Early Worm vs Slime Labs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Early Worm
A family-friendly physics-based platformer where you guide a worm to collect apples across 98 challenging levels. Utilize unique mechanics like honey-sticking, diving bells, and antigravity to solve puzzles and navigate obstacles.
- Physics-based gameplay
- 98 challenging levels
- Wall and ceiling sticking
- Diving bell mechanics
- Mechanical puzzles
- Antigravity zones
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Are you the Early Worm that catches the apple? Early worm is family friendly physics based platformer about a worm that wants to collect all the apples. Sling your worm around 98 levels full of surprises: - Stick to walls and ceilings with honey, bounce on the mushroom beds! - Dive into the deep waters with diving bell! - Jump around and solve mechanical puzzles! - Thumble up and down in a rotating cube! - Fling into the mysterious blackstuff and float around in the antigravity! - These and many more crazy things await you in Early Worm. Wake up early and start jumping now! Can you make it to the end? FEATURES: • Colourful graphics • Family friendly gameplay • 98 levels • Physics! Game has advertisements and a No Ads purchase.
Slime Labs
Control a blob of ooze in a physics-based platformer. Stretch, squish, and grow by absorbing other slime to navigate a lab filled with traps and collect hidden data-disks.
- Physics-based slime mechanics
- Collect data-disks
- Multiple endings
- Pixel art graphics
- Original music
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The slime is back! Venture through a laboratory full of traps and stretch your way to the goal. Slime Labs is a physics based platformer where you control a blob of green ooze that can squish, stretch, shrink, and get enormous by absorbing smaller bits of slime. Collect all the data-disks hidden in the levels and perfect all the stages. Features: • Super fun slime-physics • Addicting gameplay • Multiple endings • Slime-tastic pixel art • Groovy music tracks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Early Worm at 4.8 against Slime Labs's 3.6. Early Worm also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 59%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Early Worm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slime Labs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Early Worm holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Early Worm has 3.3K ratings behind it against 189, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Early Worm's written reviews are positive against 59% of Slime Labs's.
Early Worm ships an update weekly, Slime Labs every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Early Worm | Slime Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.3K ratings) — better | 3.6 (189 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better | 59.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 189 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oddrok Oy | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Early Worm
Slime Labs
User reviews
Early Worm
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Cute and charming design
- 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging yet rewarding puzzles
- 🕹️ Satisfying physics-based mechanics
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of level variety
- ⏱️ Short overall playtime
- 💰 Frequent ads
- 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
Slime Labs
From 189 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging and fun gameplay mechanics
- 🎨 Charming pixel graphics and visual design
- 😊 Cute and appealing slime character
- 🧩 Creative level design with varied obstacles
- 🔄 Good difficulty progression in most levels
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🎮 Inconsistent and unresponsive touch controls
- ⚙️ Frequent bugs and glitches during gameplay
- 🔋 Severe battery drain and device overheating
- 😤 Difficulty spikes make game frustrating
Bugs and requests
Early Worm
Reported bugs
2 issues- Restart button not working as expected
- Issues with 50th and 56th levels
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Level editor or community features
- Customization options for the worm
- Difficulty options or challenge modes
Slime Labs
Reported bugs
12 issues- X button on pop-ups doesn't respond
- Pause button functionality broken
- Game freezes on 'no ads' purchase pop-up
- Progress resets when exiting mid-level
- Unresponsive touch controls in tight spaces
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- Ads appear immediately after level completion blocking next level
- Game crashes on older devices (iPhone 6)
- Black screen on app restart
- Rotating platform collision detection issues
- Inconsistent jump height and timing
- Game softlocks when skin pop-ups appear
- Performance lag and stuttering during gameplay
Requested features
12 requests- More levels and additional content
- Easy mode or difficulty settings
- Level skip option with ad compensation
- Mute music button
- Controller support for better precision
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- Level editor or custom level creation
- Free cosmetic skins instead of paid-only
- Online multiplayer or co-op modes
- Sequel or continuation of the game
- Lives system instead of instant death
- Improved control scheme with joysticks
- Game available on Steam with co-op support
In-app purchases
Early Worm
- No Ads$0.39
Slime Labs
- Premium$1.99
