Comparison

Backrooms vs Apila

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

Head to head
About

Backrooms

Navigate an endless maze of empty rooms in this survival horror game inspired by a popular creepypasta. Avoid terrifying entities, use items to your advantage, and stealthily find your way back home from this nightmarish dimension.

Highlights
  • Endless maze exploration
  • Scary levels with difficulties
  • Creepy monsters and entities
  • Survival horror gameplay
  • Stealth mechanics
  • Items to aid escape
Features
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NEW: FORTUNE WHEEL Spin every day for prizes: characters, batteries, almond milk and the new royal jelly. 19 NEW CHARACTERS Only obtainable from the wheel. NEW MECHANICS · Smilers flee from light — hold your flashlight on them. · Crouch and the PartyGoers won't see you. · Find the notes scattered around: they tell you how to survive. ALSO · New elevator puzzle. · You can now hear your teammates' footsteps. · Improved enemy AI and stability fixes.

About

Apila

Features
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One tap. One tower. No end. Drop each block at just the right moment: whatever hangs over gets sliced off and the tower narrows. Land it perfectly and a note rings out; chain three and the tower grows back. Easy to learn, impossible to put down. TEN WAYS TO PLAY • Classic, Time attack and Perfects only. • Story: help Pila climb from the ground to the Moon in 8 chapters. • Levels: 60 challenges across 6 worlds with wind, fog and a boss at the end of each world. • Puzzles: slice every floor exactly along the marked shape. • Zen: no losing, no rush. • Weekend tournament: the same tower for everyone; the best win prizes. • World Tower: every floor you place adds to one tower built by all players. • Created: design your own levels, publish them and play everyone else's. WITH YOUR FRIENDS Live duels with up to 8 players, race a friend's ghost even when they're offline, take down the weekly boss together and climb the room league. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW • A free season Pass with 30 reward tiers and an exclusive theme. • Daily chest, missions, three daily challenges and day streaks. • 45 medals, 17 themes, power-ups, bosses and events. • The sky changes as you climb: sunrise, clouds, sunset, night and outer space. • Game Center, a home-screen widget and a shareable video of your tower. Plays offline. No ads.

Screenshots

Backrooms4 screens
Apila4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apila at none against Backrooms's 2. Apila also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Backrooms's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Backrooms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Apila asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backrooms ships an update weekly, Apila daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Backrooms versus Apila: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackroomsApila
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (484 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings484 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIndieFist SRLHector Luis De Jesus

Bugs and requests

Backrooms

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Can't get past the party level, game is rigged
  • Can't use the flashlight, don't know where it is
  • Can't enter codes correctly, door won't open
  • Game restarts from the beginning when exiting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels, levels are too short
  • Add a peaceful mode with no entities
  • Improve audio and graphics
  • Add more Backrooms monsters and entities
  • Implement a save feature to continue progress

Apila

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Backrooms

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock Mark$3.99
None

Apila

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backrooms free?
Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apila free?
Apila is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backrooms or Apila have ads?
Backrooms shows ads; Apila does not.
Which is updated more often, Backrooms or Apila?
Backrooms ships an update weekly, and Apila daily. Most recently, Backrooms was updated on October 30, 2026 and Apila on October 26, 2026.

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