Unlock! vs VDM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Provides game clues
- Enters secret codes
- Atmospheric music
- Manages countdown timer
- Calculates game score
- Enhances escape room feel
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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
VDM
This app delivers daily humorous anecdotes and embarrassing stories submitted by users. It's a platform to share and laugh at life's everyday mishaps and awkward moments, keeping the entertainment going.
- Daily humorous anecdotes
- User-submitted stories
- Collection of embarrassing moments
- Entertainment platform
- Community sharing
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VDM vous fait rire depuis plus de 15 ans et ce n’est pas près de s’arrêter ! Comme le punk, VDM will never die. Le principe, simple, c'est que tous les jours, notre équipe sélectionne vos galères et les petits moments de honte de nos braves utilisateurs, pour vous les servir sur un plateau (presque) d’argent. Votre vie n’est pas parfaite non plus ? Rions-en !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VDM at 4.3 against Unlock!'s 3.3. Unlock!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (241 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VDM holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unlock! has 241 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, VDM every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unlock! | VDM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (241 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 241 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 816 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JD Editions | Beta et Compagnie |
Customer experience
Unlock!
VDM
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
VDM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Unlock!
No in-app purchases
VDM
No in-app purchases









