Lab Escape vs Origami Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Consume meat to grow
- Select random mutations
- Devour enemies
- Rogue-like gameplay
- Stackable mutation cards
- Collect hats for bonuses
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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.
Origami Dash
Transform paper into origami to race to the finish line. Tap buttons to change your paper shape, choosing the right one to gain speed and beat opponents. Compete against others in this fast-paced game.
- Origami transformation gameplay
- Fast-paced racing
- Competitive multiplayer
- Simple tap controls
- Goal-oriented challenges
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How to play: - Tap buttons to transform your paper into origami. - Choose the right one to go FAST and be the FIRST to reach the goal. - Compete with others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Origami Dash at none against Lab Escape's 5. Origami Dash also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Lab Escape's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 14). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Lab Escape sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Origami Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lab Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lab Escape has 164 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Lab Escape | Origami Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (164 ratings) — better | 4.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 164 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SeHyeon Im | Hang Nguyen |
Customer experience
Lab Escape
Origami Dash
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
Origami Dash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lab Escape
- Tiny Supply$0.99
- Supply Bundle$1.99
- AD Devourer$1.99
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- Supply Tower$3.99
- Planetary Supply$7.99
Origami Dash
No in-app purchases
