Comparison

Primordia Lab vs ParanormalCo

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

Head to head
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.

About

ParanormalCo

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The ghosts are real. So are the profit margins. Build ParanormalCo. from a single Ghost Tour into a paranormal business empire. Buy operations, hire investigators to automate them, hit powerful milestones, and return to the earnings your team generated while you were away. BUILD YOUR HAUNTED EMPIRE Grow ten Facility operations—from the Séance Hotline to Interdimensional Franchising. Choose ×1, ×10, ×25, NEXT, or MAX purchasing, then keep every manual operation moving with Quick Run. HIRE. AUTOMATE. RELAX. Every operation has a matching investigator. Hire them to automate completed production runs and keep earning offline. RESTART STRONGER Close a developed case to earn Classified Files and a permanent output multiplier. Waiting for more Files makes the next case stronger, while individual operation dossiers provide lasting upgrades. CROSS INTO THE OTHER SIDE Unlock a second permanent world with its own currency, ten operations, investigators, goals, offline earnings, and Charter renewal. Your Facility stays exactly where you left it. A NEW CONTRACT EVERY WEEK Play rotating, self-contained events with distinct artwork, stories, currencies, ten-operation economies, renewable goals, and event-only renegotiation. Five fully illustrated contracts are included. OPTIONAL GAME CENTER COMPETITION Build an Agency Rating through milestones, goals, and permanent-world resets. If you connect Game Center, ParanormalCo. keeps your weekly and all-time ratings synced so you can compare scores. There are no leaderboard gameplay rewards. • Two persistent idle worlds • Ten operations per world and event • Renewable income and speed goals • Completed-run payouts and smooth fast-production animation • Permanent reset progression • Weekly illustrated events • Offline earnings from automated operations • Large-number formatting and Dynamic Type support • No Co. Games account required Capture it. Contain it. Monetize it. ParanormalCo. — Business Is Booming.

Screenshots

Primordia Lab4 screens
ParanormalCo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Primordia Lab at daily against ParanormalCo's every 2 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and ParanormalCo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Primordia Lab ships an update daily, ParanormalCo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Primordia Lab versus ParanormalCo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrimordia LabParanormalCo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB203 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperUnified Health Systems Consulting LLCCorey Noles

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
3 purchases

ParanormalCo

One-time3
  • 3-Day Field Authorization$1.99
  • 7-Day Field Authorization$2.99
  • 30-Day Field Authorization$7.99

Questions

Is Primordia Lab free?
Primordia Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ParanormalCo free?
ParanormalCo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Primordia Lab or ParanormalCo have ads?
Both Primordia Lab and ParanormalCo show ads.
Which is updated more often, Primordia Lab or ParanormalCo?
Primordia Lab ships an update daily, and ParanormalCo every 2 days. Most recently, Primordia Lab was updated on October 31, 2026 and ParanormalCo on October 25, 2026.

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