Comparison

Escape Lala 2 vs Second Best

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

Head to head
About

Escape Lala 2

Embark on a magical point-and-click adventure to find a missing princess and restore peace. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and explore a world of surprises with charming retro pixel-art graphics. Collect items and use hints to overcome challenges in this nostalgic quest.

Highlights
  • Solve puzzles
  • Uncover secrets
  • Collect and use items
  • Retro pixel-art graphics
  • Hours of gameplay
  • Hint system
Features
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Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Find out in this magical point-and click adventure in the mysterious land of Lala. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world. Escape Lala 2 is the second installment in the Escape Lala series, with a new story, and much longer gameplay. Explore this land filled with surprises and beautiful landscapes all handcrafted in retro pixel-art graphics. From the damp caves down below through a giant castle filled with ancient remains and out to the sunny outdoors, the land of Lala has a lot to uncover. Escape Lala is a series of point-and-click adventure games / Escape rooms with a nostalgic feel. Escape Lala is not the regular Escape the Room game, it is full of charming handcrafted pixel-art graphics and musics, and it contains puzzles with magical twists that take inspiration from classic point-and-click adventure games. Struggling with a puzzle? Look for the gold coins scattered around the cave and use them to reveal hints! Try to find them all and use them sparingly to get a better score at the end of the game. Features – Discover the story of the world of Lala – Collect items and use them to solve puzzles and escape lala – Lovely pixel-art graphics inspired by the classic point-and-click adventure games from the 90’s – Hours of gameplay and replayability – Try to find all the secrets of Lala Miss the good old point-and-click adventure games? Then you'll definitely love Escape Lala 2!

About

Second Best

Continue an absurd mystery adventure filled with unexpected twists and whimsical humor. Solve clever puzzles and explore a world brought to life with charming hand-drawn visuals. Uncover the truth about your identity and escape a perilous journey.

Highlights
  • Absurd mystery adventure
  • Interactive story with twists
  • Classic point and click gameplay
  • Solve zany puzzles
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Colorful characters
Features
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The excitement CONTINUES. You're a LONGER way from home than you ever thought possible. And the more you learn about your IDENTITY, the less you seem to KNOW. It's not easy being BEST. Welcome back to the world of COLBIES and OPIES, where nothing is what you think, not even your OWN PAST … WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF IN BESTED You had just been spirited away by a gang of SUPERHUMAN meanies. WHY are they doing this, and can you get a better stateroom for the JOURNEY? Find the answers to these questions and more, and try not to get tangled up in too many MURDERS along the way. FEATURES • Absurd Mystery Adventure – A comedy-filled interactive story with unexpected twists, whimsical humor, and a genuinely complex but curious plot. • Classic Point and Click Gameplay – Tap around, poke things, collect clues, and talk your way out of (and into) trouble. • Zany Puzzles – Solve clever puzzles that are unique and satisfying, the MysteryCaper way! • Hand-Drawn Visuals – Explore a world brought to life with charming art created by hand. Human hand. • Colorful Characters – From a puzzling ally to ship crew to tricky villains, everyone's got something to hide. – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.

Screenshots

Escape Lala 24 screens
Second Best4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Escape Lala 2 at monthly against Second Best's every 3 months. Escape Lala 2 also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99). Second Best's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Escape Lala 2 costs $2.99 and Second Best $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Escape Lala 2 against 5.0 for Second Best. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Escape Lala 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Best's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Escape Lala 2 ships an update monthly, Second Best every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Escape Lala 2 versus Second Best: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEscape Lala 2Second Best
Price$2.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.9 (40 ratings)5.0 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40 — better31
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB340 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperDuckbearLab LTDMysteryCaper, LLC

Customer experience

Escape Lala 2

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Second Best

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Escape Lala 2

No in-app purchases

None

Second Best

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Escape Lala 2 free?
Escape Lala 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second Best free?
Second Best costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Escape Lala 2 or Second Best?
Second Best is rated higher. Escape Lala 2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Second Best averages 5.0 from 31 ratings.
Do Escape Lala 2 or Second Best have ads?
Neither Escape Lala 2 nor Second Best shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Escape Lala 2 or Second Best?
Escape Lala 2 ships an update monthly, and Second Best every 3 months. Most recently, Escape Lala 2 was updated on October 5, 2026 and Second Best on October 15, 2026.

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