Comparison

Escape Ship Adventure vs Cipher Chase

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

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About

Escape Ship Adventure

Embark on a thrilling sea adventure filled with mysterious puzzles and survival challenges. Navigate treacherous storms, repair your damaged ship, and uncover ancient secrets. Your goal is to escape the ship and find your way home alive.

Highlights
  • Solve mystery puzzles
  • Navigate ship adventures
  • Survive storm events
  • Repair damaged ship
  • Uncover ancient secrets
  • Escape from a ghost ship
Features
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We are - researchers, the small crew which seek for a sea adventures. Our route ran not far from the Cuba islands. Small, but cozy ship sailed along the waves with a favorable wind. The aim of the crew was to solve the mystery puzzles that one of the scientists assigned to us. He talked about ancient maps, which were a puzzle. Professor unraveled on them an ship puzzle, in which it was told about the ancient genus of the Spaniards. Having transported ancient artifacts and treasures, these people had to constantly survive on the ship every time getting into the maelstrom of events, playing ship games and puzzles in real life. For us, this task was - the most difficult puzzle that we ever perform. There have been various mystery games, but today we were delighted in a double, were eager to move forward to new ship adventure and get into curise ship. But in life there are different and you never know where your ship will lead next time to try your luck and possibly get into the most incredible adventure, survive at any cost. On our way, the captain and the ships ahead in the nearest radius reported that, according to the latest weather forecast, there were huge black storm clouds ahead of us, i.e. there is a storm. The captain decided to do something like a puzzle to escape from a storm, that is, a maneuver, his skill was always at the level of aerobatics. To bypass the storm, then to return to our goal of following. As a result, the storm did not manage to bypass at all, the ship was damaged. It was necessary to be engaged in repair more likely, as such ships can not long go in such condition and can turn to the sunken ship. Repair of the ship, cost a small expense, you can say for free in Russian ("for free"). We were ready to go further, but the transmitter intercepted the distress signal, again the horror quest, escape the ship, which still could not bypass the elements and got into the very storm. Without hesitation, we went to the rescue. Already accustomed to get into the woes or marine adventure! What could fate bring to us again? When they reached the crash site of the children who sent the SOS signal, it was already clear that no one could escape the cruise ship. There was a picture of floating rags of clothes, wreckage and several boxes. I had to feel the unpleasant feeling that this sunken terrible ship cast like peoples try escape from titanic. Then something happened that you learn by playing this game ... ... the ship began to panic, riots. Several crew members escaped from the box on the lifeboats. We have suffered, it can be said, a collapse in full scale. It remains only you, around anyone, where all gone and what to do in this situation? Life turns into a quest for survival. You will have to go through the path of survival on the ship and get home alive. Erase this ship a ghost from your memory will not be so easy. Cursed ship, will dream for a long time ... Play for free in English, as well as in other languages. Main advantages: - Excellent exciting story. - Stylish graphics. - Many puzzles (quests). - An interesting original story with hidden objects. - Puzzle games, play with your family! - Suitable for adults and children of all ages. - No time limits. - Do not have Wi-Fi? Play offline! - Continue on the same place if there is no time to play now. ARPAplus more games: Apple Store ARPAplus: https://itunes.apple.com/developer/id772958325

About

Cipher Chase

Embark on an adventurous IQ game where you crack puzzles to catch a malicious attacker. This game challenges your problem-solving skills as you follow a group of encoders on their mission.

Highlights
  • IQ challenges
  • Puzzle cracking
  • Adventure storyline
  • Encoder gameplay
  • Catching attackers
Features
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An adventurous IQ game that follows a group of encoders to catch a malicious attacker, by cracking puzzles that challenge the user.

Screenshots

Escape Ship Adventure4 screens
Cipher Chase3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cipher Chase at 100% against Escape Ship Adventure's 29%. Cipher Chase also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Escape Ship Adventure's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (198 vs 2). On price 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. Escape Ship Adventure sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cipher Chase asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Escape Ship Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Escape Ship Adventure has 198 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Escape Ship Adventure's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cipher Chase's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Escape Ship Adventure ships an update every 3 months, Cipher Chase every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Escape Ship Adventure versus Cipher Chase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEscape Ship AdventureCipher Chase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (198 ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArpaplyus OOOLujain Alaydie

Customer experience

Escape Ship Adventure

All ratings197 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral11.9%
Negative59.5%

Cipher Chase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Escape Ship Adventure

One-time1
  • Get all clues without ads.$1.99
None

Cipher Chase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Escape Ship Adventure free?
Escape Ship Adventure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cipher Chase free?
Cipher Chase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Escape Ship Adventure or Cipher Chase?
Escape Ship Adventure is rated higher. Escape Ship Adventure averages 4.2 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while Cipher Chase averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Escape Ship Adventure or Cipher Chase have ads?
Escape Ship Adventure shows ads; Cipher Chase does not.
Which is updated more often, Escape Ship Adventure or Cipher Chase?
Escape Ship Adventure ships an update every 3 months, and Cipher Chase every 2 days. Most recently, Escape Ship Adventure was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cipher Chase on October 24, 2026.

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