Comparison

IQ Cube vs Miles Mercer

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

Head to head
About

IQ Cube

Features
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Welcome to IQ Cube! It is a brain test we made into a fun game. Play through 100 challenging boards and upgrade to 200 boards through in-app purchase. Many boards consist of geometric shapes you need to create in the shortest amount of time without mistake.

About

Miles Mercer

Solve puzzles using real-world science principles to escape a series of locked rooms. Explore, combine items, and deduce clues to progress through immersive stages.

Highlights
  • Science-driven puzzle solving
  • Item collection and combination
  • Immersive story-driven gameplay
  • Multi-stage escape rooms
  • Real-world science principles
Features
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Texas, 1997. A motel in the middle of nowhere. You wake up locked in an unfamiliar room. Abducted by an unknown captor, you are Miles Mercer — and the only way out is up to you. The door is sealed and there's nothing but desert beyond the window. But the room is full of forgotten junk — a paperclip, a cracked mirror, a dead battery. Don't overlook a single thing. "Miles Mercer: Escape Case" is a science-driven escape room where everything you touch becomes a clue. Use real, middle-school-level science — light, heat, electricity, magnets, buoyancy, levers, sound, air pressure — to build gadgets, crack locks, and break out one room at a time. ■ How to play · EXPLORE — Tap around each room to inspect it and collect items · READ — Piece together scattered hints and notes to find your next clue · COMBINE — Merge items into new tools and contraptions · ESCAPE — Trigger your device, open the locked door, move to the next room ■ Three zones, one tightening chase · STAGE 1 — The Motel: from the storeroom to the back exit, break out toward the gas station · STAGE 2 — The Abandoned Gas Station: get the dead pickup truck running again · STAGE 3 — The Desert Relay Base: send a rescue signal and escape the base ■ You'll love this if you enjoy · Real-life escape rooms, mystery and detective stories · Puzzles solved by principle, not by brute-force tapping · Immersive one-handed story games Observe. Deduce. Build your way out. Can you escape the room?

Screenshots

IQ Cube4 screens
Miles Mercer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Miles Mercer at none against IQ Cube's shown. Miles Mercer also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. IQ Cube sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Miles Mercer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IQ Cube ships an update every 2 weeks, Miles Mercer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
IQ Cube versus Miles Mercer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIQ CubeMiles Mercer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB359 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGeeky Games, LLCSNA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

IQ Cube

One-time2
  • Premium Boards$2.99
  • No Ads$2.99
3 purchases

Miles Mercer

One-time3
  • 10 Hunches$0.49
  • remove ad$1.99
  • 100 Hunches$5.99

Questions

Is IQ Cube free?
IQ Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Miles Mercer free?
Miles Mercer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IQ Cube or Miles Mercer have ads?
IQ Cube shows ads; Miles Mercer does not.
Which is updated more often, IQ Cube or Miles Mercer?
IQ Cube ships an update every 2 weeks, and Miles Mercer every 3 days. Most recently, IQ Cube was updated on October 31, 2026 and Miles Mercer on November 5, 2026.

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