Comparison

Tangled Rope vs Bus Escape

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

Head to head
About

Tangled Rope

Engage your mind with a captivating puzzle game where you untangle increasingly complex knots. Featuring beautiful visuals and intuitive controls, this experience offers hours of mentally stimulating fun. Hints and solutions are available to help you progress through challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Challenging knot puzzles
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Beautiful, detailed graphics
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Calming soundtrack
  • Helpful hints and solutions
Features
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Unravel your way through the ultimate puzzle experience with Tangled Rope! Get ready to test your logic and patience as you work to untangle increasingly complex knots. Each level presents a unique challenge that will keep you thinking, strategizing, and engaged for hours on end. Key Features: Challenging Puzzles: Each level introduces new and intricate tangles that require careful thought and planning to solve. Progressive Difficulty: Start with simpler puzzles to warm up, and then take on more intricate tangles as you advance. The challenge grows with you! Beautiful Visuals: Enjoy the vibrant, detailed graphics as you work through each rope puzzle, enhancing your overall experience. Smooth Controls: Drag, slide, and move ropes with ease using intuitive touch controls designed for seamless gameplay. Calming Atmosphere: Relax with a soothing soundtrack that complements the gameplay, making each session both challenging and enjoyable. Helpful Hints: If you get stuck, use hints to guide you through tricky spots, or view the solution to see how it’s done. Download Tangled Rope now and start your journey through a world of twisty, tricky puzzles. Get ready to untangle, unwind, and enjoy one of the most addictive puzzle games available!

About

Bus Escape

Engage your mind with this strategic traffic puzzle game. Move buses to clear gridlocked streets, sort passengers, and overcome obstacles. It's a vibrant and addictive challenge designed for mental exercise and fun.

Highlights
  • Strategic bus traffic escape
  • Passenger sorting and matching
  • Obstacle navigation
  • Addictive puzzle action
  • Unique road navigation mechanics
  • Visual sorting challenges
  • Power-ups and boosters
Features
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Get Ready for Bus Escape - Color Sort Puzzle - The ultimate bus traffic escape experience. It’s a perfect game for mental exercise and strategic thinking The streets are gridlocked. A massive traffic jam has blocked the road, and the traffic fever is heating up! Can you organize the chaos? This is the strategic bus puzzle designed for your brain. If you love the thrill of a car jam escape and solving a complex bus traffic, you are in the right place. How to play: - Tap to move buses and create a path for your bus escape adventure. - Sort passengers and match them to the correct bus in this car jam puzzle game. - Escape tricky obstacles to keep the traffic flow moving Game Feature - Addictive Bus Traffic Action: Experience the intensity as you solve each traffic puzzle. - Unique Mechanics: Navigating packed roads makes every car jam level unique. - Visual Sorting Fun: Enjoy vibrant levels filled with car jam challenges and traffic puzzles. - Power-ups: Stuck in a heavy traffic jam? Use boosters to win this bus traffic game! Download Bus Escape - Traffic Jam today and immerse yourself in a world of strategic puzzles, exciting challenges, and intense competition. Don't miss out on the ultimate color sort puzzle adventure – it's time to jam

Screenshots

Tangled Rope4 screens
Bus Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tangled Rope and Bus Escape both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of Tangled Rope's written reviews are positive against 19% of Bus Escape's. Tangled Rope also leads on chart position (#66 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Bus Escape's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Tangled Rope sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Bus Escape sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tangled Rope against 4.6 for Bus Escape. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53K and 142K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Tangled Rope's written reviews are positive against 19% of Bus Escape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tangled Rope ships an update every 9 days, Bus Escape weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tangled Rope versus Bus Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTangled RopeBus Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (53K ratings) — better4.6 (142K ratings)
Positive reviews56.9% of reviews — better19.1% of reviews
Number of ratings53K142K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#66 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size272 MB405 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperJoyGame Studio LimitedABI GLOBAL LTD.

Customer experience

Tangled Rope

All ratings53,059 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews1,705 reviews
Positive56.9%
Neutral12.3%
Negative30.8%

Bus Escape

All ratings141,970 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews2,790 reviews
Positive19.1%
Neutral14.2%
Negative66.8%

User reviews

Tangled Rope

From 53K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and challenging
  • 👍 Relaxing gameplay
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating
  • 🕰️ No time limits on some levels
  • 💰 Option to remove ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • ⏱️ Strict time limits on higher levels
  • 💰 Ads and in-app purchases
  • 🤔 Sensitive rope placement

Bus Escape

From 142K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Visually attractive
  • 🤔 Challenging puzzles

Room to improve

  • 💸 Excessive ads
  • 🤯 Levels designed to be impossible without ads/purchases
  • 🔍 Unclear purpose of certain features
  • 🎨 Difficulty distinguishing between similar colors

Bugs and requests

Tangled Rope

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes when transitioning between levels
  • Rope placement not registering correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Difficulty settings with more time
  • Bonus features and power-ups
  • Ability to restart levels without losing progress

Bus Escape

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Helicopter feature freezes the game
  • Purchased extras not carrying over between levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add colorblind mode
  • Implement undo button
  • Improve ad placement and duration
  • Make all levels solvable without ads/purchases

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tangled Rope

One-time10
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Endless Offer 1$2.99
  • Flash Offer 3$4.99
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  • Flash Offer 1$4.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Remove ADs$5.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • Choose your pack all$7.99
  • Master Pass$9.99
  • Coin Pack 3$14.99
10 purchases

Bus Escape

One-time10
  • Starter pack$1.99
  • Mini Tickets$1.99
  • Never Give Up$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Booster pack - offer$3.99
  • Remove ADs$6.99
  • Small Tickets$7.99
  • VIP Pass 3 days$7.99
  • Remove ADs bundle$9.99
  • Professional Bundle$9.99
  • Revive pack - offer$9.99

Questions

Is Tangled Rope free?
Tangled Rope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bus Escape free?
Bus Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tangled Rope or Bus Escape?
Tangled Rope is rated higher. Tangled Rope averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53K ratings, while Bus Escape averages 4.6 from 142K ratings.
Do Tangled Rope or Bus Escape have ads?
Tangled Rope shows ads; Bus Escape does not.
Which is updated more often, Tangled Rope or Bus Escape?
Tangled Rope ships an update every 9 days, and Bus Escape weekly. Most recently, Tangled Rope was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bus Escape on November 6, 2026.

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