Comparison

Unlock! vs Advent Calendar Creator

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

Advent Calendar Creator

Design and share personalized Advent calendars with custom images and messages. Perfect for sending Christmas surprises to loved ones, even those far away. Easily shareable via a web link that works on any device.

Highlights
  • Personalized Advent calendars
  • Custom images and texts
  • Shareable via web link
  • Works on all devices
  • Add content after sharing
  • No registration required
Features
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Do your friends and family a favor and create a personal Advent Calendar for them, with your own pictures and texts. Make an Advent Calendars and fill each of the 24 Advent days individually. Send you personalized Advent Calendar easily per web link, which can be opened on all devices. So, you can also reach friends which life far away. Because the link is available on different platforms you can share it with anyone, even with your grandparents who only have an old computer. Shorten the time to Christmas with 24 personal Christmas surprises. For example, you can give a daily memory of shared memories of adventures or holidays. Write a lovely message or give some quests to solve. For sharing you don't need an e-mail address or to register. The link to your Advent Calendar is generated automatically and you can easily copy or directly share it. And if you are late; it is no problem to add further images or messages in December. You can share the Advent Calendar and finish it afterwards. Then your additional pictures and messages will be added automatically. Project of JHSV with Juri Seelmann and Vincent Haupt.

Screenshots

Unlock!4 screens
Advent Calendar Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Unlock! at none against Advent Calendar Creator's shown. Unlock! also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (243 vs 3). Advent Calendar Creator's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3). 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

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

Advent Calendar Creator holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unlock! has 243 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, Advent Calendar Creator every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Unlock! versus Advent Calendar Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnlock!Advent Calendar Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (243 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings243 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size833 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJD EditionsJuri Seelmann

Customer experience

Unlock!

All ratings243 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative36.6%
Written reviews390 reviews
Positive37.4%
Neutral14.9%
Negative47.7%

Advent Calendar Creator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Advent Calendar Creator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Unlock!

No in-app purchases

None

Advent Calendar Creator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unlock! free?
Unlock! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advent Calendar Creator free?
Advent Calendar Creator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unlock! or Advent Calendar Creator?
Advent Calendar Creator is rated higher. Unlock! averages 3.3 out of 5 from 243 ratings, while Advent Calendar Creator averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Unlock! or Advent Calendar Creator have ads?
Advent Calendar Creator shows ads; Unlock! does not.
Which is updated more often, Unlock! or Advent Calendar Creator?
Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, and Advent Calendar Creator every 14 months. Most recently, Unlock! was updated on November 6, 2026 and Advent Calendar Creator on November 3, 2026.

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