Comparison

Atomics vs Drift

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

Head to head
About

Atomics

Features
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Atomics is an idle clicker game about growing elements and expanding your own periodic table. Start with Hydrogen. Tap to collect Energy, upgrade research labs, automate reactors, improve element efficiency, and discover the next element. You can return to any discovered element, keep building your favorites, and raise the power of your entire research cycle. Every element has its own skill. As you develop elements, you unlock bonuses that affect your whole lab. Build several elements from the same category to activate set bonuses from nonmetals, noble gases, alkali metals, transition metals, and more. Once you reach the 10th element and beyond, rebirth becomes available. Use Atomic Cores and rebirth points to make the next run stronger. Expand the rebirth skill tree, improve idle production, tap power, active slots, and unlock deeper research paths such as compounds, isotopes, and antimatter. Whether you play in short tapping sessions or let progress build while idle, your lab keeps moving forward. Fill the periodic table and enjoy a long-form elemental growth game. - 118 elements from Hydrogen to Oganesson - Simple tap-and-idle Energy growth - Labs, reactors, and efficiency upgrades for each element - Unique element skills and category set bonuses - Long-term progression with Atomic Cores and rebirth points - Map-style rebirth skill tree - Deep research into compounds, isotopes, and antimatter - Achievements to guide your progress - Supports Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Russian - Autosave support

About

Drift

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Space golf meets orbital mechanics. Welcome to a puzzle game where you never move the orb directly. Instead, you manipulate the very fabric of space—placing gravity wells, repulsors, wind gusts, and vortices—to forge a path to the goal. You get one shot of setup. Once your fields are placed, press play and watch pure, deterministic physics simulation carry your orb through the cosmos. Will it gracefully orbit a pulsar and glide into the gold ring, or will it shatter against a red shard? You live with your plan. CHART THE CONSTELLATIONS Embark on a journey through 156 meticulously crafted levels to chart the stars. Complete the Ursa Major, Perseus, and Zodiac constellation families. Every level has an authored perfect solution—solve it within the par time to earn a perfect 3-Star rating. MIND-BENDING MECHANICS As you journey deeper into the cosmos, the physics evolve. The Zodiac stages introduce clockwork pulsars that pull on a beat, wormhole gates, zones of slowed time, ethereal walls, and star-stream currents. PURE DETERMINISTIC PHYSICS No luck, no randomness. The physics engine runs at a fixed 240Hz, meaning every bounce is perfectly elastic and every track-riding hazard is purely driven by time. Your trajectory preview will guide your initial seconds, but mastering the timing is up to you. FEATURES: • 156 Authored Puzzles: From simple gravitational pulls to complex multi-stage wormhole trick shots. • Diverse Toolkit: Deploy gravity wells, repulsors, wind gusts, slingshot anchors, and vortices. • Stardust Economy: Stuck on a level? Use your earned Stardust to buy a hint, revealing exactly where a missing field should be placed. • Beautiful Cosmic Aesthetic: Relaxing, mesmerizing space visuals paired with satisfying kinetic physics. Do you have the mind to master gravity and chart the stars?

Screenshots

Atomics4 screens
Drift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atomics at none against Drift's 6. Atomics also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drift sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Atomics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Atomics versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtomicsDrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarageLabsNgiap Hin Koh

In-app purchases

None

Atomics

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Drift

One-time6
  • 50,000 Stardust$0.99
  • Stardust Tier 2$4.99
  • Zodiac Family Unlock$6.99
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  • Perseus Family Unlock$6.99
  • Stardust Tier 3$9.99
  • Stardust Tier 4$19.99

Questions

Is Atomics free?
Atomics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Atomics or Drift have ads?
Both Atomics and Drift show ads.

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