Tricky Castle vs Escape Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tricky Castle
Embark on an adventure to rescue a princess from a castle filled with challenging puzzles and traps. Navigate mysterious corridors, solve riddles, and overcome obstacles to find the key and escape.
- 120 unique escape puzzle levels
- Unusual room escape mechanics
- Hundreds of doors to open
- Logic puzzles and 2D platforming
- Light humor
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Escape from the castle, full of tricks and mysterious puzzles. This escape room game will challenge your ability to solve puzzles! The Terrible Villain grabbed the Princess and set traps on the way to her rescue. A brave knight can save the princess hidden in the tower of the castle! Forward to adventure! Wander the mysterious corridors of the castle, solve puzzles, and avoid traps to find the faraway tower. There'll be hundreds and hundreds of doors, spikes, platforms to jump on, and all this in order to find the treasured key. Take a close look at the room and read the clues (or riddles?) to figure out how to escape the room. - 120 unique levels, packed with escape puzzles - unusual ways to escape the room - hundreds of doors you'll have to open in your way to saving the princess - excellent combination of logic games and relaxing 2d platformer games - light humor will make you smile :) You won't want to stop solving puzzles! Explore the castle that holds more tricks and secrets than it appears on the surface, and enjoy this fun puzzle game!
Escape Time
Embark on a time-traveling escape room adventure with over 1000 unique levels. Solve logic puzzles, riddles, and mini-games across diverse historical and fantastical settings to help a professor and his cat return home.
- 1000+ unique escape levels
- Logic puzzles and riddles
- Mini-games (block puzzles, pull the pin, water sort)
- Time-traveling themes
- Hint system
- Hidden clues and code-cracking
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Escape Time is a thrilling escape room adventure that takes you on a time-traveling journey through ancient Egypt, Imperial Rome, the Wild West, the deep sea, and even spooky haunted realms! Join a quirky professor and his clumsy cat as they try to fix their broken time machine and find their way back home. But there's a catch—each room is locked, and only your puzzle-solving skills can open the next door. With over 1000 unique levels, every escape is a new brain teaser. You’ll face everything from clever logic puzzles to tricky riddles and mini-games like block puzzles, pull the pin, and water sort. Each challenge is designed to test your logic, observation, and creativity. Explore beautifully designed rooms, uncover hidden clues, and crack codes that stand between you and the next adventure. Whether you’re in the mood for a quick brain workout or a long puzzle session, Escape Time is your perfect escape companion. Features: - 1000+ unique escape levels to master - Mini-games like block puzzles, pull the pin & more - Hints available when you're stuck - Beautiful visuals & addictive gameplay - Perfect for puzzle lovers of all ages Are you ready to unlock every door and solve the mysteries of time?
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Verdict
Tricky Castle and Escape Time both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Tricky Castle's written reviews are positive against 48% of Escape Time's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Tricky Castle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Escape Time sells 10 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 — 4.5 for Tricky Castle against 4.6 for Escape Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.4K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Tricky Castle's written reviews are positive against 48% of Escape Time's.
Tricky Castle ships an update every 5 weeks, Escape Time every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tricky Castle | Escape Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.4K ratings) | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 48.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 350 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | WEBELINX GAMES DOO |
Customer experience
Tricky Castle
Escape Time
User reviews
Tricky Castle
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and creative puzzles
- 👍 Unique and interactive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenges the mind
- 🎨 Cute and polished graphics
- 💰 Reasonable one-time purchase option
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads between levels
- 🔒 Frustrating level unlock system
- 🤔 Unintuitive solutions to some puzzles
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 🏁 Disappointing or abrupt ending
Escape Time
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Escape-Tastic!
- 👍 Great challenges
- 👍 Fun levels
- 👍 Cute graphics
- 👍 Charming puzzles
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy
- 🕰️ Timed levels
- 💰 Pay to win
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🤔 Vague instructions
Bugs and requests
Tricky Castle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not loading properly
- Controls becoming unresponsive
- Progress or data being lost
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip or bypass the level unlock system
- Improved hint system with less direct solutions
- Proper ending or conclusion to the story
Escape Time
Reported bugs
4 issues- Level 58 glitch
- Bonus game not working
- Screen freezing
- Inconsistent puzzle difficulty
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Skip level option
- Difficulty settings
- Hint system improvements
- Offline mode
In-app purchases
Tricky Castle
- Mysterious Premium$1.99
- Mysterious Premium$2.99
- Heroic Skins$2.99
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- Mysterious Premium$4.99
Escape Time
- Small Coin Pack$1.99
- Medium Coin Pack$2.99
- Small Coins Pack$2.99
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- Special Offer Pack 4$3.99
- Large Coin Pack$4.99
- Medium Coins Pack$4.99
- Large Coins Pack$7.99
- Golden Coin Pack$9.99
- Golden Coins Pack$9.99
- Diamond Coin Pack$19.99
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