Mythical Puzzles vs Laboratory Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mythical Puzzles
Engage with a collection of mythical creature-themed jigsaw puzzles. Solve 60 levels of beautiful imagery, with options to peek at the original, skip difficult stages, and save completed images. Compete globally via Game Center.
- 60 levels with mythical creature images
- Drag and drop puzzle piece assembly
- Peek function to preview original image
- Save completed images to gallery
- Skip difficult levels
- Game Center for global competition
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Mythical Jigsaw Puzzle is jigsaw game for iPhone and iPad. Enjoy of high quality images. The game contains 60 levels with beautiful mythical pictures. You will find pegasus, phoenix, dragon, mermaid and more mythical creatures. Drag the pieces to the right place to create the image. Use "Peek" button to preview the original image. Completed levels will be unlocked and you can save images to your phone photo gallery. If you can not complete any level you can simple skip it and try to complete it later. Just press "Skip" level button to skip current level. The Game Center is available. So you can compete with players all over the world. Lets start and enjoy!
Laboratory Run
Guide a mysterious character through a challenging running game. Collect bonuses, jump over obstacles, and dodge enemies to become the champion. Make friends with the character to avoid being chased.
- Collect bonuses
- Jump over obstacles
- Dodge enemies
- Become the champion
- Improve character speed and strength
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How many fear and suffering brought on earth this mysterious character from childhood dreams? How much fear you had suffered while he was chasing you through the woods? But this time we will try to help him in such difficult task, like running long on distances! Help him in collecting bonuses, jumping obstacles and dodging enemies. Help Slenderman become the first, and perhaps you will make friends with him, and he will no longer chase you through the woods! In this race you'll get: - Help Slender become faster and stronger! - Dodging the enemies, jump over obstacles, collect bonuses! - Become the absolute champion!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Laboratory Run at none against Mythical Puzzles's shown. Laboratory Run also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 25 months) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). 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. Mythical Puzzles sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Laboratory Run sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Laboratory Run holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laboratory Run has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mythical Puzzles ships an update every 25 months, Laboratory Run every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Mythical Puzzles | Laboratory Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 69.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 13.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | John Smith | App Holdings |
Customer experience
Mythical Puzzles
Laboratory Run
In-app purchases
Mythical Puzzles
- Peek image$0.99
- Save image$0.99
- Skip level$0.99
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- Unlock all levels$1.99
- Remove ads$1.99
Laboratory Run
- Stack of dolls$0.99
- Stack of crystals$0.99
- Stack of dolls$1.99
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- Stack of crystals$1.99
- Stack of dolls$2.99
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