Comparison

Project Alnilam vs Polyescape

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

Head to head
About

Project Alnilam

An abstract puzzle game where players must guide all green items to the exit. Items move together but have unique behaviors, requiring strategic thinking within a limited number of steps. Features 60 mind-bending levels.

Highlights
  • Abstract and atmospheric gameplay
  • Mindbending puzzles
  • Unique item behaviors
  • Limited step challenges
  • 60 included puzzles
Features
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Project Alnilam is an abstract, atmospheric, mindbending puzzle. Prepare your braincells! Get all the green items to the exit! All items move together, but they have different behaviour. Some of them helps, some of them hinders movement. Warning: you have a limited number of steps! 60 puzzles included.

About

Polyescape

Engage in a unique 3D room escape experience. Solve challenging puzzles, find hidden clues, and combine items to break enigmatic codes and escape each meticulously designed room. Enjoy a relaxing yet mentally stimulating adventure.

Highlights
  • Unique 3D room escape challenges
  • Find and combine items
  • Solve enigmatic codes and tricky puzzles
  • Auto-save game progress
  • Easy tutorial
  • Unique room themes
Features
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Solve the puzzles and escape all rooms in Polyescape. Polyescape offers unique and challenging room escape game. Experience escape game in a relaxing yet challenging way. Explore this beautifully designed 3-D escape game. Look around the room and find something useful to help you escape. Look for the clues, look for the items, and look for the exits. Pay attention to every details found in the room, think outside the box, and solve the puzzles. Challenge your mind to break the enigmatic codes. Solve the tricky puzzles that are uniquely designed. Find useful items, combine, dismantle, and use the items to help you escape from the rooms. Features: * Easy Tutorial to follow * Basic Pack with 10 free levels * Purchase Extra Pack for 10 extra levels * Auto-save your game progress for each room and continue whenever you want * Unique room themes * Challenging and tricky puzzles Download and try POLYESCAPE now for free!

Screenshots

Project Alnilam4 screens
Polyescape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project Alnilam at none against Polyescape's 4. Project Alnilam also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Polyescape's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 67 months) and ratings volume (65 vs 4). On price, review sentiment 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. Polyescape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Project Alnilam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Project Alnilam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polyescape has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Project Alnilam's written reviews are positive against 95% of Polyescape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project Alnilam ships an update every 67 months, Polyescape every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Project Alnilam versus Polyescape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject AlnilamPolyescape
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.7% of reviews
Number of ratings465 — better
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartCodeHarry Tahir

Customer experience

Project Alnilam

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Polyescape

All ratings65 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

None

Project Alnilam

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Polyescape

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlimited Hints$0.99
  • Extra Pack$1.99
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  • Complete Pack$2.99

Questions

Is Project Alnilam free?
Project Alnilam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polyescape free?
Polyescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Alnilam or Polyescape?
Project Alnilam is rated higher. Project Alnilam averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Polyescape averages 4.8 from 65 ratings.
Do Project Alnilam or Polyescape have ads?
Polyescape shows ads; Project Alnilam does not.
Which is updated more often, Project Alnilam or Polyescape?
Project Alnilam ships an update every 67 months, and Polyescape every 5 months. Most recently, Project Alnilam was updated on October 23, 2026 and Polyescape on October 23, 2026.

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