The Freezer vs A Simple Mistake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Freezer
Embark on a chilling escape room adventure where you must solve intricate puzzles to uncover the mystery of a haunted hotel's freezer. Use your intellect and skills to survive and escape before it's too late.
- Escape room gameplay
- Solve dozens of puzzles
- Unravel a mystery
- Haunted hotel setting
- Challenging gameplay
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The Hotel Orpheus saga continues with this next horrifying chapter "The Freezer". Can you unravel the mystery of the deadly events taken place in the freezer of the hotel's kitchen? You'll have to use your wits and skills to solve dozens of puzzles and escape this haunted hotel while you're still alive!
A Simple Mistake
Embark on a thrilling point-and-click adventure through a mysterious mansion filled with intricate puzzles and hidden secrets. Your goal is to make a crucial phone call and escape the enigmatic house.
- Point & Click Gameplay
- Brain Teasing Puzzles
- Hidden Pathways
- Inventory Combinations
- Captivating Soundscapes
- Amazing Visuals
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STORY It is a cold wintery night. You are driving on the deserted road towards the familiar hills of Westlake Creek and it isn’t far until you will be home. But then…BANG and a sound of grinding metal! A sudden jolt and you notice smoke is pouring from the hood of your car. You need to call for help. You look around and notice a large mansion house down a gated path. Lights are on so someone must be home. You are thankfully not alone out here. You decide to see if whoever lives there can help. But have you just made a simple mistake? GAMEPLAY Explore an ancient old building. A home to an elaborate architect that has a passion for puzzles and secret passageways. Make your way through the house room by room trying to make that all elusive telephone call. What secrets will you discover, will you ever manage to make that telephone call and escape? FEATURES = Amazing visuals = Captivating soundscapes = Brain teasing puzzles = Hidden pathways = Bountiful inventory items and combinations BACKGROUND From the creator of Mystery of Camp Enigma. If you are a fan of point and click, hidden object, mystery, adventure or escape rooms then you will love playing A Simple Mistake A Simple Mistake is the vision of a solo developer. I am always fascinated by your feedback, which is turn gives me the inspiration for the next adventure! Please continue to share your thoughts and feedback in all the usual ways. NOTES Please note that saving is automatic as each room or level is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Freezer at 68% against A Simple Mistake's 23%. The Freezer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (290 vs 6). A Simple Mistake's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
The Freezer costs $1.99 and A Simple Mistake $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Freezer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Freezer has 290 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of The Freezer's written reviews are positive against 23% of A Simple Mistake's.
The Freezer ships an update every 2 weeks, A Simple Mistake monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | The Freezer | A Simple Mistake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (290 ratings) — better | 3.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 290 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 256 MB | 448 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brian White | M9 Creative LTD |
Customer experience
The Freezer
A Simple Mistake
Bugs and requests
The Freezer
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game glitches out and stops working
- Screen goes black
- Puzzles impossible to solve due to missing tools
- Curtain drags down notification center
- Scope keeps disappearing
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- Game won't resume
- Puzzles reset if wrong spot is tapped
Requested features
6 requests- Omit door shot for faster movement
- Add pull string to curtain
- Ability to skip long zoom-ins
- Fast-travel map
- More consistency in navigation
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- Simplify some navigation steps
A Simple Mistake
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Freezer
No in-app purchases
A Simple Mistake
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Freezer free?
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