Locked vs Universal Paperclips™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locked
A Master Mind-style puzzle game where players guess numerical combinations to unlock various padlocks. Challenge friends with your high scores and quick unlock times.
- Master Mind-style gameplay
- Unlock various padlocks
- Millions of possibilities
- Colored button interface
- Tutorial for guidance
- Challenge friends
- Track personal best scores
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Find the combination that opens the Lock ! Locked is a Master Mind like game, in which you have to open different padlocks. Padlocks have 4, 5 to 10 numbers that make millions of possibilities ! Use the colored buttons to find out the combination. Check out the tutorial to know how to interpret these buttons. Hide them and ask your friends to open the lock ! Impress them with your Best personal scores, and by opening it quickly (if you are able to !). Try to find the way that will make you do the fewest moves to open the padlocks ! Check out a demo of the app and other great iPhone apps on SEB-AppStore.com
Universal Paperclips™
Become a super-powered AI focused on creating an unstoppable paperclip empire. This idle management strategy simulation game offers full gameplay without ads or in-app purchases.
- AI paperclip maximization
- Idle management gameplay
- Strategy simulation
- Empire building
- Full gameplay
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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The OFFICIAL mobile version of the hit browser game. No ads, no in-app purchases, full gameplay. "The game is click-crack." - Wired "This paperclip sim will cause your next existential crisis." - VentureBeat "A hopelessly addicting game." - Forbes "A terrifying lesson in how artificial intelligence will make us unnecessary." - Business Insider "If this planet ends up with a tombstone, what is written on the tombstone may be, 'they didn’t really understand what it’s like to be a paperclip maximizer.'" - Eliezer Yudkowsky Become a super-powerful AI who only wants one thing: paperclips. Use your unstoppable intelligence to create a massive paperclip empire in this addictive idle/management/strategy/sim.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Universal Paperclips™ at 4.5 against Locked's 3.5. Universal Paperclips™ also leads on ratings volume (303 vs 2) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). Locked's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
Locked costs $1.99 and Universal Paperclips™ $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Universal Paperclips™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Universal Paperclips™ has 303 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Locked ships an update every 3 weeks, Universal Paperclips™ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locked | Universal Paperclips™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastien BUET | Everybody House Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Locked
Universal Paperclips™
Bugs and requests
Locked
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Universal Paperclips™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Drones gifts getting stuck at NaN
- Inability to progress past certain stages due to bugs
- Inconsistent behavior when closing and reopening the app
- Resets or loss of progress after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save and resume progress across devices
- Offline/background progress
- Better iPad optimization with multi-column layout
In-app purchases
Locked
No in-app purchases
Universal Paperclips™
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Locked free?
Is Universal Paperclips™ free?
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Do Locked or Universal Paperclips™ have ads?
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