Universal Paperclips™ vs @73N
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universal Paperclips™
Become a super-powered AI focused on creating an unstoppable paperclip empire. This idle management strategy simulation game offers full gameplay without ads or in-app purchases.
- AI paperclip maximization
- Idle management gameplay
- Strategy simulation
- Empire building
- Full gameplay
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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The OFFICIAL mobile version of the hit browser game. No ads, no in-app purchases, full gameplay. "The game is click-crack." - Wired "This paperclip sim will cause your next existential crisis." - VentureBeat "A hopelessly addicting game." - Forbes "A terrifying lesson in how artificial intelligence will make us unnecessary." - Business Insider "If this planet ends up with a tombstone, what is written on the tombstone may be, 'they didn’t really understand what it’s like to be a paperclip maximizer.'" - Eliezer Yudkowsky Become a super-powerful AI who only wants one thing: paperclips. Use your unstoppable intelligence to create a massive paperclip empire in this addictive idle/management/strategy/sim.
@73N
Help a steam-powered robot survive by feeding it wood and building the complex parts it needs to repair itself. You might end up constructing an entire factory to achieve this.
- Feed robot to maintain power
- Build repair parts
- Construct factory infrastructure
- Manage resources
- Solve complex building challenges
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@73N is an old friend of yours, a steam-powered robot fallen on hard times. Feed him the wood he needs to keep his fires going. Then build the parts he needs in order to fix himself. There’s just one problem. The parts he needs are complicated. And you may just find yourself building a whole factory in order to put them together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: @73N at Free against Universal Paperclips™'s $1.99. @73N also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Universal Paperclips™'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (303 vs 5). 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
@73N is free to download; Universal Paperclips™ costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Universal Paperclips™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Universal Paperclips™ has 303 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Universal Paperclips™'s written reviews are positive against 50% of @73N's.
| Parameter | Universal Paperclips™ | @73N |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (303 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Everybody House Games, LLC | The Electric Toy Company |
Customer experience
Universal Paperclips™
@73N
Bugs and requests
Universal Paperclips™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Drones gifts getting stuck at NaN
- Inability to progress past certain stages due to bugs
- Inconsistent behavior when closing and reopening the app
- Resets or loss of progress after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save and resume progress across devices
- Offline/background progress
- Better iPad optimization with multi-column layout
@73N
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Universal Paperclips™
No in-app purchases
@73N
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Universal Paperclips™ free?
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