Rope Arrow vs Need Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rope Arrow
Launch arrows to defeat waves of enemies attacking your base. Extend your arrow's reach by growing its rope to skewer multiple foes with a single, well-timed shot. Upgrade your abilities to better protect your territory.
- Skewer multiple enemies with one shot
- Grow arrow rope for extended reach
- Defend your base from attacks
- Fight various monsters, giants, and wizards
- Upgrade abilities
- Timed arrow shots
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The longer your arrow, the more enemies you can skewer with one shot. The longer your rope gets, the farther enemies you reach. Upgrade when you can! Your base is under attack. Defeat the crowds with your long arrow and protect your base Fight against various monsters, giants and wizards. Try to shoot your arrows at the right time to take down your enemies in one go!
Need Escape
Explore dungeons, defeat enemies, and rescue companions. Upgrade your character to overcome challenges and escape. Collect loot from cleared floors.
- Clear floors for loot
- Encounter new enemies
- Find and save friends
- Upgrade character
- Escape the dungeon
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Clear floors and obtain their loot! Encounter with new enemies on every floor! Find friends and save them! Upgrade yourself and escape!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rope Arrow at 4.5 against Need Escape's 3.3. Rope Arrow also leads on ratings volume (431 vs 6). Need Escape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Rope Arrow sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Need Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rope Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rope Arrow has 431 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Rope Arrow's written reviews are positive against 60% of Need Escape's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rope Arrow ships an update weekly, Need Escape every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rope Arrow | Need Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (431 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 431 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Any Games OU |
Customer experience
Rope Arrow
Need Escape
Bugs and requests
Rope Arrow
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cooldown reduction upgrade breaks phone with lag
- First shot on left freezes game
- Arrow freezes instead of going back
- Game freezes after a few rounds
Requested features
3 requests- Option to pay to remove ads
- Make adds optional to earn stuff instead of forcing it
- Add a menu with challenges and levels
Need Escape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rope Arrow
- Kickstart Pack$1.99
- Time Keeper$2.99
- Money Fountain Pack$2.99
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- No Ads$3.99
- Lady Of Finance$3.99
- Big Deal Pack$3.99
- Bundle Pack$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$5.99
- Mega Bundle$7.99
- Ultra Bundle$10.99
Need Escape
No in-app purchases
