Clumsy Cat vs Lab Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clumsy Cat
Embody a mischievous cat left alone to cause chaos. Explore and destroy four distinct environments, from a house to a mall, before your owners return. Unlock new playable characters and wreak havoc.
- Destroy house, museum, school, and mall
- Play as a ginger cat or unlock other pets
- Explore diverse rooms and exhibits
- Cause maximum damage
- Upgrade to new playable characters
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You are a cat. Your owners left you alone. Do as much damage as possible before they get back. Destroy four levels - the house, museum, school, and mall. Play as a lovable ginger cat or upgrade to one of the other playable pets. Wreak havoc with a Siamese cat, fat cat, beaver, bull, cow, dog, goat, lion, koala, monkey, pig, pony, raccoon, and more! The house has a variety of rooms to smash including: -Family room -Kitchen -Dining room -Bathroom -Bedroom -Attic -Basement -Garage The museum has many exhibits to wreck: -Dinosaur fossils -Sculptures -Paintings -Egyptian -Medieval -Pottery The entire school can be ruined including: -Gymnasium -Library -Science lab -Band room -Classrooms -Computer lab The mall has many stores to vandalize (paid content): -Electronics store -Appliance store -Cosmetic store -Pharmacy -Clothing store -Toy store -Jewelry store
Lab Escape
Control a captured specimen that must consume meat to grow stronger. Choose random mutations to enhance your abilities and devour enemies in this rogue-like running game. Collect hats to further boost your specimen's power.
- Consume meat to grow
- Select random mutations
- Devour enemies
- Rogue-like gameplay
- Stackable mutation cards
- Collect hats for bonuses
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Welcome, little specimen! You're the unstable... thingy captured by scientist. Consume meats, select random Mutations, and Devour all bad guys in your sight! Every time you gain meat, you can select mutations to make your specimen stronger. Rogue-like style running game with dynamic mutation features. Every mutation cards can stack up to 3 times for better effects. Collect Set of hats to enhance your specimen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lab Escape at 4.8 against Clumsy Cat's 4.2. Lab Escape also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 months). Clumsy Cat's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (743 vs 164). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Clumsy Cat sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Lab Escape sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lab Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 743 and 164 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Clumsy Cat's written reviews are positive against 94% of Lab Escape's.
Clumsy Cat ships an update every 12 months, Lab Escape every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Clumsy Cat | Lab Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (743 ratings) | 4.8 (164 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 743 — better | 164 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dingo Games Inc. | SeHyeon Im |
Customer experience
Clumsy Cat
Lab Escape
User reviews
Clumsy Cat
From 743 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying destruction
- 👍 No ads
- 🐱 Cute cat character
- ⭐️ Fun and addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for additional characters and levels
- ⏱️ Short time limit
- 🔁 Repetitive single house setting
Lab Escape
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and appealing art style
- 💡 Great time killer
- 🆓 Ad-supported choice
- 🎮 Simple controls
Room to improve
- 😩 Hats too hard to get
- 📉 Slow progression
- 🐛 Game crashes
- 📱 Resolution issues on newer iPhones
- 🐌 Lagging at high scores
Bugs and requests
Clumsy Cat
Reported bugs
2 issues- Restore purchases feature not working
- Controls can be unresponsive at times
Requested features
4 requests- Unlock characters and levels through gameplay progression
- Add more houses/environments to destroy
- Implement an unlimited/sandbox mode
- Introduce multiplayer functionality
Lab Escape
Reported bugs
8 issues- Boxes for hats not working
- Ads causing game crashes
- Screen resolution not fitting iPhone X+
- Lag at high scores (11700+ points)
- FPS drops at high scores (23000+ points)
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- Exceeded limit of 20 boxes glitch
- Right bottom button not registering on some phones
- Game stutters on iPhone 7 with 5000m+ distance
Requested features
8 requests- More boxes/hats drop rate
- Unlockable specimens with different skills
- Potions for speed/damage reduction
- Adjustable skill button position
- More frequent ad opportunities for boxes
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- Fix for purchased items not restoring
- More skills beyond just getting bigger
- iPad Pro version
In-app purchases
Clumsy Cat
- Unlock All Characters$3.99
- Unlock Mall Level$3.99
Lab Escape
- Tiny Supply$0.99
- Supply Bundle$1.99
- AD Devourer$1.99
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- Supply Tower$3.99
- Planetary Supply$7.99
