Space Papers vs SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Papers
Become a galactic border agent tasked with checking traveler documents and identifying illegal aliens and interdimensional parasites. Earn points to upgrade equipment and unlock new abilities to protect the galaxy from invasion.
- Intergalactic border agent simulation
- Check traveler papers and identify threats
- Arrest illegal aliens and parasites
- Upgrade equipment and unlock abilities
- Offline gameplay
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Welcome to the Intergalactic Customs Department! As a galactic planetary border agent, you'll be tasked with protecting the galaxy against bad paperwork, illegal aliens (literally), and the greatest threat of all - a transdimensional intergalactic Parasite! They are the main galactic threat and will do anything for universal domination. How good are you at identifying and arresting them? Play Space Papers: Planet’s Border and prove yourself the best intergalactic officer to protect the galaxy against the secret invasion. MISSION: INTERGALACTIC AIRPORT SECURITY As an officer of the intergalactic border patrol, your mission is only one: keep the space airport security. Check all the traveler's papers, please, and stop The Parasites from dominating the galaxy! The more enemies you can arrest, the more points you earn to upgrade equipment, the space airport scanner and even unlock new abilities and planets. Grab your space suit, prepare your intergalactic equipment, and secure the planet's border! TARGET: THE PARASITES The main threat to the planet's border security and the galaxy, The Parasites wants to dominate the universe. As a border patrol officer, check all the traveler's papers, please, and find them. They can use dangerous objects, like bananas... THAT'S RIGHT, BANANAS! Use the space airport scanner and secure the planet border. The Parasites must be arrested as soon as possible! Download Space Papers: Planet’s Border now and keep galaxy security. *Space Papers: Planet’s Border is a free offline game. However, the game has purchases of extra features and add-on packs that are optional for gameplay.
SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app
Build and manage your own secret laboratory by tapping to earn money and science points. Invest in upgrades, hire employees, and research new technologies to accelerate your progress. Complete story events for permanent boosts and become a manager of an alien investigation foundation.
- Tap to earn money and science points
- Upgrade laboratory and hire employees
- Research new technologies for faster progress
- Complete story events for permanent boosts
- Pixel art idle clicker gameplay
- Become a lab manager
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- Tap to earn money and science points! Each click brings you money. Use this money to improve your laboratory, conduct experiments with aliens, and also increase your passive income. - Hire employees, improve your laboratory! When you have enough money, you can spend it on base upgrades. Basic clicker mechanic - some upgrades give you a passive income boost and some give you a passive income boost. - Explore new technologies! To progress even faster, gain science points and spend them on new research. Each research radically improves the situation with your secret fund and accelerates your progress. More research - faster progress! - Complete story events! Prepare enough money and science points to participate in story events. Completing the event will give you a permanent boost for your entire lab. This is the coolest mechanic of our clicker. To even lay the foundation! Install this pixel art secret clicker to become a manager and build your own X-Files Foundation laboratory. Download Idler Secret Lab and let's create our very own Alien Problem Investigation Foundation! Rate my game and leave feedback so I know what I should change! If you have questions, problems, suggestions, write to me at hello@godreams.games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Space Papers at every 2 months against SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app's every 7 months. SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Space Papers sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Space Papers against 3.9 for SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Space Papers's written reviews are positive against 53% of SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app's.
Space Papers ships an update every 2 months, SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Space Papers | SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (14 ratings) | 3.9 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 52.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tapps Games - Jogos Eletronicos | APPWILL COMPANY LTD |
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Space Papers
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In-app purchases
Space Papers
- Hard Currency Pack 01$1.99
- Hard Currency Pack 02$4.99
- Hard Currency Pack 03$9.99
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- Hard Currency Pack 04$19.99
- Hard Currency Pack 05$49.99
- Hard Currency Pack 06$99.99
SCP Laboratory Idle Mobile app
- Buy 10 000 RP$0.99
- Financial Manager$1.49
- Financial Manager$1.99
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- Buy 25 000 cash$1.99
- Buy 25 000 RP$1.99
- Disable Ads$1.99
- Fast Timer$2.99
- Buy 60 000 cash$3.99
- Buy 150 000 RP$7.99
- Buy 150 000 cash$7.99
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