Potato Escape vs Switchy Sides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Potato Escape
Guide a brave potato hero to escape a culinary fate. Tap at the right time to dodge killer forks and hostile vegetables across dynamic, ever-changing levels. Collect coins to unlock new potato characters and face a vegetarian nightmare.
- One-touch gameplay
- Escape killer forks
- Avoid hostile vegetables
- Discover new levels
- Dynamic levels
- Collect coins
- Unlock new heroes
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Who wants to be boiled, baked, fried or mashed?!? Our potato hero says NO.....!!!! One-touch-game: just tap… at the right time! - Escape the killer fork! - Beware of other vegetables… they want you to die! - Discover new levels and new enemies! - Dynamic levels: each gamestart is a new challenge! - Collect coins to unlock new heroes! Get into the vegetarian nightmare! If you like the game, please rate it and tell your friends about it – this gives us the chance of improving and enhancing the game! Potato Escape is a co-production of Alpine republic/source and adrastea.
Switchy Sides
Test your reflexes and accuracy in this fast-paced avoidance game. Tap to switch sides and dodge obstacles, collecting stars to unlock new characters. With challenging levels and an endless mode, you might find yourself hopelessly addicted.
- Tap to switch sides
- Avoid obstacles
- Collect stars
- Unlock special characters
- 52 challenging levels
- Endless play mode
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Switchy Sides is an easy to learn fast paced game about reflexes, avoidance and accuracy. Watch out or you may get hopelessly addicted. Download now if you dare. How to Play > Tap your screen to switch from side to side > Avoid all obstacles in your path > Collect stars to unlock special characters Features - Fun and addictive gameplay - Easy to learn - 52 challenging levels - Endless play mode - Custom groovy soundtrack Stay Connected Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tastypill Twitter: https://twitter.com/tastypillgames Support: support@tastypill.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Potato Escape at none against Switchy Sides's 1. Potato Escape also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 61%) and ratings volume (972 vs 61). Switchy Sides's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Switchy Sides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Potato Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Potato Escape against 4.3 for Switchy Sides. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potato Escape has 972 ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Potato Escape's written reviews are positive against 61% of Switchy Sides's.
Potato Escape ships an update every 4 months, Switchy Sides every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Potato Escape | Switchy Sides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (972 ratings) — better | 4.3 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 61.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 972 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 6.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Alpine Republic | tastypill |
Customer experience
Potato Escape
Switchy Sides
Bugs and requests
Potato Escape
Reported bugs
2 issues- Doesn't work on iOS 11
- Ads cover up platforms making it hard to play
Requested features
3 requests- Update to latest iOS
- Reduce price of additional characters
- Add more levels and characters
Switchy Sides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Potato Escape
No in-app purchases
Switchy Sides
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
Is Potato Escape free?
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