Comparison

Strømhåll vs Escape From Caleb's Room

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

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About

Strømhåll

Engage your mind with a logical puzzle machine where you must place circular chips into their correct slots. Use limited visual clues to decipher the solution to each unique challenge. Support local artists with your purchase.

Highlights
  • Logical puzzle mechanics
  • Visual clue interpretation
  • Unique puzzle challenges
  • Difficulty markers
  • Single correct solution
  • Support for artists
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My fellow townspeople, it's done: Meirion finally managed to deconstruct Onya Kruger's famous puzzle machine, move its segments from her workshop to the park and rebuild it at the lake pavilion.  So I could not be happier to announce that starting today, the "ONYON" will join the public attractions of our village, and every single one of you can take the chance to accept the challenge, solve the puzzles and unlock the secrets and mysteries that Onya may (or may not) have hidden inside – just as she had explicitly specified in her will. For those of you who never encountered an ONYON before, here is a short introduction to Onya Kruger’s notorious creation: an ONYON is a logical puzzle.  Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to correctly place a variety of circular puzzle chips called „tesserae“ into their correct target slots. To enable you to fulfill this task, you will be provided with a very limited, but absolutely sufficient number of visual clues; some of them speak for themselves, others might require a little more exploration and interpretation of yours in order to understand their message. Hence it is essential for you to watch really (!) closely, for some of these clues might contain much more information than you notice at first glance! For your convenience, the ONYON pods feature markers which illustrate how easy oder difficult it is going to be for you to solve each and every ONYON; easier ONYONs carry only one marker, the toughest ones have no less than four of them! And rest assured: there is only one right solution to every ONYON. There is one cordial request from Meirion, though, which he asked me to forward to all of you, and which I am urging you to respect: please refrain from besieging his workshop and pressing him for the solutions, because our mastermind of mechanic arts swore to me that he simply does not know them; first of all he had always far less indulged in solving puzzles rather than in constructing them, and second, while he had constructed the apparatus, it was our unforgettable "Queen of Logicals" Onya Kruger herself and alone who created and programmed the twenty-five ONYONs into it. As always, all proceedings from playing the „ONYON“ (minus a handling fee) will go to the artists involved, so make sure to support your local geniuses by buying in and spreading the word! Oh, and by the way: if you prefer to dip a TOE into the water first and try a couple of ONYONs before spending your bucks for the whole enterprise, there is another version around here that allows you to do so, too. My fellow townspeople, while most of us in our village continue to feel the weight of last year's events just as people certainly do all over the world, I am confident that brighter days are already en route to all of us. Thus I leave you today full of optimism, hope and joy; may Onya's legacy as well as Meirion's inexhaustible creativity and craftsmanship provide all of us with some highly entertaining and braintickling hours. Be seeing you! Jensen Q. Lemmyn, Mayor

About

Escape From Caleb's Room

Solve intricate puzzles in a hand-drawn 2D environment to escape a mysterious room. This adventure game offers challenging enigmas and an immersive soundtrack. Hints are available if you get stuck.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn 2D graphics
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Immersive soundtrack
  • Hint system
  • Unlockable premium room
Features
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Escape From Caleb's Room is the sequel to "Escape From Benjamin's Room", a unique 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that will put your brain to work. You're trapped in a new room from which another man tried to escape. Will you find a way out? Crack challenging puzzles to escape the room and gain your freedom. A UNIQUE 2D HAND-DRAWN ADVENTURE Think outside the box to solve all the puzzles in the room, click on any game objects to interact, and pay attention to the details IMMERSIVE SOUNDTRACK (by Frank Eno) Put your headphones on to get immersed in this incredible escape room game, you'll enjoy this adventure at best! TWO ROOMS The Original room (playable for free) and an Alternative room with the same furniture but different enigmas to solve (unlockable with a single Premium In-App Purchase) GUARANTEED FUN If you enjoy solving logic problems and playing adventures like escape rooms or puzzle games, you will enjoy this adventure and put your brain to work. HINTS In case you get stuck on solving some riddle, click the bulb button to get a hint that will help you solve the current enigma and escape the room. If you seriously get stuck instead, you can still contact the developer at https://xsgames.co, I'll be glad to help! ------------------------------------------------ XSGames is an independent escape room video games startup from Italy Find out more at https://xsgames.co Follow @xsgames_ on both X and Instagram

Screenshots

Strømhåll4 screens
Escape From Caleb's Room4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Escape From Caleb's Room at Free against Strømhåll's $4.99. Escape From Caleb's Room also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). Strømhåll's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Escape From Caleb's Room is free to download; Strømhåll costs $4.99 up front. Escape From Caleb's Room sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Strømhåll asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Escape From Caleb's Room holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Escape From Caleb's Room has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Strømhåll's written reviews are positive against 50% of Escape From Caleb's Room's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strømhåll ships an update every 5 days, Escape From Caleb's Room every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Strømhåll versus Escape From Caleb's Room: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrømhållEscape From Caleb's Room
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size602 MB160 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJens WuerfelXSGames

Customer experience

Strømhåll

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Escape From Caleb's Room

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strømhåll

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Escape From Caleb's Room

One-time3
  • Premium$1.99
  • Premium + Coffee$3.99
  • Premium + Love$6.99

Questions

Is Strømhåll free?
Strømhåll costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Escape From Caleb's Room free?
Escape From Caleb's Room is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strømhåll or Escape From Caleb's Room?
Escape From Caleb's Room is rated higher. Strømhåll averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Escape From Caleb's Room averages 4.6 from 26 ratings.
Do Strømhåll or Escape From Caleb's Room have ads?
Neither Strømhåll nor Escape From Caleb's Room shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strømhåll or Escape From Caleb's Room?
Strømhåll ships an update every 5 days, and Escape From Caleb's Room every 5 weeks. Most recently, Strømhåll was updated on November 7, 2026 and Escape From Caleb's Room on November 8, 2026.

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