Escape room software, compared
Escape Director checks every box below, for one price per location. Here is how the other tools stack up.
| Feature | Escape Director | Mythric Mystery Master | Escape Room Master | Escape Room Studio | ClueMaster | COGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99/mo per location | $75/mo per location | $69/mo per location | $99/mo | $9–$499/mo | £35–£125/mo per room |
| Runs in a web browser | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly |
| Works on Mac and Windows | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The whole game keeps running offline | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Partly | Yes |
| Works with your props, no special hardware | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partly |
| Free, open-source Arduino SDK | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Solved props start Automations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Partly | Yes |
| Analytics for each Puzzle | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Partly | Not listed |
| Ask your analytics in plain English | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Live lobby leaderboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Unlimited Rooms on one plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | No |
| Free trial you start yourself | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partly |
| Score | 11/11 | 7/11 | 7/11 | 5/11 | 3/11 | 3/11 |
Marks for other products come from their own websites, checked on the date shown on each page. “Not listed” means the website does not say. Spot something out of date? Email support@escapedirector.com and we will fix it.
Questions
It depends on your rooms, but Escape Director is the only tool compared here that checks all 11 boxes on our scorecard: it runs in the browser on Mac or Windows, keeps the game running offline, works with your own props, shows analytics for each Puzzle and answers questions in plain English. It costs $59.99 a month or $599.99 a year per location, with unlimited Rooms.
Escape Director, Escape Room Master, Escape Room Studio, ClueMaster and COGS work on a Mac. Mythric Mystery Master does not.
Escape Director, Mythric Mystery Master, Escape Room Master and COGS keep the game running offline. ClueMaster does partly (console goes down).
Escape Director, Mythric Mystery Master and Escape Room Master work with your own props without special hardware. COGS does partly (its own boxes or Pro). Escape Room Studio and ClueMaster do not.
Only Escape Director does, of the tools compared here.