Orbo's Escape vs Newtro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orbo's Escape
Guide a mirrorball hero through challenging mazes filled with traps. Strategically place bumpers to navigate puzzles and collect power-ups. Can you help Alan Orbo escape Maze World and uncover its secrets?
- 25 challenging levels
- Precision bumper placement
- Navigate death traps
- Collect power-ups
- Simple, addictive gameplay
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ORBO’S ESCAPE is a brand new puzzler with simple, but endlessly addictive gameplay. Bop and pop, juggle and struggle through 25 killer levels! YOUR MISSION Help mighty mirrorball hero Alan Orbo escape from Maze World. Use precision placement of turbo-bumpers to safely navigate Orbo through puzzle after puzzle. But one wrong move and it’s doom! ORBO’S fate is in your fingers. Can you maneuver through dastardly death traps and win Orbo’s freedom? Can you uncover the mysteries of Maze World and score delicious POWER POPS? Can you play a pretty fun version of keep-it-up-the-air and then bug all your friends to download it, too? ORBO’S ESCAPE is the first game from LOST TRIANGLE STUDIOS in Chicago, IL.
Newtro
Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.
- Minimalist pixel-art graphics
- One-handed gameplay
- Offline play
- Multiple levels with varied gameplay
- Time-based challenges
- Achievement system
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orbo's Escape at 100% against Newtro's 40%. Orbo's Escape also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Newtro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 4). On ads 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
Orbo's Escape is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Orbo's Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbo's Escape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newtro has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Orbo's Escape's written reviews are positive against 40% of Newtro's.
Orbo's Escape ships an update every 30 months, Newtro fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Orbo's Escape | Newtro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | LOST TRIANGLE STUDIOS LLC | EVB Studio |
Customer experience
Orbo's Escape
Newtro
In-app purchases
Orbo's Escape
No in-app purchases
Newtro
- Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
- GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
- Ads remover$1.99
