Escape Prison 2 vs Max Mannheimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escape Prison 2
A journalist framed for murder must escape prison to prove his innocence. Solve puzzles, find tools, and navigate computer-controlled systems to uncover the truth.
- Engaging mystery storyline
- Challenging puzzle solving
- Interactive environment
- HD graphics
- No advertisements
- Full walkthrough included
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Escape the Prison 2 PLUS: --- HD --- No Ads --- Full WalkThrough --- Skip-Puzzle Mode Sam is a journalist, he was investigating a corruption case. One day he comes home and finds his girlfriend lying on the floor, she was killed. The judge does not believe his words and condemns him to life imprisonment. Sam is sure that someone wanted to set him up, now he has to find a way to escape and prove his innocence! You are now in a new prison, all controlled by computer systems, try to find tools and objects all around and use them to solve puzzles, try to Escape!
Max Mannheimer
Explore the life story of a Holocaust survivor through an interactive visual novel. Delve into his childhood, persecution, and post-war life by solving challenges and collecting memories. Hear his testimony once his story is complete.
- Interactive visual novel
- Explore survivor's life story
- Solve challenges
- Collect memories
- Hear survivor's testimony
- Historical context
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We stand in Max Mannheimer’s studio. From here we can delve into the chapters of his life via his pictures: his childhood in Nový Jičín in Czechoslovakia, the time of the commencing persecution and deportation by the national socialists, the imprisonment in different concentration camps and his life after the Second World War in Germany. In engaging images the visual novel tells his life story interactively. The players can comprehend his decisions, solve small challenges to advance and collect memories on the way which lead to further information. Once his whole life has been played the contemporary witness Max Mannheimer can be actually heard. The game was developed and realised by the Max Mannheimer Study Centre in Dachau together with the renowned game studio paintbucket games and the cartoon artist Greta von Richthofen. The project was funded by the foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ Foundation) as part of the line of funding [re]create digital history within the funding programme Young People Remember International, financed with resources from the German Foreign Office.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Max Mannheimer at 100% against Escape Prison 2's 50%. Max Mannheimer also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 40 months). Escape Prison 2's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Max Mannheimer is free to download; Escape Prison 2 costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Max Mannheimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Escape Prison 2 has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Escape Prison 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Max Mannheimer's.
Escape Prison 2 ships an update every 40 months, Max Mannheimer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escape Prison 2 | Max Mannheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 887 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gaetano Consiglio | Paintbucket Games UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
Escape Prison 2
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In-app purchases
Escape Prison 2
No in-app purchases
Max Mannheimer
No in-app purchases
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