Atomics vs Primordia Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atomics
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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
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.
- Falling-sand physics simulation
- Discovery-driven progression
- Idle economy
- Build real circuits
- Cause absolute havoc
- Learn real science
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Primordia Lab sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Atomics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Atomics ships an update every 2 weeks, Primordia Lab daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Atomics | Primordia Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GarageLabs | Unified Health Systems Consulting LLC |
In-app purchases
Atomics
No in-app purchases
Primordia Lab
- 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









