Lab Escape vs Bold Attack
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.
Bold Attack
Engage in exciting battles where you wield letter-based weapons. Evolve your character, unlock powerful abilities, and conquer new planets to face increasingly formidable foes.
- Evolve and gain new skills
- Unlock powerful weapons
- Conquer new planets
- Dominate tough opponents
- Face bigger and badder enemies
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As you fight your way through each level, you'll evolve and gain new skills to help you dominate even the toughest opponents. With each new planet you conquer, you'll unlock even more powerful weapons and abilities to take on bigger and badder enemies. Download now and let the battle begin!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lab Escape at 94% against Bold Attack's 19%. Lab Escape also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Bold Attack's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Lab Escape sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Bold Attack sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lab Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 164 and 418 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Lab Escape's written reviews are positive against 19% of Bold Attack's.
Lab Escape ships an update every 5 months, Bold Attack daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lab Escape | Bold Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (164 ratings) — better | 4.6 (418 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 19.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 164 | 418 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SeHyeon Im | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Lab Escape
Bold Attack
User reviews
Lab Escape
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and appealing art style
- 💡 Great time killer
- 🆓 Ad-supported choice
- 🎮 Simple controls
Room to improve
- 😩 Hats too hard to get
- 📉 Slow progression
- 🐛 Game crashes
- 📱 Resolution issues on newer iPhones
- 🐌 Lagging at high scores
Bold Attack
From 418 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Good game concept
Room to improve
- 🚫 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💤 Lack of depth after early levels
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
Bold Attack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Enemies remain alive after being killed
- Inability to collect dropped items
Requested features
3 requests- Endless mode
- Reduce ad frequency
- Improve performance and stability
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
Bold Attack
- Cash Kickstart Pack$1.99
- Ticket 10$1.99
- 2X Damage$2.99
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- 2X Speed$2.99
- Money Fountain Pack$2.99
- Ticket 20$2.99
- 2X Income$3.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- Ticket 50$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- 30 Tickets and No Ads$5.99
- Mega Bundle$7.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$7.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Big Chest Treasure$11.99
