Comparison

Crates! vs Push Tower

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

Head to head
About

Crates!

A physics-based puzzle game where players must strategically remove crates to safely land a yellow crate on a brown one. New crate types with unique behaviors are introduced every five levels, increasing the challenge. The game features 75 levels and a variety of crate mechanics.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Strategic crate removal
  • Progressive level difficulty
  • Introduction of new crate types
  • 75 challenging levels
Features
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The goal of the game is to place the yellow crate safely on top of a brown crate. You have to remove all the other crates (by tapping them) in order to complete the level. The level will restart if the yellow crate hits the ground. Every 5th level, a new type of crate is revealed. New crates have different attributes and different behaviors when you tap them. The Game Currently Contains: - 75 Levels - 13 Types of Crates

About

Push Tower

Engage in a turn-based strategy game where you conquer enemy castles by outnumbering and pushing foes off tower floors. Collect power-ups and treasures to enhance your strength and advance towards defeating the boss king.

Highlights
  • Turn-based number strategy battles
  • Conquer enemy castles
  • Push enemies off tower floors
  • Collect power-ups and treasure
  • Gain enemy power upon defeat
  • Defeat the boss king
Features
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Push Tower is a simple and easy to learn turn based number strategy battle game. Start your adventure in tiny tower in a small town and use your wits to wage wars and fight, raid and conquer enemy castles along the way. Push mighty crowds of enemies off each tower floor. If successful, you will gain their power, takeover their towers and get one step closer to defeating the boss king. Collect powerups, treasure chests and new towers along the way to help you defeat your enemies. Can you become a hero, conquer enemy castles and push your way to Victory? How to Play - Drag and drop your blue character onto tower floors with red enemies - You must have a higher number than the chosen enemy to push them off and takeover that floor - When you defeat enemies you gain their power number as your own - Use powerups and math strategy to raid enemies and takeover each tower - Be aware of your defense and do not attack enemies with higher power than you - Conquer all the towers and defeat the king to win the level

Screenshots

Crates!4 screens
Push Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

Crates! and Push Tower both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Crates!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Push Tower's. Crates! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Push Tower's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Push Tower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crates! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Crates! against 4.6 for Push Tower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Push Tower has 3.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Crates!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Push Tower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crates! ships an update every 2 months, Push Tower every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Crates! versus Push Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrates!Push Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.5% of reviews
Number of ratings23.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB315 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDag AndersenAI Games FZ

Customer experience

Crates!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Push Tower

All ratings3,946 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive25.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative64.7%

Bugs and requests

Crates!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Push Tower

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Level 16 is impossible to beat
  • Game progress resets after paying to remove ads

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to customize character appearance
  • Reduce frequency of ads

In-app purchases

None

Crates!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Push Tower

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Crates! free?
Crates! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push Tower free?
Push Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crates! or Push Tower?
Push Tower is rated higher. Crates! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Push Tower averages 4.6 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Crates! or Push Tower have ads?
Push Tower shows ads; Crates! does not.
Which is updated more often, Crates! or Push Tower?
Crates! ships an update every 2 months, and Push Tower every 5 weeks. Most recently, Crates! was updated on October 2, 2026 and Push Tower on October 12, 2026.

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