Comparison

Election Crush vs Meltdown

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

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About

Election Crush

Engage in a unique Match 3 puzzle game with a political theme. Instead of typical game elements, you'll match images of presidential candidates. Earn campaign contributions to influence candidate exposure and share your results.

Highlights
  • Election-themed Match 3 gameplay
  • Match presidential candidate images
  • Earn "campaign contributions"
  • Influence candidate exposure
  • Share election results
Features
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Cure your "Election Fever" with a healthy dose of Election Crush, an election-themed Match 3 game. Most Match-3 style games are unbearably cutesy, forcing you to play with candies, gems and cartoon characters. Not here! Election Crush goes in an entirely different direction, and allows you to play with your 2024 presidential candidates! Select an image from your photos library to enter an independent candidate into the mix. Line up 4 or more of the same image to earn "campaign contributions", which can be "spent" to change the candidate's exposure. If you like the result of your election, share an image of the results with friends. This election is important, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun along the way!

About

Meltdown

This is a family-friendly party game for 4+ players that combines elements of charades with multiple guessing rounds. Players act out or describe submitted names to their team within a time limit, with increasing restrictions in each round.

Highlights
  • Multi-round gameplay
  • Team-based guessing
  • Acting and one-word clues
  • Name submission
  • Adjustable skips
  • Single and multi-phone modes
Features
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Meltdown! A game for the whole family! Meltdown is a game similar to charades but now with 3 rounds. GAMEPLAY 4+ players are needed to play. All players submit names that will need to be guessed though out the game. Once all names are submitted the players will be divided into 2 equal teams. Each round all the names will be shuffled and the goal of each team member is to get their team to guess as many names as possible in the given time frame. You will only use the Admin’s phone to play the game. Other phones may be used to submit names, but the Admin’s phone will be the one you play the game with. Round 1 players can say anything but the word and act to get their team members to guess the word on the screen. Once their team correctly guesses the names they can move on to the next name. Round 1 continues until all names have been successfully guessed. Round 2 all names are now reshuffled into the game and players now can only use 1 word and act to get their team to guess the name. Round 3 all names are shuffled back into the game and players now can only act to get their team to guess the name.  Once all names in round 3 are successfully guessed the game ends and the team with the highest total of correct guesses through all 3 rounds wins! TIPS • It is helpful to pay attention even not on your teams then so you can know what names are in play. Rounds 2 & 3 will become much easier if you have a good memory. • Sometimes there is always that one player that puts in a hard name to guess, the admin can set a number of “Skips” to help in these situations. • Turn your phone volume up :) MODES Single Phone Game Mode This mode allows players to be added and use the same phone to add all the names Multi Phone Game Mode This mode allows players to join with their own device and enter names on their personal device.

Screenshots

Election Crush4 screens
Meltdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Meltdown at 5.0 against Election Crush's 2.5. Election Crush's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meltdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Election Crush ships an update every 8 days, Meltdown every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Election Crush versus Meltdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElection CrushMeltdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin BrainKED, LLC

Customer experience

Election Crush

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Meltdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Election Crush

No in-app purchases

None

Meltdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Election Crush free?
Election Crush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meltdown free?
Meltdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Election Crush or Meltdown?
Meltdown is rated higher. Election Crush averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Meltdown averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Election Crush or Meltdown have ads?
Neither Election Crush nor Meltdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Election Crush or Meltdown?
Election Crush ships an update every 8 days, and Meltdown every 8 months. Most recently, Election Crush was updated on November 6, 2026 and Meltdown on November 7, 2026.

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