Synthwave Escape vs Neon Beats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Synthwave Escape
Embark on a retro rhythm puzzle platformer adventure with an 80s synthwave aesthetic. Guide a team of robots with unique physics to escape a neon bunker and defeat an antagonist. Solve challenges through 60 stages with an original soundtrack and a humorous storyline.
- 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages
- 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks
- 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics
- Robot Storyline
- Dad Jokes
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Synthwave Escape is a Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer game with an 80s inspired Synthwave Soundtrack & Aesthetic. Join Doc Grits' team of robots as they attempt to escape the Neon Bunker and defeat the heinously infamous Red Hawk. Use the Escape Bots' skills together to overcome challenges and make it safely to safety! Features • 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages • 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks • 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics • 1 Most Triumphant Robot Storyline • A Plethora of Dad Jokes Oh, you're still reading! Alright, I'll continue. Here's the situation: this dude Grits is locked away in a Neon Bunker by this other bogus dude named Red Hawk. Grits is forced to make deadly contraptions, but manages to build a robot team to help him escape. They almost make it, but then they get caught. Then they get away. Yada, yada - just play the game already! If you enjoy the game please consider leaving a review. And if you really, really enjoy it, tell a friend. Then next time you see that friend, the two of you can do a jumping high five. Thanks for playing! Your Friend, Nick Culbertson Moby Pixel http://www.mobypixel.com
Neon Beats
Experience a vibrant 2D platformer where your movements are synchronized with a catchy soundtrack. Navigate challenging levels filled with neon lights and abstract environments, aiming to beat your high scores and uncover hidden collectibles. The game offers responsive controls and an escalating difficulty that tests your reflexes and rhythm.
- Rhythm-based gameplay
- 9 unique levels with distinct music
- Smooth and responsive character controls
- Challenging level elements
- Hidden collectibles that alter music
- Score system based on time, collectibles, and deaths
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Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels! You just entered an abstract world and embody a cube moving on a white line. A relaxing and catchy music starts to play along with colourful shining neon lights all around. Your first jump, not so difficult, is followed by a swing above sharp spikes and a slide down to the depth. Deeper you progress in the levels, harder the challenges become. Quickly, the rhythm is accelerating. Your superlanding on the ground triggers an exciting music drop, and a killing wall starts chasing you. The only way to survive is to run. A boost makes your speed increase drastically and the finish line is only a few jumps away. You dodge a first spike, get bumped over a second, and perform the perfect jump to the end. The trajectory seems to be ideal, until you fall down into killing spikes... Now, you can restart. And restart again. Until you get the world record! In Neon Beats, you will find: • 9 different levels with its own music • Rhythm based gameplay • A character with smooth and responsive controls • Simple and elegant neon ambiance • Several challenging level elements • Hidden collectibles adding instruments to the music • A score system based on your time, collectibles and deaths
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Synthwave Escape at Free against Neon Beats's $2.99. Synthwave Escape also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (219 vs 39). Neon Beats's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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
Synthwave Escape is free to download; Neon Beats costs $2.99 up front. Synthwave Escape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Neon Beats asks for nothing beyond the download.
Synthwave Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Synthwave Escape has 219 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Synthwave Escape's written reviews are positive against 85% of Neon Beats's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Synthwave Escape | Neon Beats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (219 ratings) — better | 4.3 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #21 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moby Pixel | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
Synthwave Escape
Neon Beats
User reviews
Synthwave Escape
From 219 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Amazing music/songs
- 🎨 Great graphics/visual aesthetic
- 🧠 Challenging/mind-bending gameplay
- 🤩 Fun and enjoyable experience
- ✨ Impressive novelty/innovative
Room to improve
- ⚠️ Level 18 is too hard
- 💥 No invincibility frames
- ⏳ Stressful timer
- 💰 Needs more coins
- 🐛 Audio option bug
Neon Beats
From 39 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Amazing music and soundtrack
- 🎮 Addictive gameplay
- ✨ Great game design
- 👍 Minimalist presentation
- 💯 Well-put-together game
Room to improve
- ⏳ Too short, not enough levels
- 😕 Some levels are too hard
- 💸 Perceived as short for the price
Bugs and requests
Synthwave Escape
Reported bugs
3 issues- Audio option doesn't work
- No invincibility stage after getting hit
- Game won't download
Requested features
5 requests- Longer game or sequel
- More levels
- New music
- PC version
- More cutscenes
Neon Beats
Reported bugs
6 issues- Invisible walls causing falls
- Controls sometimes send player in opposite direction
- Mechanics are a little buggy
- Tap doesn't always register jump
- Cannons sometimes don't work until level restart
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- Bug where dragging too far sends player opposite direction
Requested features
9 requests- Add more levels
- Level editor like Geometry Dash
- Difficulty rating for levels
- Level creator and download system
- 3D version of the game
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- Cloud saves
- Switch jump from right to left
- Level progress tracking and update announcements
- Darker electronic music option
In-app purchases
Synthwave Escape
- 20 Coins$0.99
- 50 Coins$1.99
- Unlimited Coins$4.99
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- Unlimited Coins Deal$4.99
Neon Beats
No in-app purchases









