Lab Escape vs Creature Creator Run
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.
Creature Creator Run
Evil bots have invaded and stolen vital creature parts. Reclaim these parts to design new creatures and battle the bots to save the planet. Your unique creations are humanity's final defense.
- Create unique creatures
- Reclaim lost creature parts
- Battle evil bots
- Save the Earth
- Lab-based gameplay
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The evil bots have taken over the world! They couldn't destroy your lab completely but you lost many creature parts! Reclaim Creature parts and Create new Creatures to take down the Bots and save then the world! Your abominations are Earth's last hope!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lab Escape at 4.8 against Creature Creator Run's 3.7. Lab Escape also leads on ratings volume (164 vs 6). Creature Creator Run's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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. Creature Creator Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lab Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lab Escape has 164 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, Creature Creator Run every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lab Escape | Creature Creator Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (164 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 164 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 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 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SeHyeon Im | TILTLABS (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
Lab Escape
Creature Creator Run
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
Creature Creator Run
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
Creature Creator Run
No in-app purchases
