Comparison

Mech Pilot vs Escape from Chernobyl

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

Head to head
About

Mech Pilot

Engage in large-scale urban warfare as a mech pilot fighting an alien invasion. Destroy enemies to collect energy for upgrades, unlock new weapons, and master dodging maneuvers. Experience immersive 3D environments with advanced graphical features.

Highlights
  • Large-scale urban warfare
  • Destroy, loot, and upgrade mech
  • Swipe to dodge incoming fire
  • Variety of weapons
  • Encounter unique enemies
  • Immersive city environments
Features
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"Very addicting and fun" "Benchmark in its genre." "Mech Pilot plays surprisingly well on the compact touchscreen" The Mech War has begun! General Riffin has joined forces with the alien race Kryllex to overthrow our King. I am Cara, the rebellion leader. I have sent out this training program to other worlds, searching for the best Mech Pilots in the universe. If you train well, you will be contacted… Large scale urban warfare: Explore immersive city environments Destroy, loot, and upgrade: Collect Electro energy from your downed enemies and use it to upgrade the defensive and offensive capabilities of your mech. The more you play, the more powerful and farther you will get, so keep practicing pilot! *NEW* Swipe to Dodge Now you can swipe left or right to jump sideways, or swipe down to evade incoming fire! Variety of weapons: Weapons include machine gun, lasers, homing missiles, ion cannon, and a sniper mode. Encounter unique enemies: Enemies include tanks, jeeps, helicopters, alien scouts, patrols, bombers, soldier, elite, and titan mechs. Roadblocks: Sometimes you will be blocked and need to eliminate a single or group of enemies to proceed. The latest in IOS and 3D features: Social integration to share your rank Real time entire scene dynamic soft shadows God rays 3D sound (best with headphones) Full screen antialiasing on iPhone 5 and iPad 3 Universal App; Play Mech Pilot on iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, the New iPad, iPod Touch 4, iPod Touch 5 for a single low price. For more games visit www.RockingPocketGames.com

About

Escape from Chernobyl

Experience true horror in a survival game set in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Explore a detailed, accurately recreated environment, scavenge for weapons and gear, and battle radiation, anomalies, and zombies. This challenging game requires tactics and skill to overcome.

Highlights
  • Accurately recreated Chernobyl power plant complex
  • Open world exploration
  • Scavenge for weapons and gear
  • Combat radiation, anomalies, and zombies
  • Physics-based combat system
  • Noise-based stealth system
  • Amazing graphics with dynamic shadows
Features
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True horror is back at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Will you be able to survive it? Escape from Chernobyl is not an easy typical mobile game. It is hard and it takes time and tactics to learn and overcome. This game is also best experienced by playing with headphones. Dive into the darkness and the dangers of the Chernobyl power plant in this continuation of the Radiation City adventure. Unravel the mystery left unsolved: find what happened to Lauren and the story of the nightmare at its source. Navigate the accurately recreated Chernobyl power plant complex from the destroyed Unit 4 reactor to the outskirts of the complex at their natural scale. Explore the full area in a seamless experience from open world exploration to the maze-like corridors of each building and the nuclear unit buildings. Scavenge them for weapons and gear to give you the needed edge to overcome this tremendous challenge. Radiation with anomalies and zombies are just parts of the dangers trying to kill you at every corner. Fight the deadly zombie infested area and the experimental abominations crawling the complex with improved controls and a wide range of melee and fire weapons. Hone your skills in a new combat system based on natural physics and real motion and plan your fights and try to survive using a new noise based stealth system. Enjoy the amazing graphics powered by Metal in this open world survival : unprecedented detail, physically based rendering, dynamic shadows and post processing.

Screenshots

Mech Pilot4 screens
Escape from Chernobyl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Escape from Chernobyl at none against Mech Pilot's 1. Escape from Chernobyl also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 26%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). Mech Pilot's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mech Pilot costs $1.99 and Escape from Chernobyl $4.99 up front. Mech Pilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Escape from Chernobyl asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Mech Pilot against 4.4 for Escape from Chernobyl. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Escape from Chernobyl has 322 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of Mech Pilot's written reviews are positive against 58% of Escape from Chernobyl's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mech Pilot ships an update every 5 weeks, Escape from Chernobyl every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mech Pilot versus Escape from Chernobyl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMech PilotEscape from Chernobyl
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (40 ratings)4.4 (322 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.6% of reviews57.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40322 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB2.0 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChris EgerterAtypical Games

Customer experience

Mech Pilot

All ratings40 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative59.0%

Escape from Chernobyl

All ratings319 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative34.2%

User reviews

Mech Pilot

From 40 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Good graphics and visuals
  • 👍 Fun for MechWarrior fans
  • 🎮 Addictive gameplay
  • 🎶 Good sound effects
  • 🕹️ Nostalgic MechWarrior style

Room to improve

  • 🕹️ Awkward/poor controls
  • 🚫 Limited movement/on-rails
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes/unplayable
  • 😵 Confusing controls
  • 📉 Steep learning curve

Escape from Chernobyl

From 322 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Immersive gameplay experience
  • ✨ Stunning graphics and visuals
  • 🗺️ Large, explorable world
  • 👻 Terrifying atmosphere and horror elements
  • 👍 Good plot and storyline

Room to improve

  • 💀 High difficulty and frequent deaths
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🕹️ Clunky and imprecise controls
  • 😵 Frustrating navigation and guidance
  • 📉 Poor optimization and frame rate issues

Bugs and requests

Mech Pilot

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • Screen stretched/off screen
  • Touchscreen coordinates not calibrated
  • App loads but doesn't display properly
  • App kicks out immediately
  • Game loads off to the side
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  • Ammo depletes without warning
  • Cannot get to next mission
  • Crashes too often
  • Cannot load game
  • Game crashes each time
  • Cannot get into level 1
  • Game crashes before starting
  • Doesn't open on iPad 1
  • Keeps exiting the game
  • Cannot get to stage 1
  • Not compatible with iOS version
  • Game not cool at all
  • Cannot adjust sound and music controls
  • Not optimized for iPhone 5
  • No free movement
  • Harvest button stops when camera moves
  • Upgrades don't change mech look
  • No strafing, jumping, running, tilt controls
  • Moves forward without touching button
  • Stops dead when meeting first mech
  • Cheaters in global rank

Requested features

19 requests
  • More levels
  • Radar like original
  • Bigger environment
  • Reverse Y axis option
  • iCade controller support
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  • Free roam/open world
  • Instructions
  • Zoom/scope option
  • Save points
  • Jump jets
  • True strafing/side-to-side control
  • Better control mechanism
  • Gesture activated controls
  • Adjustable sensitivity
  • Tilt fire control
  • Third person view with full mobility
  • More shoulder weapons
  • Google Maps integration (for iOS users)
  • Dark mode

Escape from Chernobyl

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Game barely works with bugs
  • Falling through floors and getting stuck
  • Crafting button missing or screen cut off
  • Objects not appearing or missing from the game
  • Getting trapped in walls or between objects
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  • Checkpoint system is random and unclear
  • Save points are unreliable, leading to lost progress
  • Key disappears after opening a door and dying
  • Doors re-locking after resuming from sleep mode
  • Zombies getting stuck in environment or spawning in walls/ceiling
  • Electrified zombies appearing frequently and causing instant death
  • Game crashes frequently, especially when recording or broadcasting
  • Display bugs on certain devices
  • Player gets stuck in corridors or cells, becoming unplayable
  • Character physics are unnatural after death
  • Rats getting stuck in the environment
  • Falling out of the game world
  • Inability to move or interact with certain objects
  • Unlabeled menu items, including difficulty slider
  • Inventory items lost upon death
  • Torches become brighter after taking medicine
  • Player character is too weak, gets tired quickly
  • Sensitivity settings reset unexpectedly
  • Key for the roof door disappears after dying
  • Waypoint does not disappear after completing objective

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add shoulder camera option
  • Implement a power-saving mode
  • Add slow zombies alongside fast ones
  • Implement traps and base building
  • Add multiplayer or cross-platform play
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  • Improve inventory interface and icon clarity
  • Add more story content and expand the world
  • Implement a skip intro/tutorial option
  • Add a crafting system for medical supplies
  • Allow object manipulation and climbing ladders

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mech Pilot

One-time1
  • Metronosis Level Pack$0.99
None

Escape from Chernobyl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mech Pilot free?
Mech Pilot costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Escape from Chernobyl free?
Escape from Chernobyl costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mech Pilot or Escape from Chernobyl?
Escape from Chernobyl is rated higher. Mech Pilot averages 4.3 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Escape from Chernobyl averages 4.4 from 322 ratings.
Do Mech Pilot or Escape from Chernobyl have ads?
Neither Mech Pilot nor Escape from Chernobyl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mech Pilot or Escape from Chernobyl?
Mech Pilot ships an update every 5 weeks, and Escape from Chernobyl every 10 days. Most recently, Mech Pilot was updated on October 23, 2026 and Escape from Chernobyl on October 29, 2026.

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