Blimps vs Escape Z Town
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blimps
Embark on an open-world survival RPG adventure aboard an electric airship. Deliver cargo, loot rivals, and battle foes in a world filled with cannons and robots. Can you escape this enchanting, multiplying world?
- Open-world survival RPG
- Airship cargo delivery
- Water, fire, and ice cannons
- Hangar robots
- Crafting and resource gathering
- 77 primary missions
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Blimps is a top-down, multi-vehicular sandbox RPG and roguelite "escape room" built for solo captains and local couch co-op duos. The surface world is running out of resources. Your ultimate objective is simple but monumental: find a way to escape it. To survive, you must master a steep learning curve, piece together a massive mechanical puzzle, and optimize your strategy across multiple play sessions. Every time you leave your Hangar, you lose power, pollution clouds spread, and rival pirate blimps multiply across the sky. Time is ticking. Can you solve the world of Blimps before you are completely overwhelmed? ▶ THE THREE PHASES OF THE SKY Your journey to escape is broken into a dynamic, shifting campaign where every second matters (10 real-world seconds equals 15 minutes of game time): - The Opening Game: The Billionaire Space Race (Days 1–3): Race against ruthless corporate competitors—Space Y, Nile X, and Sir Space—to reach the Moon. Recruit 10 VIP crew members and secure 10 Golden Cargo crates to launch a rocket to the Moon (and maybe even a hidden silo to Mars) to locate the mythical Moon Crystal. Secure first place within 3 game days to claim a $1,000,000 reward! - The Middle Game: The Sandbox Expansion: With the timed space race settled, the world expands into a building and survival playground. Establish solar and fusion towns, fight to become the King of the Seven Kingdoms, and take on arcade mini-games to boost your ultimate score. - The End Game: The Earth Drill Escape: Use the Moon Crystal to power your Earth Drill beneath your Hangar. Educate and train your crew, board your drill, and plunge to the center of the Earth paradise before the surface collapses. ▶ ARCADE MINI-GAMES & MULTI-VEHICLE MASTERY Break away from the cockpit to complete tasks that grant game-changing score bonuses, gold, and ship upgrades: - Tactical Dogfights: Engage rivals in fast-paced twin-stick shooting or close-quarters, elemental "Rock-Paper-Scissors" combat (Water douses Fire, Fire melts Ice, Ice freezes Water). - 4-Floor Dungeon Crawler: Descend in a mini earth drill to extinguish flames with your water gun to harvest fire ammo, and smash rocks with your shovel plow to extract raw gold. Battle Shiska Bob, a giant flame boss, on the bottom floor! Smelt the gold into bars after each run, then use them to upgrade your Blimp's "Air class," boosting its size and specs. - Side-Scrolling Gauntlet: Jump and shoot through a 2D platformer highway. Pop hot-air balloons to steal gold bars, shoot down cyberplane minions, and battle The Dogcatcher—a pirate blimp captained by an annoying barking dog. - 2D Top-Down Cyberpunk Motorcycle Race: Switch gears entirely and drop onto a neon-drenched track. Race solo or with a partner through a dark cyberpunk setting to gather 8 glowing crystals. Deposit them into 8 active turret towers to win 8 precious gemstones, then secure them at the Gemstone Greenhouse to claim your race winnings! - Multi-Vehicular Mastery: Take control of submarines, earth-drilling machines, hot-air balloons, motorcycles, and even a funicular! ▶ NATIVE iOS & APPLE HARDWARE FEATURES - Premium Indie Experience: 100% Ad-Free with no microtransactions or paywalls. - Full WiFi & Bluetooth Controller Support: Connect your Xbox or PlayStation controller to turn your mobile device into a portable console. - Universal Play: Built to scale perfectly across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Mac desktops. - Replayable Roguelite Challenge: Use your in-game Captain's Log to track complex missions and the in-game HELP computer for reference advice. Finish the entire gauntlet in under 60 minutes without using console cheat codes to secure a high-score bonus! Try before you buy! Search for "Blimps Limited" on the App Store to download our free, unrestricted 13-minute version and test your planning skills today.
Escape Z Town
Embark on a challenging turn-based RPG adventure to survive a zombie-infested city. Scavenge for weapons and supplies, recruit allies, and hone your skills to find a way out of 'Z Town'.
- Turn-based combat
- Randomly generated levels
- Character traits
- Melee and firearm weapons
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Escape Z Town is a role-playing game with turn-based combat about escaping a zombie-infested city. The player finds himself in the middle of a town filled with zombies, bandits and marauders. To survive in this dangerous place, you need to find weapons and supplies, fight against a huge variety of enemies, find loyal comrades, improve your skills and abilities and find a way to escape from 'Z Town'. The game can be quite challenging for casual players. Features: • Randomly generated levels • Сharacters with different traits • Turn-based combat system • A variety of melee and firearm weapons • No Ads or In-App Purchases Good luck and have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Escape Z Town at $1.99 against Blimps's $14.99. Escape Z Town also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Blimps's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 34 months). 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
Blimps costs $14.99 and Escape Z Town $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blimps holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Blimps's written reviews are positive against 25% of Escape Z Town's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blimps ships an update every 3 weeks, Escape Z Town every 34 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Blimps | Escape Z Town |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PAINT CAN GAMES | Game Dev Team |
Customer experience
Blimps
Escape Z Town
In-app purchases
Blimps
No in-app purchases
Escape Z Town
No in-app purchases









