Plague Inc. vs Cell to Singularity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plague Inc.
A strategic simulation game where you evolve a deadly pathogen to infect the world and end humanity. Adapt your plague against global defenses and master different disease types to achieve victory. It's a high-stakes battle of strategy against the entire planet.
- Evolve deadly global plagues
- Adapt against human defenses
- Master 12 disease types
- Infect 50+ countries
- Hundreds of traits to evolve
- Daily Diseases and Outbreak Mode
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Can you infect the world? Plague Inc. is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero'. Now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself. Brilliantly executed with innovative gameplay and built from the ground up for iPhone & iPad, Plague Inc. evolves the strategy genre and pushes mobile gaming (and you) to new levels. It’s You vs. the world - only the strongest can survive! ◈◈◈ #1 top game globally with well over a billion games played ◈◈◈ Plague Inc. is a global hit with over a million 5 star ratings and features in newspapers such as The Economist, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Guardian and London Metro! The developer of Plague Inc. was invited to speak at the CDC in Atlanta about the disease models inside the game! ▶ “The game creates a compelling world that engages the public on serious public health topics” – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ▶ "Plague Inc: The Cure encapsulates the complexities of a global pandemic response and highlights how crucial international collaboration is needed to address such a threat.” – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ▶ “Best Tablet Game” - New York Daily News ▶ “Plague Inc. will snag your attention in all the right ways and keep it there” - Touch Arcade ▶ “No denying Plague Inc.'s high-level of quality” - Modojo ▶ “Plague Inc. should not be as much fun as it is” – London Metro ▶ “Will leave you hoping to destroy the world, all in the name of a bit of fun” – Pocket Lint ▶ “Plague Inc.'s gameplay is infectious” - Slide to Play ▶ Winner – “Overall Game of the Year” – Pocket Gamer ▶ “Killing billions has never been so fun” – IGN ◈◈◈ Features: ● Stunning retina graphics with a highly polished interface (Contagion guaranteed) ● Highly detailed, hyper-realistic world with advanced AI (Outbreak management) ● Comprehensive in-game help and tutorial system (I am Legendarily helpful) ● 12 different disease types with radically different strategies to master (12 Monkeys?) ● Full Save/Load functionality (28 Saves Later!) ● 50+ countries to infect, hundreds of traits to evolve and thousands of world events to adapt to (Pandemic evolved) ● Full game support for scoreboards and achievements ● Expansion updates add the mind controlling Neurax Worm, the zombie producing Necroa Virus, Speed Runs and real life Scenarios! ● Can you save the world? Take control and stop a deadly global plague in our biggest expansion yet! ● Take on Daily Diseases, earn powerful upgrades and compete against the world in Outbreak Mode! Localised in English, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian. (more coming soon) P.S. Give yourself a pat on the back if you got all the themed literature references! Special sale price to celebrate being one of the most popular paid iPhone games ever! ◈◈◈ Like Plague Inc. on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlagueInc Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NdemicCreations
Cell to Singularity
Embark on an evolutionary journey from a single cell to a technological singularity. Tap to gain entropy, unlock new chapters of life, and witness milestones like dinosaur extinction and the Industrial Revolution. Explore the past, present, and future of humanity in this engaging idle clicker game.
- Evolutionary clicker gameplay
- Gain Entropy currency
- Unlock chapters of life
- Climb Tech Tree
- View 3D habitats
- Discover scientific facts
- Simulate life on Earth
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Tap into the extraordinary tale of evolution in this cosmic clicker game! Once upon a time, over 4.5 billion years ago, there was no life in the Solar System. And then, almost in the blink of an eye on the geologic time scale, everything changed. Deep in the primordial soup on Earth lay the organic compounds that would give rise to life’s humble origins. All it takes for this epic evolution game to unfold is you. Turn to the next page of evolution with every click. Gain entropy to unlock the next chapter of the evolution of life. Uncover twists and turns that led to the great milestones of life evolution: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the discovery of fire, the Industrial Revolution, and more. See chapters that have yet to be written -- a future evolution beyond the modern day. ▶ The epic story of evolution, technology, and humanity is yours to tap. It’s a breathtaking evolution game! ▶ The most accurate human evolution game on Earth! ... Features: • Countless hours of addictive--but very informative--clicker gameplay • With every tap, earn Entropy the evolutionary currency for life in the universe • Simple, intuitive controls--click anywhere for Entropy for new animal Evolutions! • Later climb civilizations Tech Tree by spending ideas on countless scientific and technology upgrades • It’s a science game about the development of life on Earth. View the fruits of evolution in beautiful 3D habitats. Unlock animals like Fish, Lizards, Mammals, Monkeys. • Unlock the future of evolution and the mystery of the technological singularity. • Discover and learn scientific facts about evolution of life and natural history as you play • Enter a space odyssey into speculative science fiction as you click past modern civilization • Get into a life creation mood thanks to an epic soundtrack of classical music • Upgrade the evolution of a single cell organism into a civilization on the brink of a technological singularity • Simulate the science of life on earth. • Upgrade tech to Survive on Mars and Terraform Mars A science evolution game where you upgrade life, from a Single-Cell organism, to multi-celled organisms, fish, reptiles, mammals, monkeys, humans and beyond. Play the evolution of Life on Earth, all its past, present and future. Will humanity survive the next phase of evolution? ... Let’s be Facebook friends facebook.com/ComputerLunch/ Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ComputerLunch Add us on Instagram instagram.com/computerlunchgames/ Let’s chat on Discord discord.com/invite/celltosingularity ... Terms of service: https://games.computerlunch.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://games.computerlunch.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cell to Singularity at Free against Plague Inc.'s $0.99. Cell to Singularity also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Plague Inc.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#2 vs #126). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Cell to Singularity is free to download; Plague Inc. costs $0.99 up front. Plague Inc. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cell to Singularity sells 17 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 — 4.8 for Plague Inc. against 4.8 for Cell to Singularity. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plague Inc. has 167K ratings behind it against 23K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Plague Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Cell to Singularity's.
Plague Inc. ships an update every 2 months, Cell to Singularity fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Plague Inc. | Cell to Singularity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (167K ratings) | 4.8 (23K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 167K — better | 23K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | #126 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 494 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ndemic Creations | Computer Lunch |
Customer experience
Plague Inc.
Cell to Singularity
User reviews
Plague Inc.
From 167K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 🤔 Challenging and thought-provoking
- 👍 Realistic disease simulation
- 💡 Unique scenarios and special disease types
- 🎨 Immersive graphics and audio
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Slow progression without paying
- 🐛 Inconsistent game mechanics
- 🤖 Unrealistic cure development
- 🤔 Lack of multiplayer mode
Cell to Singularity
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome game!
- 🚀 Amazing still
- 🚀 Best game ever
- 🚀 Very relaxing simple game packed with nicely designed content
- 🚀 Genuinely Brilliant
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lengthy but worth the read
- 🐛 Ads
- 🐛 Stolen logits
- 🐛 Ads too long
- 🐛 Too many LONG ads
Bugs and requests
Plague Inc.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to restore purchased content
- Glitches with certain disease types
- Inconsistent DNA point rewards
- Sudden difficulty spikes on normal mode
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode (player vs player)
- More realistic cure distribution and development
- Ability to customize game scenarios
- Expanded free content without paywall
- Improved progression for free-to-play users
Cell to Singularity
Reported bugs
5 issues- Stopped getting metabits after simulation 11
- Mesozoic Valley simulation is bugged
- Crashes when loading data from server
- Rapid buy feature removed in update
- Ads not working properly
Requested features
8 requests- Add pls
- More in the Beyond
- More galaxies, planets, and stars in the Beyond
- Add insects, plants, and other animal groups
- Add a facility to turn off planet/star titles
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- Add a way to convert currencies like entropy to ideas
- Add a true reset option to start over completely
- Add cutscenes for major events
In-app purchases
Plague Inc.
- Unlock Virus$0.99
- Neurax Worm Expansion Pack$1.99
- Necroa Virus Expansion Pack$1.99
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- Simian Flu Expansion Pack$1.99
- Shadow Plague Expansion Pack$1.99
- Unlock 7 Standard Plagues$2.99
- Scenario Pack$2.99
- Unlock All Genes$7.99
- Unlock Cheats$9.99
- Plague Pack$12.99
Cell to Singularity
- Darwinium Bundle$0.99
- 50 Cubes$1.99
- Starter Bundle$2.99
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- Darwinium Bundle$2.99
- Special Offer$2.99
- Special Offer$3.99
- Darwinium Bundle2 variants$4.99
- 150 Cubes$4.99
- Special Offer$4.99
- Darwinium Bundle$6.99
- Special Offer$7.99
- 300 Cubes$7.99
- Darwinium Bundle$9.99
- Infinity Pass (30 Days)$12.99
- Infinity Pass$12.99
- 900 Cubes$19.99
- Special Offer$19.99
Questions
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