Comparison

Salty Flame vs Text Escape

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

Head to head
About

Salty Flame

Embark on a solo Lovecraftian horror adventure set in Arkham. Make critical choices, roll dice for fate, and battle cosmic horrors in an immersive interactive story with original artwork and atmospheric audio. Discover multiple endings and manage your character's progression.

Highlights
  • Immersive horror narrative
  • Original artwork and animations
  • Dice-based skill checks
  • Strategic combat system
  • Character progression (HP, Sanity, inventory)
  • Atmospheric audio design
  • Trilingual support (English, Chinese)
Features
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1923. A mysterious flame flickers on the outskirts of Arkham. This is your horror adventure — no party required, no experience needed. Start anytime, anywhere. In this Lovecraftian interactive story, you face cosmic horrors, make tough choices, and roll the dice to determine your fate. Every decision matters. Every path leads to a different ending. WHAT AWAITS YOU: - Immersive Horror Narrative - 270 story scenes, dozens of branches, and multiple endings to discover - Original Artwork - 40+ HD scene illustrations and 15 animated sequences bringing the dark world to life - Tense Skill Checks - Roll dice against fate. Critical success or fumble can change everything - Strategic Combat - Face unknown creatures. Attack, dodge, or flee? - Character Progression - Manage your Hit Points, Sanity, and inventory. Every choice counts - Immersive Audio - Original background music and sound effects for an atmospheric horror experience - Trilingual Support - Switch between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English WHY THIS GAME: - Solo Play - No waiting for others. Adventure on your own schedule - Newcomer Friendly - Easy to learn, even if you've never played tabletop RPGs - Immersive Experience - No ads. Just you and the story Night falls. The flame burns in the darkness. Unknown horrors await. Are you ready? --- This is an independently made fan tribute. It is not published, endorsed, or specifically approved by Chaosium Inc. All illustrations, music, sound effects, and animations in this app are original creations.

About

Text Escape

Engage in a text-based escape room adventure where you must observe, deduce, and combine clues to solve puzzles and escape dangerous situations. This game challenges your logic and observation skills through multiple mystery levels.

Highlights
  • Text-based escape room gameplay
  • Clue hunting and password solving
  • Item combination mechanics
  • Multiple mystery escape levels
  • Logic and deduction challenges
  • Tap and drag interactions
Features
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A text-based escape room puzzle game built around clues, logic, and deduction. You are placed in dangerous rooms and mysterious situations. Observe every object, read every hint, drag items, enter passwords, and connect clues to find a way out. Every button, line of text, item state, and event change may be part of the solution. This is not a simple tap-the-answer game. You need to understand how items relate to each other, figure out the correct sequence of events, and use the right tool at the right time to escape. Features: - Text-based escape room gameplay - Clue hunting, password solving, and item combinations - Tap and drag interactions - Multiple mystery escape levels - Logic, observation, and deduction challenges - Designed for fans of escape rooms, mystery games, puzzle games, and detective stories If you enjoy finding hidden clues, cracking codes, solving mysteries, and escaping dangerous situations, this game offers a different kind of text puzzle experience.

Screenshots

Salty Flame4 screens
Text Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Salty Flame at none against Text Escape's shown. Salty Flame also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Salty Flame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Text Escape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Salty Flame versus Text Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalty FlameText Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB42 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer建峰 纪松 陈

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Salty Flame

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$1.99
1 purchases

Text Escape

One-time1
  • VIP免广告服务$1.99

Questions

Is Salty Flame free?
Salty Flame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Escape free?
Text Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Salty Flame or Text Escape have ads?
Text Escape shows ads; Salty Flame does not.
Which is updated more often, Salty Flame or Text Escape?
Salty Flame ships an update every 11 days, and Text Escape every 11 days. Most recently, Salty Flame was updated on November 9, 2026 and Text Escape on October 31, 2026.

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