Comparison

Tiny Escape #2 vs Curious Ball

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Escape #2

Guide a boy trapped in a treehouse to escape in this mini puzzle adventure. Solve riddles, find hidden objects, and crack codes with retro graphics and chiptune sounds. Play offline and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Retro hand-drawn pixel graphics
  • Chiptune sound effects
  • Save timings and statistics
  • Stop and resume progress
  • Clue system for hints
  • Offline play
Features
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In episode 2 of Tiny Escape, 'Lonely at the top', a little boy is trapped inside his treehouse. Help him escape! Make sure he finds the exit and his way out in this mini escape room puzzle game, featuring: • retro hand-drawn pixel graphics; • chiptune sound effects; • browse and save timings and statistics after your escape; • stop and resume whenever you want as progress is saved • ask for hints through the clue system • easy controls • playable in single player mode • play offline; no internet connection required The Tiny Escape series from Cellcrowd brings you cute little escape rooms to your phone and tablet! If you are into escape games, exit games, elevator games, door games, room games, puzzle games, brain games and thinking games you will love our escape room games. Crack codes, solve puzzles, pick locks, discover clues, find hidden objects and train your brain. And did we mention it is free? Can you escape in time in this great escape adventure mystery like a real detective? Logical thinking and problem solving skills will get you a long way. If it's too difficult for you, you can always ask for a hint. But what could be more fun than teasing your brain, solving riddles, thinking about the right solution. You will not be bored! Cellcrowd is a small Dutch indie developer focused on developing quality apps and games for iPhone™ and iPad™ devices.

About

Curious Ball

Experience a physics-based platformer with unique levels and unlockable objects. Create and share your own maps with an online editor, and play levels designed by other users for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Unlockable objects
  • Online map editor
  • Share custom maps
  • Play user-created levels
Features
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Unlock objects that are different from each other in different levels enjoy and fun! New generation Bounce Ball game! You can make beautiful maps with online editor and you can share with other players! You can play the maps created by other users!

Screenshots

Tiny Escape #23 screens
Curious Ball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Curious Ball at 5.0 against Tiny Escape #2's 3.0. Curious Ball also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). Tiny Escape #2's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Curious Ball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Escape #2 ships an update every 20 months, Curious Ball every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tiny Escape #2 versus Curious Ball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny Escape #2Curious Ball
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Cornelis Johannes Maria van GeelGiray BAL

Customer experience

Tiny Escape #2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Curious Ball

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tiny Escape #2

No in-app purchases

None

Curious Ball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Escape #2 free?
Tiny Escape #2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Curious Ball free?
Curious Ball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Escape #2 or Curious Ball?
Curious Ball is rated higher. Tiny Escape #2 averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Curious Ball averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tiny Escape #2 or Curious Ball have ads?
Both Tiny Escape #2 and Curious Ball show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Escape #2 or Curious Ball?
Tiny Escape #2 ships an update every 20 months, and Curious Ball every 2 months. Most recently, Tiny Escape #2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Curious Ball on November 3, 2026.

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