Comparison

Idle Axe Thrower vs Quiet Lab

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

Head to head
About

Idle Axe Thrower

Embark on a journey from a corporate burnout to an axe-throwing champion. Progress through leagues, complete quests, and unlock powerful axes. Experience a unique storyline from humble beginnings to Hollywood stardom.

Highlights
  • Addictive idle axe-throwing gameplay
  • Quirky quests with significant rewards
  • Zen-powered perks and skill upgrades
  • Collect and wield epic axes
  • Storyline from small-town to Hollywood
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From a burnt-out tech guy to an axe-throwing champion, your journey begins in a dusty bar league and ends on Hollywood’s red carpet. Wield awesome axes, complete quests, and rise from corp zero to axe hero. Will you hit the mark or miss your shot at glory? Features: - Addictive idle axe-throwing fun - Quirky quests that pay big - Zen-powered perks and skills - Epic axes — flame, frost, portal, and more - Small-town fame to Hollywood stardom storyline Your path to axe-throwing fame starts now!

About

Quiet Lab

Learn to create electronic music and DJ sets with interactive lessons and a virtual studio. Explore various genres, build your own tracks using custom sounds, and even play along with classic piano pieces.

Highlights
  • Interactive DJ lessons
  • Virtual music studio
  • Custom sound recording
  • Multiple music genres
  • Classic piano playback
  • Simulations mode
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A cat in headphones builds a track in front of you, and teaches you to build your own. It starts with a hat. Then a kick, a snare, a bass line, a lead, one lane at a time, and it says what it just did as it goes. Techno starts on the kick instead, the way techno does. By the end the whole grid is lit and the cats are dancing, and it rides the finale until you pick another track. LEARN TO DJ Pixel Cat teaches Build mode one short lesson at a time, on the real grid: the kick on every beat, the snare on two and four, hats, sixteenths, the pushed kick, ghost notes, swing, bass, a lead, the mix, seven genres, a break, a song's shape, your own sound, the clip. Each lesson has a target on the grid, hints, SHOW ME, lamps for a clean pass, and ranks that change the cat's headphones. Twenty two lessons, a crown at the end. The first three are free. MAKE YOUR OWN Switch to Build and the screen becomes a small studio: the grid large, five strips with a level fader, mute and solo, swing and tempo. Tap the cells you want, tap one again for an accent, press play, and it plays exactly what you put there. YOUR OWN SOUNDS Any lane can play a sound you made. Record a short take with the microphone or bring an audio file in from Files; a bass or lead lane plays your one note at every pitch. Arrange sections over your beat, with risers and drops, and the clip opens on I MADE THIS BEAT. ELEVEN GENRES, EIGHTY FOUR TRACKS House, techno, dubstep, drum and bass, rock, trap, disco, lo-fi, deep house, hip hop and rap. Every track is its own pattern, and many bring their own key, tempo, kit and swing. NEW: HIP HOP AND RAP A laid-back West Coast piano loop and a muted guitar on a straight pulse. In RAP the words run under the grid, karaoke style, lit as they are said, so you can rap along. The first house, techno, lo-fi, hip hop and rap tracks are free to watch, so you hear what you would be paying for before you pay for it. Build mode, the lessons and the other eighty tracks come with the one payment. A PIANO THAT PLAYS ITSELF Twenty six classics fall onto the keys, most of them every note of the printed edition: Für Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Clair de Lune, Chopin's Nocturne, the Raindrop Prelude, Toccata in D minor, Rondo alla Turca and nineteen more. Slow any of them down or speed them up. Für Elise is free. NOTHING IN THE MUSIC IS A RECORDING Every kick, snare, hat, bass note, lead note and piano note is generated in code as it plays, unless it is one you recorded or brought in yourself. No samples, no music files, nothing licensed from anybody, and the tempo slider changes the music, not its pitch. TWENTY NINE MACHINES THAT RUN THEMSELVES The first tab is Simulations. Nobody aims, nobody scores, nothing to lose. You set a few numbers, press Play, and watch what the rules do. Merge Flask. A stream that falls, fuses and climbs. Crusher. Two arms press, and everything they squeeze makes more. Spike Ring. A ball grows a note at a time until a spike bursts it. Function Race. A crowd of ones against one that keeps multiplying. Derivative Duel. One operator against a function, every touch takes a power off. And twenty four more. The physics is a solver written for this app. MAKE A CLIP Any machine, track, beat, lesson or piece records a run at the settings on screen, with its sound. Save it to Photos or share it. No extra purchase. HOW IT IS PAID FOR Merge Flask is free forever. Any other simulation opens with a one time purchase, or open the other twenty eight at once. DJ Beat Maker, with Build mode and the lessons, and the piano are each sold on their own, one payment each. Everything in Quiet Lab is one payment for every simulation, every track, every lesson and every piece, including the ones added later. No account, no sign in. Sound plays even when your phone is on silent, because the sound is the point. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://synappsai-web.web.app/privacy

Screenshots

Idle Axe Thrower4 screens
Quiet Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Axe Thrower at 4.4 against Quiet Lab's 1.0. Idle Axe Thrower also leads on ratings volume (111 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). Quiet Lab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Axe Thrower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quiet Lab sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Axe Thrower holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Axe Thrower has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Axe Thrower ships an update monthly, Quiet Lab every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Idle Axe Thrower versus Quiet Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Axe ThrowerQuiet Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (111 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#49 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaedalus Lab LLCSYNAPPS AI LTD

Customer experience

Idle Axe Thrower

All ratings101 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative42.9%

Quiet Lab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Axe Thrower

One-time1
  • No Ads Offer$4.99
10 purchases

Quiet Lab

Subscriptions1
  • Everything on Quiet Lab, weekly$4.997 Days
One-time9
  • 1 Credit to Purchase Games$0.99
  • Unlock All Simulations Lifetime$9.99
  • DJ Beat Maker$9.99
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  • Piano Pro$9.99
  • Everything in Quiet Lab$19.99
  • Unlock All Simulations$19.99
  • Piano Pro$19.99
  • DJ Beat Maker$19.99
  • Everything in Quiet Lab$29.99

Questions

Is Idle Axe Thrower free?
Idle Axe Thrower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quiet Lab free?
Quiet Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Axe Thrower or Quiet Lab?
Idle Axe Thrower is rated higher. Idle Axe Thrower averages 4.4 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Quiet Lab averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Idle Axe Thrower or Quiet Lab have ads?
Both Idle Axe Thrower and Quiet Lab show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Axe Thrower or Quiet Lab?
Idle Axe Thrower ships an update monthly, and Quiet Lab every 3 days. Most recently, Idle Axe Thrower was updated on October 30, 2026 and Quiet Lab on November 1, 2026.

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