Comparison

Santa's Workshop vs Labberdash

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

Head to head
About

Santa's Workshop

Help the elves craft toys and find Santa before it's too late in this holiday-themed idle game. Manage your workshop, care for reindeer, and complete missions to spread joy.

Highlights
  • Tap to build 25 unique toys
  • Offline toy crafting
  • Complete missions
  • Care for reindeer
  • Search for Santa
  • Collect achievements
  • Accessibility mode
Features
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The elves need your help! Santa is missing and they need your help to craft toys and find him before it's too late. This game features no ads, and no data mining! - Tap to build 25 unique toys. - Open factories to craft toys offline. - Chat with the head elf and complete missions. - Wrap presents and collect holiday spirit. - Feed and care for your Reindeer. - Use the locator to search for Santa! - Collect achievements along the way. Offers guides on each screen to help you navigate the game, and notifications so you know when it's time to return and collect your coins! Santa's Workshop was designed with accessibility in mind, and features an accessibility mode that provides greater support for Voice Over. Santa's Workshop takes inspiration from classic idle games and offers a unique holiday themed adventure. Fun for all ages, talk to the holiday elves and manage the workshop to build enough toys. Feed and take care of your reindeer and even decorate the stables. Use the locator to help search for Santa, and fly on your reindeer to search for him. Santa's Workshop was designed to help you get in the holiday spirit and spread a little joy!

About

Labberdash

Features
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Somewhere behind the water heater, a closet is quietly becoming a datacenter. LabberDash is a comedic idle/tycoon game about secretly building an absurd homelab — one Raspberry Pi, one NAS, one suspiciously large Amazon box at a time — while keeping your spouse none the wiser. Think Papers, Please meets r/homelab. WATCH THE SUS METER Every loud fan, hot server, and unexplained package raises your spouse's suspicion. Let it climb too high and you'll face a Spouse Encounter — play your Alibi cards ("it's for work," "it's a tax write-off") to talk your way out before disaster hits. MANAGE A REAL POWER BUDGET Your circuit has real limits. Overload it and you'll trip the breaker, killing every server at once. Panel upgrades and a Solar tier raise your headroom — and quietly launder your habit while you're at it. BUILD AN ABSURD HARDWARE CATALOG Grow from a single Pi to a full rack: NAS storage, a media server, a crypto rig, a virtualization host, and more — each individually upgradeable, each with its own power draw, noise, and Sus cost. BALANCE THE HOUSE Not every purchase has to be LabberTech. DomestiTech gear — smart plugs, video doorbells, robot vacuums — lowers Sus and keeps the peace, if you're willing to spend Compute on looking responsible. No pay-to-win, no forced ads, no loot boxes — everything in LabberDash is earn-able through normal play. Optional in-app purchases and rewarded video ads are there if you want to speed things up, never because you have to. Can you go from one Pi to a full rack without ending up on the couch?

Screenshots

Santa's Workshop4 screens
Labberdash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Santa's Workshop at none against Labberdash's 9. Santa's Workshop also leads on ads (none vs shown). Labberdash's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Labberdash sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Santa's Workshop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Santa's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, Labberdash every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Santa's Workshop versus Labberdash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanta's WorkshopLabberdash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeraleros.io LLCMARCUS JAMES CANTWELL

In-app purchases

None

Santa's Workshop

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Labberdash

One-time9
  • 250 Compute$0.99
  • Bill Grant$0.99
  • Extended Warranty$0.99
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  • Subscription Manager$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Ad-Free unlock$2.99
  • 1,500 Compute$4.99
  • 3,500 Compute$9.99
  • 8,000 Compute$19.99

Questions

Is Santa's Workshop free?
Santa's Workshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Labberdash free?
Labberdash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Santa's Workshop or Labberdash have ads?
Labberdash shows ads; Santa's Workshop does not.
Which is updated more often, Santa's Workshop or Labberdash?
Santa's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Labberdash every 6 days. Most recently, Santa's Workshop was updated on November 4, 2026 and Labberdash on October 31, 2026.

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