Synthwave Escape vs DeltaBeats
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
DeltaBeats
Experience a full-screen rhythm game with unique tap, hold, and flick mechanics. Customize your gameplay with avatars and follow a helpful navigation character. Share your high scores on social media.
- Full-screen rhythm gameplay
- Tap, hold, and flick controls
- Avatar customization (VRM)
- Navigation character support
- Score sharing for social media
- Supports Japanese arcades
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A full-screen style rhythm game DeltaBeats released by iwate EVOLVED, a group acting for supporting Japanese arcades. You can play DeltaBeats with avatars. △▽▲▼▲▼▲▽△▼ Donation: All of our profit will be used to support Japanese arcades. If you agree with our motto or like DeltaBeats, please purchase things on a shop in DeltaBeats. △▽△▽△▽△▽▲▼ How to play: Triangles for tap. Hexagons for hold. Arrows for flick. Get a higher score with your rhythmic action. Result sharing function for SNS is available. △▽▲▽▲▼▲▽▲▼ Avatar(VRM): If you are not familiar with full-screen styled rhythm game, don't worry. A navigate character "Ado-kun" supports you. Follow Ado-kun's move at first. You can change avatars via VRoidHub or by loading your VRM files. △▽▲▽△▼▲▽▲▽ Soundtrack: A soundtrack of DeltaBeats is already available. All of our profit will be used to support Japanese arcades too. If you agree with our motto or like songs in DeltaBeats, please purchase it via bandcamp. iwate EVOLVED's bandcamp(external link) https://iwate-evolved.bandcamp.com/ △▽▲▽△▽△▽▲▼
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DeltaBeats at none against Synthwave Escape's shown. DeltaBeats also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Synthwave Escape's advantage is ratings volume (219 vs 11) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Synthwave Escape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and DeltaBeats sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Synthwave Escape against 4.6 for DeltaBeats. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Synthwave Escape has 219 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Synthwave Escape's written reviews are positive against 85% of DeltaBeats's.
Synthwave Escape ships an update every 6 months, DeltaBeats every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Synthwave Escape | DeltaBeats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (219 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 310 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moby Pixel | Masahide Konishi |
Customer experience
Synthwave Escape
DeltaBeats
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
DeltaBeats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
DeltaBeats
- VRCrazy -Hiy Makina Remix-$1.99
- [MUSIC] techno world$2.99
- Tokyo Traffic -Hiy Remix-$2.99
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- NextStage"Are You Ready?"$2.99
- [MUSIC] Magia Vianca$2.99
- [MUSIC] THEXNOLOGY$2.99
- [MUSIC] nahtstelle$2.99
- Stay Alive 4 Dreams Game Size$2.99
