Comparison

Singularity vs Needle in a haystack

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

Head to head
About

Singularity

Grow from a tiny black hole to a cosmic devourer. Swallow objects lighter than you, growing larger to consume increasingly massive items like planets and stars. Build producers to gather resources while offline and challenge opponents in trials.

Highlights
  • Consume objects to grow larger
  • Build producers for offline resource generation
  • Challenge opponents in trials
  • Collect swallowed objects in a codex
  • Progress from desk-sized to galaxy-sized
Features
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You are a black hole. You start on a desk, and you are smaller than a crumb. Swallow anything lighter than you. Every bite makes you heavier, and heavier means the next thing up the ladder finally fits: the crumb, the paperclip, the coffee mug, the desk, the street, the city, the planet, the star, the galaxy. Nothing on screen is decoration - if it has a mass, you can eventually eat it. Anything too heavy tells you exactly how much too heavy. That refusal is the game: come back when you outweigh it. WHAT YOU DO - Drift into things. Bigger things need a bigger you. - Buy producers - companion holes, accretion disks, relativistic jets - that keep feeding while the app is closed. - Come back to a settlement of everything they swallowed while you were away. - Take on Trials: named opponents that push back, and only give in to a real effort. - Collect. Every object you have ever swallowed is named and kept in the codex - the collection, not the number, is what you are playing for. YOUR CHOICES - Optional rewarded videos offer extra in-game rewards. - The Supporter Pack includes a black hole skin, halo, and leaderboard badge. - Core gameplay works offline; ads and store purchases require a connection. An idle game where the fantasy is scale: the same hole that could not manage a breadcrumb on Tuesday is a problem for a galaxy by the weekend.

About

Needle in a haystack

Features
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Can you find a needle in a haystack? Go through the haystack one piece at a time as you search for the tiny needle hidden somewhere inside. Clear the hay, look carefully, and don’t give up: the needle could be anywhere! With simple controls and satisfying gameplay, this is the ultimate test of patience and focus. Remove the hay. Search every corner. Find the needle!

Screenshots

Singularity4 screens
Needle in a haystack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Singularity at none against Needle in a haystack's 2. Singularity also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Needle in a haystack sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Singularity asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Singularity ships an update every 3 days, Needle in a haystack every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Singularity versus Needle in a haystack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSingularityNeedle in a haystack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB165 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMSP AI, LLCSynthify Inc

In-app purchases

None

Singularity

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Needle in a haystack

One-time2
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Magnet$9.99

Questions

Is Singularity free?
Singularity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Needle in a haystack free?
Needle in a haystack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Singularity or Needle in a haystack have ads?
Both Singularity and Needle in a haystack show ads.
Which is updated more often, Singularity or Needle in a haystack?
Singularity ships an update every 3 days, and Needle in a haystack every 6 days. Most recently, Singularity was updated on October 14, 2026 and Needle in a haystack on October 12, 2026.

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