Comparison

Lapse vs Achikaps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lapse

Lead a nation through a post-apocalyptic future by making critical decisions. Swipe left or right to shape your nation's destiny amidst wars, illness, and famine. Every choice impacts your path to victory or ruin in a world of mystery and betrayal.

Highlights
  • Nation leadership simulation
  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Swipe-based decision making
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Resource management challenges
  • Unraveling mysteries
Features
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Lead an entire nation to salvation – or destruction – in a post-apocalyptic world set beyond the year 2075. With a simple swap of your finger, left or right, you’ll be able to decide of this Nation’s destiny, taking hard decision about different quests and problems, that will be brought to your presidential attention. Be careful though: leading has never been easy and it will be even more challenging in a similar world. Something mysterious has thrown the whole future humanity in a deep confusion, causing a continuous stream of events as wars, illness, famine. No one seems to recall what started this all, no one seems to know anything about the odd events that keeps involving the planet, no one can explain why you seem to rise every time someone tries to keep you down. So be careful, and think long and hard each and every decision, because nothing happens by chance. Every single event might help you reach your final victory, but at the same time it could be the reason of your failure. Who will be your friend, and who will be your enemy? Hard to say in such a complex world filled with betrayals, aliens, bionic beings and ancient myths. What’s done is done, and you can just play your cards as well as you can in this inevitable race against time.

About

Achikaps

Engage in a straightforward economic strategy game. Explore both a story-driven campaign and a freeform sandbox mode. Enjoy a user-friendly interface and fluid animations.

Highlights
  • Easy to learn
  • Campaign mode
  • Sandbox mode
  • Simple UI
  • Smooth animations
Features
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Achikaps is a simple economic strategy. Features: - Easy to learn - Campaign and sandbox modes - Simple UI - Smooth animations

Screenshots

Lapse4 screens
Achikaps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Achikaps at Free against Lapse's $0.99. Achikaps also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). Lapse's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (97% vs 88%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Achikaps is free to download; Lapse costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lapse holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 415 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Lapse's written reviews are positive against 88% of Achikaps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lapse ships an update every 2 months, Achikaps every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lapse versus Achikaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLapseAchikaps
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (415 ratings) — better4.4 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews97.0% of reviews — better88.0% of reviews
Number of ratings415 — better184
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB54 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperStefano CornagoIvan Yakovliev

Customer experience

Lapse

All ratings415 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.2%
Written reviews404 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%

Achikaps

All ratings184 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

Lapse

From 415 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent game
  • 🚀 Great time killer
  • 👍 Great story
  • 👍 Interesting and fun
  • 👍 Challenging but rewarding

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
  • 🔋 Can be repetitive at times

Achikaps

From 184 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple yet engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive controls
  • 💎 High-quality game with no ads or IAPs
  • 🎨 Appealing minimalist art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Grey screen glitch when switching apps
  • 🤔 Unclear tutorial and lack of in-game information

Bugs and requests

Lapse

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Oracle sometimes predicts wrong outcomes
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • More diverse cards and gameplay variety
  • Optimization and performance improvements

Achikaps

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Screen turns grey when opening notifications
  • Buttons and UI elements become unresponsive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Improve enemy AI difficulty scaling
  • Provide more building and unit options
  • Allow renaming of saved files

In-app purchases

None

Lapse

No in-app purchases

None

Achikaps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lapse free?
Lapse costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Achikaps free?
Achikaps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lapse or Achikaps?
Lapse is rated higher. Lapse averages 4.9 out of 5 from 415 ratings, while Achikaps averages 4.4 from 184 ratings.
Do Lapse or Achikaps have ads?
Neither Lapse nor Achikaps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lapse or Achikaps?
Lapse ships an update every 2 months, and Achikaps every 3 months. Most recently, Lapse was updated on October 16, 2026 and Achikaps on October 12, 2026.

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