West Wing Escape vs Shiny Bricks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
West Wing Escape
Embark on a thrilling escape from the West Wing in this adventure game. Solve puzzles and explore the virtual environment to find your way out intact. Designed for iPhone and iPad, it blends classic adventure gameplay with a graphic novel style.
- Escape room gameplay
- Graphic novel style
- Virtual exploration
- Puzzle solving
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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After having escaped the White House, you now find yourself in the Oval Office. But this time your mission is simple - Escape the West Wing. You must use whatever you can find in our virtual West Wing to make it out intact! West Wing Escape is a cross between a classic adventure game and a graphic novel. The adventure game is designed for both the iPad and the iPhone family of devices, featuring all original comics designed by me. Explore the game today, try the first level for free. After that, a single modest purchase ($2.99) will unlock the whole game for your adventuring pleasure. But either way I hope you enjoy trying to Escape the West Wing! (Game hints, if needed, are available for free on the website.)
Shiny Bricks
Stack colored bricks onto pillars according to their order, from bottom to top. Avoid placing the wrong color on top to clear levels. Features intuitive drag-and-drop controls and a variety of challenging level types.
- Drag and drop brick stacking
- Level progression with increasing difficulty
- Special brick types (rainbow, marked, cloning)
- Night levels with time pressure
- Automatic language detection
- Offline progress saving
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The owl deals the bricks. You put them where they belong. Every pillar shows the order it wants. Stack the shiny bricks to match — bottom to top, color by color — and don't let the wrong one land on top. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. SIMPLE, NATURAL CONTROLS • Just drag and drop — the first levels teach you everything as you play • Park a brick on a tussock for later, or throw it in the bin • Lock bricks in quickly for combos, and catch the stars before they fade LOADS OF LEVELS And they keep finding new ways to trick you. Rainbow bricks that fit anywhere. Marked bricks that belong in exactly one spot. Bricks that clone themselves, double up, or hide their intentions. NIGHT LEVELS When the sun goes down, the owl gets sleepy. Clear the board before she nods off. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Shiny Bricks comes in your language, and picks it up automatically. NOTHING TO SIGN UP FOR No account, no ads, no in-app purchases, no lives or energy bars. Your progress stays on your device. Stack the shiny bricks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shiny Bricks at 4.3 against West Wing Escape's 3.5. Shiny Bricks also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). West Wing Escape's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 84 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. West Wing Escape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shiny Bricks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shiny Bricks holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
West Wing Escape ships an update every 2 months, Shiny Bricks every 84 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | West Wing Escape | Shiny Bricks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 84 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Chaffins | Caprico |
Customer experience
West Wing Escape
Shiny Bricks
In-app purchases
West Wing Escape
- Unlock Full Game$2.99
Shiny Bricks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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