Comparison

Arrow Path Escapes vs Elementex

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

Head to head
About

Arrow Path Escapes

Features
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Find the right path and clear every arrow. Arrow Path Escapes is a clean, satisfying puzzle game where every glowing path has one direction. Tap an arrow to send it out of the board, but choose carefully. If another path blocks the way, you lose a life. Plan your moves, clear the maze, and solve increasingly complex arrow puzzles. Features: Smooth arrow escape gameplay Neon path visuals with a premium arcade feel Handmade puzzle levels Simple tap controls Lives and hint system Pinch to zoom on larger levels Relaxing ASMR-style background audio Easy to learn, harder to master

About

Elementex

A tactical tower-defense game focused on strategic placement and elemental combat. Build your defenses, bend enemy paths, and tap towers for skills to climb the global leaderboard. Every decision counts in this endless challenge.

Highlights
  • Hex-grid tower defense
  • Maze-builder pathing
  • Four elemental rock-paper-scissors matchups
  • Tap-to-cast active skills
  • Boss chests with transparent pricing
  • Global leaderboard
  • Endless mode
Features
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Elementex is a tactical tower-defense run. No worlds to grind. No campaign to crawl. One hex arena, one shot at the leaderboard, and every decision counts. Build between waves. Place towers on hex tiles. Bend the path with free walls. Tap a tower mid-wave to fire its skill. Lives reach zero, the run ends, and your best wave is the only number that matters. Fire beats Frost. Frost beats Nature. Nature beats Lightning. Lightning beats Fire. Hit a weakness for 1.5x damage. Hit a resistance for 0.7x. Read the wave, pick the counter, or pay for it. Every upgrade is bought with in-run gold. One tower per element — push its damage, its fire rate, or its range, each on a rising cost curve. No blueprints. No permanent unlocks to grind. Your build is what you can pay for, this run, right now. Every fifth wave is a boss. The boss drops a chest of three runes. You see every drop, every stat, every price, before you spend a single gem. Whatever you do not keep goes into the Recall Pool for seven days at +25 percent. Nothing disappears. Nothing is hidden. Runes you keep persist across runs. Combine two of the same rarity to climb to the next. Five rarities: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic. Mythic is boss-chest only and carries a unique passive skill. An element-matched rune on its tower hits 20 percent harder. There is no end state. There is only the next wave, the global leaderboard, and how far you can hold the line. • Hex-grid tower defense with maze-builder pathing • Four elements, one rock-paper-scissors wheel (1.5x / 0.7x matchups) • One tower per element, upgraded along +DMG / +RATE / +RANGE with in-run gold • A defining passive and a tap-to-cast active skill on every element • Boss chests every five waves, transparent gem pricing, seven-day Recall Pool • A global leaderboard, one endless mode, three- to seven-minute runs • No loot boxes. No energy. No timers. No paid randomness.

Screenshots

Arrow Path Escapes4 screens
Elementex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Arrow Path Escapes at every 6 days against Elementex's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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. Arrow Path Escapes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elementex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow Path Escapes ships an update every 6 days, Elementex every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Arrow Path Escapes versus Elementex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrow Path EscapesElementex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGopal GoyalTassilo Posegga

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrow Path Escapes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
5 purchases

Elementex

One-time5
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
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  • 2,500 Gems$17.99
  • 6,500 Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Arrow Path Escapes free?
Arrow Path Escapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementex free?
Elementex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arrow Path Escapes or Elementex have ads?
Both Arrow Path Escapes and Elementex show ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow Path Escapes or Elementex?
Arrow Path Escapes ships an update every 6 days, and Elementex every 3 weeks. Most recently, Arrow Path Escapes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Elementex on October 31, 2026.

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