Wind Up Robots vs Mutant Escape !
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wind Up Robots
Defend a boy's dreamscape from nightmares by strategically deploying unique robot defenders. Upgrade your robots, utilize powerful super weapons, and battle a variety of creepy enemies across numerous levels in this engaging base defense game.
- Unique robot defenders
- Creepy enemy variety
- 28 challenging levels
- Dynamic upgrade system
- Powerful super weapons
- Robot personalization
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Critics are LOVING Wind Up Robots! * Named 'Gaming App of The Day' on Kotaku * Featured here four times and counting! * Nominated "Game of The Week" on TouchArcade From giant B-Movie robots, iron giants and beeping droids, robots captivate our hearts. Part imaginary friend part tin man they fill our dreams. For Zach though they stand between peaceful slumber and the nightmares that have haunted him since his birth. Enter the world of Wind Up Robots where the battlefield is the dreamscape of a boy with a powerful destiny. "It’s downright fun and engaging, and it certainly doesn’t lack in the challenge department." "...a base defense game with a fantastic story, loads of polish, an awesome upgrade system, and great gameplay. " "Soma Games has done an incredibly good job." "Wind Up Robots is remarkably deep." Recent Enhancements: * Much improved controls * Better level balancing * Integrated range indicators. Features: * 7 totally unique robots defenders including sniper, healer and SAM launcher. * 12 increasingly creepy enemies to blow back to the darkness. * 28 levels from kids play to legendary brawls! * Dynamic upgrade system to make powerful robots even stringer, faster, more devastating to those dastardly creatures. * Powerful super weapons to back you up when robots slip. * Special costumes to personalize your robots and get ready for the upcoming Wind Up Theatre... Help keep the monsters at bay. Explore Zachs world in a fully 3 dimensional world. Choose your robots to battle an onslaught of monsters from cow spawning alien ships to Beaver toothed t-rexes. Don't miss out! Wind Up Robots will delight and wonder kids both young and old. Wind Up Robots is only compatible with iOS 5 devices.
Mutant Escape !
Escape a secret laboratory as a mutant. Navigate through challenging levels and overcome obstacles to achieve freedom. This game offers a thrilling adventure with a unique premise.
- Mutant escape gameplay
- Secret laboratory setting
- Challenging levels
- Obstacle navigation
- Unique premise
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You are a mutant imprisoned in a top secret laboratory, escape!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wind Up Robots at 4.8 against Mutant Escape !'s 4.0. Wind Up Robots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Mutant Escape !'s advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 34%) and ratings volume (84 vs 6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Wind Up Robots sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mutant Escape ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wind Up Robots holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mutant Escape ! has 84 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Wind Up Robots's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mutant Escape !'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wind Up Robots ships an update every 5 weeks, Mutant Escape ! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wind Up Robots | Mutant Escape ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.0 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 348 MB | 225 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Soma Games | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Wind Up Robots
Mutant Escape !
In-app purchases
Wind Up Robots
- 1,000 coins$0.99
- 2,500 Coin Pack$1.99
- 5,000 Coins$3.99
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- 20,000 Coins$12.99
Mutant Escape !
- Remove Ads$2.99
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