Comparison

Escape Game vs Vanishing Lore

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

Head to head
About

Escape Game

Solve puzzles and unravel mysteries in a blue-hued classroom to escape. This game offers an easy entry point for beginners with helpful hints and an auto-save function. Explore your surroundings by tapping, change perspectives, and combine items to find your way out.

Highlights
  • Easy for beginners
  • Hint system available
  • Auto-save function
  • In-game note-taking
  • Intuitive tap and drag controls
  • Item combination puzzles
Features
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Quiet after-school hours, a classroom shimmering in blue. Unravel the mysteries hidden within desks, belongings, and strange phenomena, and escape from the sealed “Blue After-School Hours.” 【Features】 ・Easy to start for first players. Let’s challenge! ・There are Hints, so Don’t worry! ・Auto-save function! ・No need for paper and pen! Swipe left from the right edge of the screen to take notes! 【How to play】 Very easy operation method! ・Search by tapping the screen. ・Change the viewpoint by tapping the button on the bottom of the screen. ・Double tap the item button, it will enlarged. ・Use an item by dragging it. ・While one item is displayed, select another item by either tapping or dragging it to combine them. ・There is a hint button from MENU which is the upper left corner of the screen. 【Jammsworks】 programmer:Asahi Hirata Designer:Naruma Saito Sound:Kensuke Horikoshi Produced by two of us. Our goal is to produce a game that would be fun for the users. If you like this game, please play other games! 【Provide】 Music is VFR:http://musicisvfr.com Pocket Sound : http://pocket-se.info/ icons8:https://icons8.com/ びたちー素材館

About

Vanishing Lore

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Vanishing Lore is a document detective adventure about records that are too orderly to trust. Read original archive pages, not just summaries. Notice omissions, repeated phrases, custody gaps, and details that appear in the wrong order. Keep evidence cards, separate fact from reading and judgment, then file Claims when the pages support a conclusion. The opening case is free. It teaches the complete document → evidence → Claim loop. A single non-consumable purchase unlocks the remaining chapters; story progression still opens them in narrative order. No subscription, ads, or account. QUIET HORROR, ACTIVE READING No jump scares. The unease lives in papers that arrive too neatly, explanations that sound too safe, and archives that seem eager to be believed. WHAT YOU DO • Read multi-page dossier documents • Preserve suspicious details as evidence cards • Sort what the page proves from interpretation • Compare testimony, editorial pressure, and chains of custody • File Claims and retain the point each Claim closed • Follow three investigative lenses into a converging endgame • Revisit documents, annotations, failed readings, and case notes In-app text is available in 16 languages. Progress can be transferred with SavePack. Restoring Purchases restores access separately. After a valid purchase has been verified, established access remains available offline.

Screenshots

Escape Game4 screens
Vanishing Lore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vanishing Lore at none against Escape Game's shown. Escape Game's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Escape Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vanishing Lore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Escape Game ships an update every 2 days, Vanishing Lore every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Escape Game versus Vanishing Lore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEscape GameVanishing Lore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (194 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings194 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size563 MB82 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJammsworks Inc.Kentaro Saito

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Escape Game

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99
1 purchases

Vanishing Lore

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Escape Game free?
Escape Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vanishing Lore free?
Vanishing Lore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Escape Game or Vanishing Lore have ads?
Escape Game shows ads; Vanishing Lore does not.
Which is updated more often, Escape Game or Vanishing Lore?
Escape Game ships an update every 2 days, and Vanishing Lore every 6 days. Most recently, Escape Game was updated on October 31, 2026 and Vanishing Lore on October 31, 2026.

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