FlashInvaders vs Escapements
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlashInvaders
Discover and document street art mosaics globally. Scan artwork to add it to your personal gallery, earn points, and track your progress. Share your finds and compete with friends.
- Discover street art mosaics
- Scan and document artwork
- Personal mosaic gallery
- Share discoveries on social media
- Follow friends' scores
- Live worldwide flash stream
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FlashInvaders is the official application of the artist Invader. Go and search for his thousands mosaics all around the world, flash them and get points. - Valid flashes are added to your own gallery where you can find all the mosaics you have found anytime. - You can also share your discoveries on social networks. - Create your followers list and follow your friends' scores. - Follow the live stream to see all the flashes in real time worldwide.
Escapements
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Escapements is a pro mechanical watch timing bench for collectors who want decisions from their logs, not just a list of readings. BENCH ACTION QUEUE Version 1.5 adds a collection-wide Bench tab that ranks every watch by timing condition. It blends recent weighted rate, position spread, service age, magnetism flags, and data confidence into a clear next action: gather more data, rest and observe, regulate, demagnetize first, or service first. OVERNIGHT REST PLANNER Escapements now recommends the best overnight resting position from your own position readings. A fast watch gets matched with the slowest useful rest position; a slow watch gets matched with the fastest useful position. The app estimates the 24-hour result from a realistic worn/rested blend. PER-WATCH BENCH INTELLIGENCE Open any watch detail to see its bench score, weighted seconds-per-day rate, positional spread, data confidence, service window, magnetism warnings, and regulation readiness. Wide positional spread or overdue service intentionally blocks regulation recommendations. MICROPHONE TIMEGRAPHER The optional timegrapher captures tick sound through the phone microphone, detects beat onsets against an adaptive noise floor, and reports observed beat rate in bph with an FFT-backed confidence score. No audio is stored. FIVE-POSITION TIMING Log dial-up, dial-down, crown-up, crown-down, crown-left, crown-right, and on-wrist readings. Escapements summarizes mean rate, spread, outliers, and standards context so you can separate normal positional variance from a real service issue. SERVICE, MAGNETISM, WIND, AND STRAP LOGS Track full service, movement work, pressure tests, battery changes, demagnetization, suspected magnetic exposure, wind events, power reserve, and strap wear. Everything ties back to the watch's timing history. OFFLINE BENCH PLATES The Reference tab now includes 16 original high-resolution visual bench plates covering position timing, overnight rest, regulation triage, magnetism, service windows, beat rates, lift angles, power reserve, timegrapher signal flow, COSC/METAS context, amplitude, beat error, and export preparation. EXPORTS Export PDF watch reports and CSV timing logs for a watch or the full collection. Share through Mail, Files, AirDrop, or any system share destination. PRIVACY Escapements is offline-first. Your watches, photos, readings, service notes, and exports stay on your device. No account, analytics, ads, or tracking. Microphone permission is used only for the optional live timegrapher and no audio is saved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FlashInvaders at Free against Escapements's $2.99. FlashInvaders also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Escapements's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months). On 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
FlashInvaders is free to download; Escapements costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlashInvaders ships an update every 11 months, Escapements every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlashInvaders | Escapements |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (903 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 903 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | flash invaders | Robert Corbin |
Bugs and requests
FlashInvaders
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera not working
- Login/sign-up issues
- Crashes and black screens
- Inability to restore lost galleries
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to upload existing photos
- Improved validation and recognition
- Geolocation support for damaged invaders
- Higher zoom levels
- More invaders in different regions
Escapements
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FlashInvaders
No in-app purchases
Escapements
No in-app purchases
Questions
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