Exchange vs Labmaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Exchange
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Exchange is a frontier commodities-trading incremental game. You are a lone trader building a fortune on a network of markets where prices move every day โ driven by trends, cycles, volatility, and sudden news shocks. Read the regimes and allocate: buy low, sell high, and ship goods between markets to capture spreads. But arbitrage is never free โ goods are locked in transit for days, so every spread is a timing bet. Manage real risk. Borrow on margin to amplify returns, but mind your maintenance margin: fall below it and your positions are force-sold. Push too hard and a margin call becomes bankruptcy. Retire and Refound to bank Reputation, scaled by your peak net worth, and spend it on permanent edges: more starting capital, cheaper fees and shipping, a bigger credit line, short selling, futures, optional securities desks, and rule-based automation so the late game runs hands-off. Features: โข Eight markets and sixteen commodity complexes, each with its own price regime โข Three shipping campaigns with fifteen chapters, deadlines, cash bonuses and lasting Reputation โข Eleven freight investments: cheaper shipping, faster dispatch and richer new delivery bids โข Inter-market shipping with route modes, transit time, cost, and arrival moments โข Delivery contracts, closing auctions, and net opportunity scoring โข Leverage, interest, margin calls, and the genuine risk of ruin โข Short selling, futures, and optional paper desks unlocked through prestige โข Standing-order automation for hands-off trading โข A deterministic, seeded simulation โ runs play out reproducibly โข Pause and resume your campaign without losing your place Trade well.
Labmaster
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Labmaster is an idle computer lab tycoon about growing a tiny rack into a huge server farm that actually runs. Drop nodes, match colored ports, and keep data flowing through processors, buffers, gateways, and bigger lab parts. A simple route starts earning credits, then guided contracts push you to rebuild smarter, unlock more tools, and expand across 12 rack rows. It starts easy: blue goes with blue, yellow output goes to gateways, and clean routes earn more. As the lab expands, splitters, upgrades, energy limits, and generated missions turn each layout into a satisfying incremental optimization puzzle. Core features: - Build a visual node graph with colorful live connections. - Route data through processors and gateways to earn in-game credits. - Grow an idle server farm across 12 expandable rack rows. - Add buffers, splitters, CPUs, and late-game system parts. - Follow clear three-step missions and rebuild smarter. - Zoom, drag, expand, and keep improving your computer empire. - Optional rewards and boosts stay optional. Labmaster is designed as a free-to-play game. Credits and cash shown in the game are fictional in-game resources and are not real-money earnings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Labmaster at Free against Exchange's $1.99. Exchange's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Labmaster is free to download; Exchange costs $1.99 up front. Labmaster sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Exchange asks for nothing beyond the download.
Exchange ships an update every 3 days, Labmaster every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exchange | Labmaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Das Creative LLC | jaehyun pung |
In-app purchases
Exchange
No in-app purchases
Labmaster
- Lab Pass Monthly$4.991 Month
- 120 Gems$0.99
- Starter Lab Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- 730 Gems$4.99








