Comparison

Lab Escape vs Tails.io

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

Head to head
About

Lab Escape

Control a captured specimen that must consume meat to grow stronger. Choose random mutations to enhance your abilities and devour enemies in this rogue-like running game. Collect hats to further boost your specimen's power.

Highlights
  • Consume meat to grow
  • Select random mutations
  • Devour enemies
  • Rogue-like gameplay
  • Stackable mutation cards
  • Collect hats for bonuses
Features
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Welcome, little specimen! You're the unstable... thingy captured by scientist. Consume meats, select random Mutations, and Devour all bad guys in your sight! Every time you gain meat, you can select mutations to make your specimen stronger. Rogue-like style running game with dynamic mutation features. Every mutation cards can stack up to 3 times for better effects. Collect Set of hats to enhance your specimen.

About

Tails.io

Engage in exciting tail-based combat by tapping and dragging to move, then releasing to attack. Grow your tail by eating meat, avoid poisonous mushrooms, and strategize your attacks to survive stages and defeat bosses. Compete for victory in championship challenges.

Highlights
  • Simple tap and drag controls
  • Grow tail by eating meat
  • Avoid poisonous mushrooms
  • Strategic tail attacks
  • Survive regular stages
  • Defeat boss characters
  • Collect coins in bonus stages
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Throw the enemies out with your tail! Guaranteed excitement with simple control! Tap & drag to where you want to move, release to rotate and attack with your tail. That's all it takes, and palm sweating experiences are waiting for you. Your tail will grow longer the more meat you eat. Be careful of poisonous mushrooms. It's your choice either to wait until your tail grows and then attack, or start attacking right away as the situation permits! If you survive regular stages and become 1st, you will go to the next stage. Collect all the coins in bonus stages. Boss characters in check points are not the same as regular enemies! Be mindful! As you become comfortable with the game, why don't you challenge winning the championship! Good to know: • With regular size meat, your tail will grow by one step. • You will grow larger if you have larger meat. • You will shrink with poisonous fungus. But, you can grow back with some meat. • If you get involved in bomb explosion, your tail will shrink back to original length. • If you use your tail on bombs, they may explode. Better to push them away instead. • You can sweep the mushrooms off with your tail. But you can also throw the meats away at the same time, so be sensible in the use of that capability. • Some area of ground will sink as time passes. There will be more frequent battles because of that. • You will get a new skin, if you attain higher rank or meet other conditions.

Screenshots

Lab Escape4 screens
Tails.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lab Escape and Tails.io both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Lab Escape's written reviews are positive against 69% of Tails.io's. Lab Escape also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Tails.io's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (573 vs 164). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Lab Escape sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Tails.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Lab Escape against 4.7 for Tails.io. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164 and 573 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Lab Escape's written reviews are positive against 69% of Tails.io's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, Tails.io every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lab Escape versus Tails.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLab EscapeTails.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (164 ratings) — better4.7 (573 ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings164573 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB148 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSeHyeon Imponos corporation

Customer experience

Lab Escape

All ratings164 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%

Tails.io

All ratings573 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

Bugs and requests

Lab Escape

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Boxes for hats not working
  • Ads causing game crashes
  • Screen resolution not fitting iPhone X+
  • Lag at high scores (11700+ points)
  • FPS drops at high scores (23000+ points)
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  • Exceeded limit of 20 boxes glitch
  • Right bottom button not registering on some phones
  • Game stutters on iPhone 7 with 5000m+ distance

Requested features

8 requests
  • More boxes/hats drop rate
  • Unlockable specimens with different skills
  • Potions for speed/damage reduction
  • Adjustable skill button position
  • More frequent ad opportunities for boxes
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  • Fix for purchased items not restoring
  • More skills beyond just getting bigger
  • iPad Pro version

Tails.io

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Lab Escape

One-time5
  • Tiny Supply$0.99
  • Supply Bundle$1.99
  • AD Devourer$1.99
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  • Supply Tower$3.99
  • Planetary Supply$7.99
1 purchases

Tails.io

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Lab Escape free?
Lab Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tails.io free?
Tails.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lab Escape or Tails.io?
Lab Escape is rated higher. Lab Escape averages 4.8 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Tails.io averages 4.7 from 573 ratings.
Do Lab Escape or Tails.io have ads?
Both Lab Escape and Tails.io show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lab Escape or Tails.io?
Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, and Tails.io every 2 months. Most recently, Lab Escape was updated on October 26, 2026 and Tails.io on October 29, 2026.

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