Harbor Crane Challenge vs Emergency Call
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harbor Crane Challenge
Operate a massive harbor crane to load and unload container ships and trucks. Utilize multiple camera angles and on-screen controls to precisely maneuver containers. Choose from three distinct gameplay modes to complete your assignments.
- Container ship and truck loading/unloading
- Multiple camera views
- On-screen joystick controls
- Three gameplay modes
- Assignment console display
- Social sharing options
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Everyone is depending on you to load and unload the massive container ship that just pulled up to your dock. Control room view features video screens, showing the container and crane from three different angles. Use the on-screen controllers to move the crane left and right, the container from the ship to the dock or the dock to the ship, and raise and lower the container onto the ship or the waiting truck. Assignments appear on control room console display. Three gameplay modes: - ship to truck - truck to ship - alternating. Optionally shares your accomplishments with Facebook, Twitter, email, or instant messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone 5 displays.
Emergency Call
Engage in thrilling rescue missions as part of an attack squad. Survey the scene, make tactical decisions, and utilize specialized equipment to overcome challenges like fires and gas cylinder explosions. Your actions determine the mission's outcome and your safety.
- Complete diverse rescue missions
- Explore and survey operation sites
- Make tactical decisions
- Utilize specialized equipment
- First-person perspective gameplay
- Mission evaluation for improvement
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***No in-app purchases*** ***No advertising*** As a member of the attack squad, you carry out a variety of exciting missions ranging from apartment and car fires to rescuing people as well as many others. Do you have what it takes to complete the challenges ahead? When you arrive on the scene, you start where the attack squad begins to operate. The extinguishing water connection is already in place, the turntable ladder is ready for use and all the materials you need for an indoor or outdoor attack are at your disposal right from the start. You are therefore well equipped to successfully complete any operation. After you arrive you first have to survey the scene to get an overview of the situation. Then you can start to work on the primary and secondary objectives. Depending on the situation, you will have to decide for yourself in which order you want to complete the tasks. However, be prepared for incidents that may occur during the operation, such as explosions of gas cylinders, if they are not found and extinguished in time. During the missions, remember that your own safety and that of the people involved is always paramount! Do you have what it takes to master the exciting everyday work of the attack squad? FEATURES - Take on the role of the attack squad and complete a variety of different missions - Explore the operation site, decide on the tactical approach and work through the mission - Your tactical decisions influence the further course of the mission - Every mission is evaluated so that you can constantly improve yourself - Use equipment such as a smoke screen, Halligan bar, turntable ladder or various extinguishing agents - Play in first-person perspective, manage your inventory, and interact with the characters in the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Emergency Call at 80% against Harbor Crane Challenge's 0%. Emergency Call also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 55 months). Harbor Crane Challenge's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Harbor Crane Challenge costs $1.99 and Emergency Call $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emergency Call holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Harbor Crane Challenge's written reviews are positive against 80% of Emergency Call's.
Harbor Crane Challenge ships an update every 55 months, Emergency Call every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harbor Crane Challenge | Emergency Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 55 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 905 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magnin & Associates | Aerosoft GmbH |
Customer experience
Harbor Crane Challenge
Emergency Call
In-app purchases
Harbor Crane Challenge
No in-app purchases
Emergency Call
No in-app purchases
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