Comparison

Echo Planet vs Labberdash

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

Head to head
About

Echo Planet

Transform a planet into a star by forging moons that channel power to its core. Upgrade your celestial bodies, stack multipliers, and witness your energy output grow exponentially, even when you're not actively playing. This idle game offers a satisfying progression from small sparks to galaxy-scale power.

Highlights
  • Forge moons to power a planetary core
  • Upgrade moons and stack multipliers
  • Idle progression, play offline
  • Watch signal surge from sparks to galaxy-scale
  • Transform planet into a star
Features
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Forge moons that beam power into a sleeping planetary core, awakening it and ultimately igniting it into a star. Upgrade your moons, stack multipliers, and watch your signal surge from tiny sparks to galaxy-scale output, even while you’re offline.

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

Echo Planet4 screens
Labberdash4 screens

Verdict

The call

Echo Planet and Labberdash are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Echo Planet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Labberdash sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Planet ships an update every 3 days, Labberdash every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Echo Planet versus Labberdash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho PlanetLabberdash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMustafa MohammedMARCUS JAMES CANTWELL

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo Planet

One-time2
  • Gold Supporter Pack$2.99
  • Diamond Supporter Pack$5.99
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 Echo Planet free?
Echo Planet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Labberdash free?
Labberdash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Planet or Labberdash have ads?
Both Echo Planet and Labberdash show ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Planet or Labberdash?
Echo Planet ships an update every 3 days, and Labberdash every 6 days. Most recently, Echo Planet was updated on September 15, 2026 and Labberdash on September 9, 2026.

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