Comparison

Rockhopper vs Beaker Lab

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rockhopper

This retro-style indie game offers challenging platform puzzles with two distinct modes: infinite survival and timed levels. Master various platform types and overcome numerous obstacles and enemies to achieve high scores and gold medals. It's a completely free experience with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Infinite survival mode
  • 20 timed levels
  • Multiple platform types
  • Various enemies and obstacles
  • Power-ups
  • Global leaderboards and achievements
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Indie developed, super hard RETRO fun. Absolutely NO GENERATIVE AI used. Rack up a high score on INFINITE survival mode, or test your dexterity with 20 infuriating TIMED levels. You're going to need some serious skill to finish every level. FEATURES - Two game modes. SURVIVAL and LEVELS. - Spring, rock, ice and moving PLATFORMS. - Spikes, saws, fire and bird ENEMIES. - Avalanches, snowmen & snowballs. - Rocket & helmet POWERUPS to help you survive. - Game Center LEADERBOARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS. - NO ADVERTS and NO IAPs. 100% FREE. CONTROLS - Hold left or right side of screen to float in that direction.

About

Beaker Lab

Engage in a relaxing color-sorting puzzle game where you mix liquids to achieve single-color beakers. Enjoy realistic liquid physics, sound effects, and cooperative team play. Offers endless levels, daily challenges, and customizable color packs.

Highlights
  • Color mixing mechanics
  • Realistic liquid simulation
  • Lab Teams for cooperative play
  • Endless free levels
  • Daily and weekly challenges
  • Customizable color and food packs
  • Hints and undo options
Features
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Pour it, mix it, cork it. Beaker Lab is the color-sort puzzle where colors mix, with a science twist. Pour glowing liquids between glass beakers until every beaker holds a single color, then cork it. MIX NEW COLORS Pour red into yellow and it turns orange. Yellow and blue make green. Red and blue make purple. Mixing is part of the puzzle, so plan your pours. PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Lab Teams: every puzzle you solve counts toward a shared weekly goal • See the top teams every week • Challenge a friend to beat your moves on any level • Invite friends and you both get a free color pack • Game Center leaderboards and achievements REAL-FEELING LIQUID Glossy, see-through liquid sloshes and settles the way real liquid does. Hear the fill, the clink of glass and the pop of the cork. PLAY AT YOUR PACE No timers on regular levels. Pick it up for one level or twenty. Every few levels, a bonus round pays extra Beaker Bucks: race the clock in Beaker Blitz, or cork as many beakers as you can in Cork Frenzy. FEATURES • Endless free levels that keep getting harder • Super Solve: stuck? Let the lab solve the level for you • A daily puzzle and a weekly challenge • A slide-puzzle toy that fills up as you win • Lab Events every few days with prizes • Hard levels that pay double, with boosters when you want them • Frozen and locked beakers to outsmart • Home-screen widget for your streak and today's puzzle • Hints and undo when you're stuck • Earn Beaker Bucks as you play and spend them on hints, undos, extra moves and more • 30+ color packs, each with its own matching app icon • Food packs that look real: Soda Fountain, Jelly Jar, Hot Sauce, Icing, Pie Filling, Beer Brews and Condiments • Holiday packs: Spooky Brews, Candy Cane, Sweetheart, Lucky Clover, Spring Eggs and Firecracker • Light and dark mode • Plays on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with progress synced through iCloud The Everything Pack is a one-time purchase that unlocks every color pack, removes the ads between levels, and gives daily hints, undos and perks, plus 2,500 Beaker Bucks. Remove Ads is also available on its own.

Screenshots

Rockhopper4 screens
Beaker Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rockhopper at none against Beaker Lab's 10. Rockhopper also leads on ads (none vs shown). Beaker Lab's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Beaker Lab sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rockhopper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beaker Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rockhopper ships an update weekly, Beaker Lab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rockhopper versus Beaker Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRockhopperBeaker Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB84 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRonald BattyGaetano Di Fabio

Customer experience

Rockhopper

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Beaker Lab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rockhopper

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Beaker Lab

One-time10
  • Thanksgiving Pack$0.99
  • Spark Pack$0.99
  • Prize Road step$1.99
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  • Super Solve 3-Pack$1.99
  • Lab Complete Bundle$2.99
  • Prize Road step$4.99
  • Best Value Bundle$4.99
  • Color Lab$4.99
  • Lab Pass Premium$9.99
  • Prize Road step$9.99

Questions

Is Rockhopper free?
Rockhopper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beaker Lab free?
Beaker Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rockhopper or Beaker Lab?
Beaker Lab is rated higher. Rockhopper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Beaker Lab averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Rockhopper or Beaker Lab have ads?
Beaker Lab shows ads; Rockhopper does not.
Which is updated more often, Rockhopper or Beaker Lab?
Rockhopper ships an update weekly, and Beaker Lab every 2 days. Most recently, Rockhopper was updated on November 12, 2026 and Beaker Lab on November 10, 2026.

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