). ATMOSFEAR™'s advantage is rating (3.6 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ATMOSFEAR™ holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unlock! has 242 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Unlock!'s written reviews are positive against 22% of ATMOSFEAR™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, ATMOSFEAR™ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Unlock! versus ATMOSFEAR™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnlock!ATMOSFEAR™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (242 ratings)3.6 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.6% of reviews — better22.3% of reviews
Number of ratings242 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size816 MB209 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJD EditionsCREATA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD

Customer experience

Unlock!

All ratings241 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative36.5%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive37.6%
Neutral14.7%
Negative47.7%

ATMOSFEAR™

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral37.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive22.3%
Neutral13.4%
Negative64.3%

User reviews

Unlock!

From 242 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable game
  • 🤖 Cool and hard ideas
  • 🎉 Amazing and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Audio doesn't work
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Buggy and dysfunctional
  • 🤯 Instructions not clear
  • 🤔 Confusing and frustrating

ATMOSFEAR™

From 8 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Fantastic update on a classic
  • 🤭 Nostalgic experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔇 No sound or audio issues
  • ⏱️ Incorrect timer length
  • 🔌 Connectivity problems
  • 🌐 Requires internet connection

Bugs and requests

Unlock!

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Ticket to Ride final puzzle broken
  • Birmingham Murder app bug at game end
  • Enchanted Adventures AR/voice detection issues
  • Tonipal's Treasure app glitch
  • The Formula sound bug
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  • Nautilus sound not working
  • Unlock games not available in app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add built-in calculator
  • Include play history and total score
  • Add accessibility features for hearing-impaired
  • Support landscape mode on iPad
  • Provide option to skip puzzles
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  • Add 'check steps' in hints before showing solution

ATMOSFEAR™

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes and crashes during gameplay
  • Devices unable to connect or stay connected
  • Timer starts at incorrect time
  • Gatekeeper audio/video desynchronization
  • Offline mode download issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more time options
  • Allow customizable timer length
  • Implement local/offline mode
  • Add more interactive features
  • Support casting to TV
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  • Provide language options beyond English

In-app purchases

None

Unlock!

No in-app purchases

None

ATMOSFEAR™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unlock! free?
Unlock! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ATMOSFEAR™ free?
ATMOSFEAR™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unlock! or ATMOSFEAR™?
ATMOSFEAR™ is rated higher. Unlock! averages 3.3 out of 5 from 242 ratings, while ATMOSFEAR™ averages 3.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Unlock! or ATMOSFEAR™ have ads?
Neither Unlock! nor ATMOSFEAR™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unlock! or ATMOSFEAR™?
Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, and ATMOSFEAR™ every 6 weeks. Most recently, Unlock! was updated on October 21, 2026 and ATMOSFEAR™ on October 17, 2026.

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