Comparison

Lab Escape vs Vampire Evolution

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

Vampire Evolution

Combine mutant creatures to build a horde of blood-thirsty vampires. Discover new species, unlock stages, and enjoy a dark story with idle clicker gameplay. Keep your vampires fed to unlock more.

Highlights
  • Combine creatures to create new monsters
  • Discover different vampire species and stages
  • Idle clicker gameplay with coin generation
  • Unlock a mind-blowing dark story
  • Doodle-like illustrations
  • Open-ended gameplay
Features
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Vampires can be the most loyal friends - as long as you keep them well-fed! Combine different species of mutant, blood-thirsty creatures to create new and more ghoulish monsters for your vampiric horde! Some have pearly white fangs that look remarkably well with red stains, others like living in giant castles with lots of cellar space to store “wine”, and there are even those who like wearing bat costumes and posing as superheroes! Keep the blood flowing and the vampires will keep on coming! VAMPIRIC FEATURES - Pantheon: a new place for supreme beings to look down on us mortals and laugh at our misery - Impostors: watch out for impostors trying to steal the spotlight from the vampires. HOW TO PLAY - Drag and drop similar vampires to create new mysterious creatures - Use vampire eggs to earn coins, buy new creatures and make even more money - Alternatively, fiercely tap a vampire to make coins pop from their eggs HIGHLIGHTS - Different stages and many vampire species to discover - A mind-blowing story with dark twists! - The unexpected mix of creature evolution dynamics and incremental clicker games -Doodle-like illustrations -Open ended gameplay: enjoy the freedom! -No vampires were harmed in the making of this game, only developers (by the vampires) Isn’t it simply blood-stirring? Please note! This game is free to play, but it contains items that can be purchased for real money. Some features and extras mentioned in the description may also have to be purchased for real money.

Screenshots

Lab Escape4 screens
Vampire Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vampire Evolution at every 6 weeks against Lab Escape's every 5 months. Lab Escape's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Vampire Evolution sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.8 for Vampire Evolution. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164 and 126 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Lab Escape's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vampire Evolution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, Vampire Evolution every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lab Escape versus Vampire Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLab EscapeVampire Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (164 ratings)4.8 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings164 — better126
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — 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 MB153 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSeHyeon ImTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA

Customer experience

Lab Escape

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

Vampire Evolution

All ratings126 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Vampire Evolution

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
13 purchases

Vampire Evolution

One-time13
  • Hard Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Alien Currency Pack 1$1.99
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  • Hard Currency Pack Offer$1.99
  • Shop Bundle 1$2.99
  • Promo Bundles Very High$2.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 2$4.99
  • Alien Currency Pack 2$5.99
  • Shop Bundle 2$5.99
  • Promo Bundles High$5.99
  • Starter Bundle Discount$9.99
  • Trinket Bundle$9.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 3$9.99

Questions

Is Lab Escape free?
Lab Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vampire Evolution free?
Vampire Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lab Escape or Vampire Evolution?
Lab Escape and Vampire Evolution are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 164 and 126 ratings respectively.
Do Lab Escape or Vampire Evolution have ads?
Both Lab Escape and Vampire Evolution show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lab Escape or Vampire Evolution?
Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, and Vampire Evolution every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lab Escape was updated on September 29, 2026 and Vampire Evolution on September 21, 2026.

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