Skill Lab vs Asterlock Archives
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skill Lab
Engage in a series of mini-games designed to test cognitive abilities like decision-making and problem-solving. Discover your unique strengths and weaknesses through gameplay, and generate a personal cognitive map.
- Collection of mini-games
- Tests decision-making
- Tests problem-solving
- Tests group interaction
- Discover Detective persona
- Generate cognitive map
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Skill Lab: Science Detective is a collection of mini-games designed to challenge your mind from the creators of Quantum Moves. By testing your brain's gaming skills, you can help ScienceAtHome discover more about how people make decisions, solve problems and interact in groups. We want to know your strengths and weaknesses to better understand how they affect your performance in other games from ScienceAtHome. Play the collection of mini-games, test your game skills, discover your Detective persona and generate a personal cognitive map from your gameplay!
Asterlock Archives
Engage in a compact terminal investigation, searching archived files and decoding encrypted evidence to solve cases. The game offers a tutorial and a mystery inspired by classic detective fiction, with optional purchases for additional content. No account or online profile is needed to play.
- Terminal-based investigation
- Archived file searching
- Keyword collection
- Evidence decoding
- Case solving
- Tutorial and mystery cases
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Asterlock Archives turns detective work into a compact terminal investigation. Search archived files, collect keywords, decode encrypted evidence, and close each case using only the clues you can prove. The starter archive includes a tutorial case and a larger mystery inspired by early public-domain detective fiction. Optional purchases add more archive cases and cosmetic extras. No account is required. No online profile. Just the files, the facts, and your own brain. Use the terminal directly or tap the active dossier to inspect evidence, open locks, and track your next lead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Asterlock Archives at 5.0 against Skill Lab's 2.3. Skill Lab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Asterlock Archives sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Skill Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.
Asterlock Archives holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skill Lab has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Skill Lab | Asterlock Archives |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Aarhus University | Jeffrey Munson |
In-app purchases
Skill Lab
No in-app purchases
Asterlock Archives
- Operator Skin Pack$0.99
- Founder Supporter File$1.99
- Archive Pack Vol. 1$2.99
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