CompactO vs Upload Simulator 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CompactO
An idle game where you create colorful squares to earn in-game currency. Unlock new planes, infuse shapes into cubes, and automate your progress to generate increasing amounts of money. Features cloud saving, modding, and a variety of content like Mega Lands and Skilling.
- Create colorful squares
- Unlock new planes and 3D realms
- Automate gameplay
- Multiple prestige types
- Cloud saving and multi-saves
- Modding and customizable modifiers
- Skilling and researchable discoveries
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CompactO is an idle game based on creating colorful squares on your planes and earning money. Unlock the 3D Realm to unlock more planes to, you guessed it, create even more squares! Infuse your planes into cubes to make as much money as possible! The more shapes, the more money, oh we love money! CompactO is the most satisfying and colorful incremental game! FEATURES! Simplistic - Simple and colorful interface. Big Numbers - Up to the e100s is guaranteed! Lots of Content - Lots of places to unlock that make numbers grow! Made With Love - This game is being worked on by a solo developer who is very passionate! (NEW!) Cloud Saving - Transfer your saves to any device with just one login! (NEW!) Modding & Multi-Saves - Create multiple saves with customizable modifiers that make the game slower or even faster! CONTENT! Squares - Create colorful squares that make in-game money! Prestige - There are several types of prestiges to experience! 3D Realm - Unlock planes within worlds to create even more squares and different types of money! Automation - There are a ton of ways to automate the game and let it play for you! Upgrades - There are a ton of upgrades to buy and make progress even faster! Shrinkenator! - Earn cubes and shrink them to make even more! (NEW!) Mega Lands! - A whole layer of content with even more squares! (NEW!) Skilling! - Level up 7 skills and earn different kinds boosts! (NEW!) Fractals! - Enter the world of Fractals that make the game harder to earn additional boosts! (NEW!) The Lab! - Enter a new realm and research up to 25 discoveries! Play CompactO today and see how many squares you can create for only $2.99!
Upload Simulator 2
Simulate the process of uploading data to earn credits, upgrade your hardware, and research new technologies. Discover unique artifacts, craft modules, and customize your operating system with themes and wallpapers.
- GPU mining for credits
- Upgrade hardware setup
- Research new technologies
- Craft modules
- Customize OS with themes
- Discover unique artifacts
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Use your powerful GPU to mine credits and upgrade your setup even further! Get unique upgrades using your hard-gained reputation as an uploader! Use your uploaded data into the laboratory to research amazing new tech and boost your setup even more! Hack into the system and speed up your game with different abilities! Choose the format of your uploads for different outcomes! Find unique artifacts that grant you with different bonus effects! Collect resources to craft modules and modify your system! And customize your OS with different themes or even with the wallpaper of your choice!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Upload Simulator 2 at every 2 days against CompactO's every 3 weeks. Upload Simulator 2 also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 67%). CompactO's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On rating, 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
CompactO costs $2.99 and Upload Simulator 2 $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CompactO holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of CompactO's written reviews are positive against 80% of Upload Simulator 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CompactO ships an update every 3 weeks, Upload Simulator 2 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CompactO | Upload Simulator 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better | 4.4 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Considera Core LLC | EnigmaDev Studios |
Customer experience
CompactO
Upload Simulator 2
In-app purchases
CompactO
No in-app purchases
Upload Simulator 2
No in-app purchases
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