Ditching School! vs Barely safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ditching School!
Escape from school by solving puzzles and finding creative ways to leave. This game offers a fun challenge with intuitive tap-to-interact gameplay and hints available.
- Escape school puzzles
- Tap to interact
- Use items
- Hints available
- Discreet and bold escape methods
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I hate studying. I want to have fun! Alright, I'm running away from school! This is an escape and puzzle-solving game in which you have to discreetly (and sometimes boldly) find ways to escape from school. How to play It's super easy. Just tap anything that looks interesting and use items. If you get stuck on a puzzle, you can watch a video for hints!
Barely safe
This game challenges players to navigate perilous situations by selecting the right item to avert disaster. It's a test of quick thinking and creative problem-solving to find a narrow escape.
- Read and answer crisis questions
- Select items to avoid danger
- Place items to create escape routes
- View crisis avoidance scenarios
- Read user comments
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It's a game that gives you the courage to make a situation where you say, ""I can't do it anymore!"" into a narrow OK. =How to play= 1. Read the question 2. Choose an item that can avoid a crisis among the items below 3. Place the selected item on top 4. If that's the answer, you can see the crisis avoidance situation 5. You can read comments as well
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ditching School! at 95% against Barely safe's 43%. Ditching School! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (48 vs 4). Barely safe's advantage is iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ditching School! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditching School! has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Ditching School!'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Barely safe's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ditching School! | Barely safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 406 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Works Inc. | MIKU KURAKI |
Customer experience
Ditching School!
Barely safe
In-app purchases
Ditching School!
No in-app purchases
Barely safe
No in-app purchases
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