Comparison

Trance Invasion vs Synthwave Escape

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

Head to head
About

Trance Invasion

Create captivating trance music with a variety of drum kits, melodies, and samples. This app offers an intuitive interface for producing hit songs and beats, even for beginners. Jam directly on your iOS device and enjoy powerful sound effects.

Highlights
  • Hottest trance drum kits, melodies, bass lines, and samples
  • Intuitive sample block tapping for beat creation
  • 12 Samplekits with 336 samples
  • Pattern sequencer for recording and editing sessions
  • Save and load beats
  • Real-time tempo adjustment
  • Metronome
Features
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Make music with your iOS Device that will captivate your audience! Trance Invasion puts the hottest trance drum kits, melodies, bass lines and samples at your fingertips. Produce impressive results in no time even without any prior knowledge. Just by tapping the sample blocks you can develop your own hit songs/beats that will make your friends dance. Trance Invasion is a fun & creative sample machine. Play cool & hot drumbeats, cool kicks, cymbals, smashing power snares, phrases, melodies, stabs, chords, powerful synths and other sound effects. Create your own hit beats. Jam directly on your iOS device. Plug in your headphones and enjoy the sounds & music. Create epic, big-room trance sound guaranteed to heat up your audience. This is Trance music at its finest. 12 Samplekits (336 Samples) to choose from and an easy-to-use design makes this app real fun for everyone. Use the easy-to-use, but powerful pattern sequencer to record, edit and save your Sessions. 12 Sample-Kits Pattern-Sequencer Intuitive Step-Sequencer Record your Tracks Save/Load your Beats Adjust the tempo in realtime Metronome

About

Synthwave Escape

Embark on a retro rhythm puzzle platformer adventure with an 80s synthwave aesthetic. Guide a team of robots with unique physics to escape a neon bunker and defeat an antagonist. Solve challenges through 60 stages with an original soundtrack and a humorous storyline.

Highlights
  • 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages
  • 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks
  • 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics
  • Robot Storyline
  • Dad Jokes
Features
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Synthwave Escape is a Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer game with an 80s inspired Synthwave Soundtrack & Aesthetic. Join Doc Grits' team of robots as they attempt to escape the Neon Bunker and defeat the heinously infamous Red Hawk. Use the Escape Bots' skills together to overcome challenges and make it safely to safety! Features • 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages • 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks • 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics • 1 Most Triumphant Robot Storyline • A Plethora of Dad Jokes Oh, you're still reading! Alright, I'll continue. Here's the situation: this dude Grits is locked away in a Neon Bunker by this other bogus dude named Red Hawk. Grits is forced to make deadly contraptions, but manages to build a robot team to help him escape. They almost make it, but then they get caught. Then they get away. Yada, yada - just play the game already! If you enjoy the game please consider leaving a review. And if you really, really enjoy it, tell a friend. Then next time you see that friend, the two of you can do a jumping high five. Thanks for playing! Your Friend, Nick Culbertson Moby Pixel http://www.mobypixel.com

Screenshots

Trance Invasion4 screens
Synthwave Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Synthwave Escape at 4.6 against Trance Invasion's 3.5. Synthwave Escape also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 58%) and ratings volume (219 vs 2). Trance Invasion's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Trance Invasion sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Synthwave Escape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Synthwave Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Synthwave Escape has 219 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Trance Invasion's written reviews are positive against 83% of Synthwave Escape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trance Invasion ships an update every 4 months, Synthwave Escape every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trance Invasion versus Synthwave Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrance InvasionSynthwave Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.6 (219 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB152 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAsylum Square Interactive GmbHMoby Pixel

Customer experience

Trance Invasion

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%

Synthwave Escape

All ratings219 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative13.3%

Bugs and requests

Trance Invasion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Synthwave Escape

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Audio option doesn't work
  • No invincibility stage after getting hit
  • Game won't download

Requested features

5 requests
  • Longer game or sequel
  • More levels
  • New music
  • PC version
  • More cutscenes

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Trance Invasion

One-time10
  • Heaven's Gate$1.99
  • Liberation$1.99
  • Follow Your Dreams$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Piano Symphony$1.99
  • Age Of Love$1.99
  • Rewind Time$1.99
  • Moving Forward$1.99
  • Festival$1.99
  • Epic Moments$1.99
  • Unlock All & Remove Ads$5.99
4 purchases

Synthwave Escape

One-time4
  • 20 Coins$0.99
  • 50 Coins$1.99
  • Unlimited Coins$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlimited Coins Deal$4.99

Questions

Is Trance Invasion free?
Trance Invasion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Synthwave Escape free?
Synthwave Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trance Invasion or Synthwave Escape?
Synthwave Escape is rated higher. Trance Invasion averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Synthwave Escape averages 4.6 from 219 ratings.
Do Trance Invasion or Synthwave Escape have ads?
Synthwave Escape shows ads; Trance Invasion does not.
Which is updated more often, Trance Invasion or Synthwave Escape?
Trance Invasion ships an update every 4 months, and Synthwave Escape every 6 months. Most recently, Trance Invasion was updated on October 24, 2026 and Synthwave Escape on October 20, 2026.

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