Comparison

Atomics vs Primordia Lab

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

Primordia Lab

Experiment with physics in a simulated world, starting with atoms and building up to complex civilizations. Discover new elements, build real circuits, and cause chaos with powerful tools. Learn about science as you play.

Highlights
  • Falling-sand physics simulation
  • Discovery-driven progression
  • Idle economy
  • Build real circuits
  • Cause absolute havoc
  • Learn real science
Features
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Primordia Lab is a physics sandbox where you start with a handful of atoms and end up somewhere no one expects. Paint elements into a living, simulated world. Water flows, fire spreads, metals melt, storms rain, and every pixel obeys the same rules. Mix substances to discover new ones, log your findings in the journal, and spend your earnings on new tools for the lab. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - A real falling-sand simulation: heat, pressure, electricity, magnetism, and gravity all interact - Discovery-driven progression: combine what you have to reveal what comes next - An idle economy that keeps working while you are away - Research programs, blueprints, and a technology tree that unlock deeper systems - Ollie, the lab's assistant, shows you around and tells the lab's story - One shared in-game planet: every scientist's work adds up to restore it, stage by stage - A long arc of ages that starts with chemistry and goes much further than you think BUILD REAL CIRCUITS Wire batteries, switches, motors, and lamps into working DC circuits. Voltage, current, and resistance behave like the real thing, so the electrical bench is a little physics lesson in disguise. CAUSE ABSOLUTE HAVOC Drop a meteor. Light a wildfire. Place a black hole and watch it eat your whole world. LEARN AS YOU PLAY Long-press anything to read its real history and science in the Info panel. Primordia Lab is free to play. Optional purchases support development, and every ad is opt-in.

Screenshots

Atomics4 screens
Primordia Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atomics at none against Primordia Lab's 8. Atomics also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Primordia Lab's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). 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. Primordia Lab sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Atomics asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Atomics ships an update every 2 weeks, Primordia Lab daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Atomics versus Primordia Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtomicsPrimordia Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB106 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGarageLabsUnified Health Systems Consulting LLC

In-app purchases

None

Atomics

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Primordia Lab

One-time8
  • 20 Citations$0.99
  • Golden Atom Avatar$0.99
  • Singularity Avatar$1.99
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  • Founder Avatar$2.99
  • Second Researcher$3.99
  • 150 Citations$4.99
  • Grant Funding$4.99
  • 550 Citations$9.99

Questions

Is Atomics free?
Atomics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Primordia Lab free?
Primordia Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Atomics or Primordia Lab have ads?
Both Atomics and Primordia Lab show ads.
Which is updated more often, Atomics or Primordia Lab?
Atomics ships an update every 2 weeks, and Primordia Lab daily. Most recently, Atomics was updated on October 31, 2026 and Primordia Lab on October 31, 2026.

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