Comparison

Crafty Candy vs Cubes Empire Champions

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

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About

Crafty Candy

Embark on a magical match-3 puzzle adventure filled with thousands of delicious levels. Join an apprentice witch and her kitten through an enchanted land of sweet treats, crafting spells and outwitting tricky witches. Unlock new looks and enjoy a candylicious world.

Highlights
  • Thousands of fun levels
  • Candylicious world with sweet treats
  • Unlock new looks
  • Craft powerful spells
  • Magical Candy battles
  • Facebook progress sync
Features
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Start playing Crafty Candy today! Loved by millions of players around the world. Challenge yourself to thousands of delicious puzzles in a spellbinding magical match 3 game! Join Candice, an apprentice witch, and Cookie, the adorable kitten, through an enchanted land of sweet treats! From marshmallow madness to gooey chocolate waterfalls, discover the tastiest adventure ever! Crafty Candy features: • 1,000’s of fantastically fun levels! • Escape into a candylicous world dripping with creamy cakes, juicy jelly, sweet soda, and lovely lollipops! • Unlock sweet new looks with the Witch's Wardrobe! • Craft powerful spells in Candice’s workshop! • Outwit the tricky witch, Trixie, in magical Candy battles! • Connect to Facebook to seamlessly sync your progress across devices! • Keep track and compare your progress with your Facebook friends! Have fun playing Crafty Candy! Learn more about the game! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftyCandyGame/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/331234800676273/ Questions? Contact our player support team https://craftycandy.zendesk.com if you need help! © 2015 - 2022 Outplay Entertainment Ltd. Crafty Candy is a registered trademark of Outplay Entertainment. All rights reserved. Developer INFO: Outplay Entertainment is a leading developer of the match 3 genre. Creating fantastic worlds, lovable characters, and exciting gameplay. Check out our other free match 3 puzzle games; Mystery Match & Booty Quest for the very best match 3 on mobile! Make sure to visit the store often for all new candy, magic spells, and events we've added! Begin your match three adventure today!

About

Cubes Empire Champions

Engage in a vibrant puzzle game where you tap to crush and blast colorful cubes. Solve challenging levels by matching blocks, strategizing moves, and utilizing powerful boosts to clear the board and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Match and crush adjacent cubes
  • Solve fun puzzles and challenges
  • Utilize powerful boosts and power-ups
  • Unlock rockets, bombs, and color wheels
  • Hundreds of blasting levels
  • Brain-training logic puzzles
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Challenge yourself in a new puzzle game, blast all the colorful cubes, solve fun puzzles, reach the target, and win awesome rewards! Match and crush blocks in a super fun puzzle game - it’s free, it's awesome, and it’s addicting! Swipe and match 2 or more adjacent cubes to complete missions, reach high scores, and clear levels. Play Cubes Empire Champions for free, now available on the App Store, and perfect for your iOS device. This amazing tapping game may look easy, but it is really challenging to master. With limited moves in every level, it’s all up to your thumbs - make smart blasts and collapse more colored blocks. Try to clear the board with fewer moves to get a higher score. Puzzle games are much easier when you get some help! Enjoy a Unique Gameplay and create blasting combos to pass tricky challenges. Use powerful boosts like the RAY GUN, PIŇATA, and YO-YO and pop the cubes! Employ these super cool power-ups and boosts at the right time to create major explosions, clear the board and win awesome prizes. Unlock AMAZING BOOSTERS that will help you crush the cubes and win levels: * Match, blast, and explode 5 or 6 tiles to get a rocket * Match, pop, and smash 7 or 8 toon blocks to get a bomb * Match, crush and pop 9 cubes to earn a color wheel Rockets, bombs, and color wheels will help you blast the blocks and beat the challenges! Use these amazing boosts at the right time to pop cubes, clear the board, and win awesome prizes! Play Cubes Empire Champions, and enjoy the best game FEATURES: - Fun gameplay. Connect and smash 2 or more adjacent bricks of the same color to create a cube blast - Plenty of fun levels filled with cool puzzles and challenges that will train your brain - Amazing boosts and gifts to help you along the way - Fun challenges to test your matching skills - Easy to learn and play - crush and collapse blocks and win levels - Relaxing blaster game to play with family and friends Get ready to train your brain with hundreds of blasting levels filled with cool challenges and brain teasers. Test your logic and color-matching skills as you match and pop the cubes and blast your way to the top. Cubes Empire Champions is a super fun and addicting matching game! Try this cool blaster game, fill your world with color, and smash all the colored blocks! Note that Cubes Empire Champions ads do not necessarily show actual gameplay.

Screenshots

Crafty Candy4 screens
Cubes Empire Champions4 screens

Verdict

The call

Crafty Candy and Cubes Empire Champions both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Crafty Candy's written reviews are positive against 49% of Cubes Empire Champions's. Cubes Empire Champions's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Crafty Candy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cubes Empire Champions sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Crafty Candy against 4.6 for Cubes Empire Champions. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16K and 48K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Crafty Candy's written reviews are positive against 49% of Cubes Empire Champions's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crafty Candy ships an update every 2 months, Cubes Empire Champions fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crafty Candy versus Cubes Empire Champions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrafty CandyCubes Empire Champions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings) — better4.6 (48K ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings16K48K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB278 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutplay Entertainment LtdIlyon Dynamics Ltd.

Customer experience

Crafty Candy

All ratings16,163 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews533 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative18.2%

Cubes Empire Champions

All ratings47,575 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews802 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative34.0%

User reviews

Crafty Candy

From 16K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing game
  • 🎨 Great graphics
  • 🕹️ Fun and challenging
  • 🕰️ Addictive gameplay
  • 🎁 Generous with free boosts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 💰 Difficult to progress without spending money
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤯 Levels become too difficult
  • 🤖 Unfair AI in some levels

Cubes Empire Champions

From 48K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive game
  • 👍 Challenging but not too difficult
  • 🚀 Good mix of easy and hard levels
  • 👍 Rewards and boosters help progress

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Too many ads and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Issues with losing progress and boosters
  • 🔋 Game drains battery quickly

Bugs and requests

Crafty Candy

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game resets progress
  • Free boosts not working
  • Levels not loading properly
  • Ads causing crashes
  • Purchases not registering

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to undo moves
  • Offline play mode
  • More customization options
  • Better rewards system

Cubes Empire Champions

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes after completing levels
  • Ads sometimes don't load or cause crashes
  • Inconsistent behavior of boosters and power-ups
  • Progress resets or levels are lost after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow replaying of completed levels
  • Option to disable ads or pay for ad-free version
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Ability to bank unused moves for next level

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Crafty Candy

One-time10
  • S Coin Pack$1.99
  • Special offer$2.99
  • M Coin Pack$4.99
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  • Special offer$5.99
  • L Coin Pack$9.99
  • 17% Extra Stash$9.99
  • Special offer$12.99
  • XL Coin Pack$19.99
  • Special offer$29.99
  • XXL Coin Pack$49.99
10 purchases

Cubes Empire Champions

One-time10
  • Mini Coin Pack$1.99
  • Starter bundle$1.99
  • Endless Sale Offer #1$2.99
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  • Small Coin Pack$4.99
  • Endless Sale Offer #2$4.99
  • Cube Bundle$6.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$9.99
  • Adventure Bundle$12.99
  • Large Coin Pack$20.99
  • Pro Bundle$26.99

Questions

Is Crafty Candy free?
Crafty Candy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cubes Empire Champions free?
Cubes Empire Champions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crafty Candy or Cubes Empire Champions?
Crafty Candy is rated higher. Crafty Candy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Cubes Empire Champions averages 4.6 from 48K ratings.
Do Crafty Candy or Cubes Empire Champions have ads?
Both Crafty Candy and Cubes Empire Champions show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crafty Candy or Cubes Empire Champions?
Crafty Candy ships an update every 2 months, and Cubes Empire Champions fortnightly. Most recently, Crafty Candy was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cubes Empire Champions on November 8, 2026.

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