Elevator Operator vs Elevator Room Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elevator Operator
Manage elevators in a busy, five-story building. Your goal is to transport passengers to their requested floors as quickly as possible before time runs out. Experience the challenge of efficient vertical transportation.
- Elevator management simulation
- Five-story building environment
- Time-based challenges
- Passenger transport gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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*** Free for a limited time! *** Ever waited what seemed like hours for an elevator? Think you could do a better job managing them? Our new game, ElevatorOperator, puts you in control of an elevator in a bustling five story building. Get the people to their requested floors as fast as you can...time is running out!
Elevator Room Escape
Solve puzzles and find hidden objects to escape a locked elevator room. This free-to-play game offers an intuitive interface for item interaction and combination. The game saves progress automatically, allowing you to play the full experience without cost.
- Escape room puzzles
- Item collection and combination
- Intuitive tap-to-interact controls
- Automatic game saving
- Full game playable for free
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Escape from the room. There is one way to escape. The game will be saved automatically. You can play the full game for free. How to play: 1. Escape from the room by tapping the room. 2. On the list of items, you can tap an item and select it. Then, you can use the item you selected by tapping the room. 3. After selecting an item, you can tap the item again and search it in detail. At this time, you can use the other item for it or combine the other item with it. Credit 無料効果音で遊ぼう！ - https://taira-komori.jpn.org/ 効果音ラボ - https://soundeffect-lab.info/ On-Jin ～音人～ - https://on-jin.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elevator Room Escape at 4.8 against Elevator Operator's 3.0. Elevator Room Escape also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 50%) and update cadence (daily vs every 38 months). Elevator Operator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elevator Room Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elevator Room Escape has 353 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Elevator Operator's written reviews are positive against 90% of Elevator Room Escape's.
Elevator Operator ships an update every 38 months, Elevator Room Escape daily. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elevator Operator | Elevator Room Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (353 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 353 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.4 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Bireta | Masahiro Morishima |
Customer experience
Elevator Operator
Elevator Room Escape
Bugs and requests
Elevator Operator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elevator Room Escape
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot access second controller location
- Errors in mobile version
Requested features
3 requests- Charge for hints at a set rate
- Fix mobile version bugs
- Allow playing with others
In-app purchases
Elevator Operator
No in-app purchases
Elevator Room Escape
No in-app purchases
Questions
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