Comparison

Primordia Lab vs Deepbound

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

Deepbound

Features
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Build a crew of mining heroes and dig deeper in Deepbound, an idle mining game about upgrades, automation and lasting progress. Break stone, earn gold from every block and decide how to strengthen your crew. Clear the current row to reach the next layer, then push toward a new depth record. BUILD YOUR MINING CREW Collect heroes with different strengths and choose who joins your active team. Combine their abilities, improve their mining power and try a different lineup when your progress slows. MAKE EVERY BLOCK COUNT Gold arrives as each block breaks. Spend it on hero levels, equipment and upgrades for your current run. Balance immediate damage with the improvements that help your crew reach tougher layers. PUT YOUR CREW TO WORK Your miners handle the digging while you choose what to improve. Unlock automation and shape your crew around the way you want to progress. PRESTIGE FOR LASTING PROGRESS Start a new run to earn fossils for permanent research. Keep your unlocked heroes and permanent progression while rebuilding your gold-funded levels and equipment. Use what you gained to push beyond your previous best. CHOOSE YOUR NEXT UPGRADE A stronger miner, a different team or another research upgrade can change your next run. Explore the balance between current-run power and long-term growth as you work toward deeper layers. For players who enjoy incremental games, hero collecting and building a stronger crew one upgrade at a time. Your next depth record starts with the next block.

Screenshots

Primordia Lab4 screens
Deepbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Deepbound at 15.0 against Primordia Lab's 17.0. 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 Deepbound sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Primordia Lab versus Deepbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrimordia LabDeepbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB317 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperUnified Health Systems Consulting LLCAli Caglar

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
9 purchases

Deepbound

One-time9
  • Handful of Gems$0.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Pouch of Gems$4.99
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  • Bag of Gems$9.99
  • Miner Bundle$9.99
  • Box of Gems$19.99
  • Mega Bundle$24.99
  • Chest of Gems$49.99
  • Vault of Gems$99.99

Questions

Is Primordia Lab free?
Primordia Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deepbound free?
Deepbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Primordia Lab or Deepbound have ads?
Both Primordia Lab and Deepbound show ads.

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