Escalators vs baldorf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escalators
Guide people onto boats by strategically using escalators. Navigate the flow of passengers to ensure efficient boarding and clear the docks.
- Escalator movement
- People guiding
- Boat boarding
- Dock clearing
- Strategic placement
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Use the escalators to move the people into the boats
baldorf
Experience a fun ball bouncing game inspired by a real-life sport. Compete for high scores, customize your character, and enjoy local multiplayer with friends. This game supports a charitable organization empowering communities.
- Ball bouncing gameplay
- High score competition
- Character customization
- Local multiplayer
- Mobile adaptation of real-life game
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What is baldorf? It’s a game created by two U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers while they were serving in Jamaica. Upon their return to the U.S., the two formed the non-profit charitable organization Mystic Rhoads Productions (MRP), and developed baldorf as an MRP product. In its simplest terms, baldorf is a game played on a court where players use a ball and athletic ability to score points over 3 innings. Yet the game serves a wider purpose in helping MRP empower communities by supporting great deeds. This game is the mobile adaption of the real-life game, so you can play it anywhere on the go! Compete to achieve a high score, customize your dorf to the way you like, or even play with friends in local multiplayer.
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Verdict
Escalators and baldorf both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of baldorf's written reviews are positive against 27% of Escalators's. baldorf also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Escalators's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (40K vs 14). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Escalators sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. baldorf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Escalators against 4.4 for baldorf. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Escalators has 40K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Escalators's written reviews are positive against 100% of baldorf's.
Escalators ships an update every 2 weeks, baldorf every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escalators | baldorf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (40K ratings) — better | 4.4 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 410 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Mystic Rhoads Productions Inc. |
Customer experience
Escalators
baldorf
Bugs and requests
Escalators
Reported bugs
3 issues- People getting stuck on escalators
- Game freezing when too many people
- Multiplier not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce frequency of ads
- Improve game stability and performance
- Add more level variety and challenges
baldorf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Escalators
- No Ads$3.99
- Holiday Bundle$4.99
baldorf
No in-app purchases
