HeliHopper vs Need Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HeliHopper
Pilot a helicopter across vibrant worlds, completing missions or testing your skills in endless levels. Master a unique slingshot control system to hop between helipads, collect items, and unlock new helicopters and environments. The game features a progression system that rewards players with more challenges as they level up.
- Slingshot helicopter hopping mechanism
- Unlockable helicopters and levels
- Mission-based gameplay
- Endless mode levels
- Player level up system
- Collectables and achievements
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Helihopper is a fun game where you hop from a helipad to another. Master the helicopter controls and become a master pilot! Pilot your way across the beautiful and colorful world, made for jumping and hopping around! Complete the missions or try your skills in the endless levels. Earn valuables and invaluable experience to unlock large selection of different helicopters and levels. Everything you do in the game increases your player level, increase it enough and you can unlock even more challenges. Start hopping now! Features: - Simple & fun slingshot mechanism for hopping the helicopters - 10 different helicopters - Three different themes: City, Desert and Snow - Parachuting collectables - A lot of achievements - Player level up system - 85 missions - 9 endless mode levels - Original music by Hukka - GameCenter leaderboards and achievements - iCloud saving - iMessage Stickers - Haptic support
Need Escape
Explore dungeons, defeat enemies, and rescue companions. Upgrade your character to overcome challenges and escape. Collect loot from cleared floors.
- Clear floors for loot
- Encounter new enemies
- Find and save friends
- Upgrade character
- Escape the dungeon
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Clear floors and obtain their loot! Encounter with new enemies on every floor! Find friends and save them! Upgrade yourself and escape!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Need Escape at 60% against HeliHopper's 16%. Need Escape also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). HeliHopper's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. HeliHopper sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Need Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
HeliHopper holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HeliHopper has 651 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of HeliHopper's written reviews are positive against 60% of Need Escape's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HeliHopper ships an update every 5 days, Need Escape every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeliHopper | Need Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (651 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.9% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 651 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oddrok Oy | Any Games OU |
Customer experience
HeliHopper
Need Escape
Bugs and requests
HeliHopper
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game progress not saving
- Crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add difficulty settings
- Improve controls and responsiveness
- Implement cloud save/sync
Need Escape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HeliHopper
- Few Coins$0.99
- A Diamond$0.99
- Set of Coins$1.99
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- Pile of Coins$1.99
- Diamond Pack$1.99
- Double Pack$2.99
Need Escape
No in-app purchases
