Comparison

Escape Prison 2 vs Max Mannheimer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Engaging mystery storyline
  • Challenging puzzle solving
  • Interactive environment
  • HD graphics
  • No advertisements
  • Full walkthrough included
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Explore survivor's life story
  • Solve challenges
  • Collect memories
  • Hear survivor's testimony
  • Historical context
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Escape Prison 24 screens
Max Mannheimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Escape Prison 2 versus Max Mannheimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEscape Prison 2Max Mannheimer
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB887 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGaetano ConsiglioPaintbucket Games UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

Escape Prison 2

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Max Mannheimer

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

In-app purchases

None

Escape Prison 2

No in-app purchases

None

Max Mannheimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Escape Prison 2 free?
Escape Prison 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Max Mannheimer free?
Max Mannheimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Escape Prison 2 or Max Mannheimer?
Max Mannheimer is rated higher. Escape Prison 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Max Mannheimer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Escape Prison 2 or Max Mannheimer have ads?
Neither Escape Prison 2 nor Max Mannheimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Escape Prison 2 or Max Mannheimer?
Escape Prison 2 ships an update every 40 months, and Max Mannheimer every 2 months. Most recently, Escape Prison 2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Max Mannheimer on November 8, 2026.

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