Escape Lab vs Second Best
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escape Lab
Trapped in a mad scientist's lab, you must solve intricate puzzles and interact with your surroundings to escape before becoming a test subject. This single-player escape room experience offers a dark, atmospheric challenge with beautiful graphics.
- Solve intricate puzzles
- Interact with objects
- Dark and scary atmosphere
- Beautiful graphics
- Single-player escape room experience
- 1-2 hour gameplay
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A lovely evening takes an evil twist, as you wake up locked up in the lab of the psychopathic Dr. Holmes. Can you escape the lab before you become the next human guinea pig? * Witness the horrid experiments conducted by Dr. Holmes, and use all your wit to avoid ending up in one of them * Solve puzzles and pay attention to details in order to escape the lab * Dark, scary atmosphere with beautiful graphics * Interact with objects by tapping on them * It takes 1-2 hours to escape the lab, depending on how quickly you can solve the puzzles ----- Escape Lab Single Player (SP) is an escape room game for one player. It is an adaptation of the original "Escape Lab - escape room for 2 players" https://apps.apple.com/app/id1565150724 -----
Second Best
Continue an absurd mystery adventure filled with unexpected twists and whimsical humor. Solve clever puzzles and explore a world brought to life with charming hand-drawn visuals. Uncover the truth about your identity and escape a perilous journey.
- Absurd mystery adventure
- Interactive story with twists
- Classic point and click gameplay
- Solve zany puzzles
- Hand-drawn visuals
- Colorful characters
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The excitement CONTINUES. You're a LONGER way from home than you ever thought possible. And the more you learn about your IDENTITY, the less you seem to KNOW. It's not easy being BEST. Welcome back to the world of COLBIES and OPIES, where nothing is what you think, not even your OWN PAST … WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF IN BESTED You had just been spirited away by a gang of SUPERHUMAN meanies. WHY are they doing this, and can you get a better stateroom for the JOURNEY? Find the answers to these questions and more, and try not to get tangled up in too many MURDERS along the way. FEATURES • Absurd Mystery Adventure – A comedy-filled interactive story with unexpected twists, whimsical humor, and a genuinely complex but curious plot. • Classic Point and Click Gameplay – Tap around, poke things, collect clues, and talk your way out of (and into) trouble. • Zany Puzzles – Solve clever puzzles that are unique and satisfying, the MysteryCaper way! • Hand-Drawn Visuals – Explore a world brought to life with charming art created by hand. Human hand. • Colorful Characters – From a puzzling ally to ship crew to tricky villains, everyone's got something to hide. – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
Escape Lab and Second Best both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Second Best's written reviews are positive against 60% of Escape Lab's. Second Best also leads on chart position (#194 vs unranked) and ratings volume (31 vs 4). Escape Lab's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and price ($2.99 vs $5.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Escape Lab costs $2.99 and Second Best $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Escape Lab against 5.0 for Second Best. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Second Best has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Escape Lab's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Best's.
Escape Lab ships an update every 2 weeks, Second Best every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escape Lab | Second Best |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #194 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 340 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Avner Hadash | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Escape Lab
Second Best
In-app purchases
Escape Lab
No in-app purchases
Second Best
No in-app purchases





