Exploration Lite vs Handy Craft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exploration Lite
Create and explore an infinite 3D world by building structures, mining resources, and transforming the terrain. This app offers a sandbox experience for imaginative construction and exploration.
- Infinite 3D environment
- Build bases, castles, kingdoms
- Mine resources
- Destroy and transform terrain
- Save world progress
- Block crafting
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Build a base, mine, castle, kingdom, empire or whatever you imagine on the infinite 3D environment! Enjoy endless world building games! Everybody loves building games that popular all around the world. Exploration Lite Free is an editor which allows you to move, delete, build craft, destroy, jump, save, building blocks and transforming the terrain in the 3D environment. Explorer and builders, play for free now!
Handy Craft
Engage in a creative building experience with numerous ASMR tasks. Solve engaging puzzles as you construct your dream home in this simulation game.
- House building simulation
- ASMR tasks
- Puzzle solving
- Cozy place creation
- Handicraft gameplay
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Enjoy the best handicraft game of 2025! Build your house in dozens of ASMR tasks. Solve puzzles on a way to your cozy place.
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Verdict
Exploration Lite and Handy Craft both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 61% of Exploration Lite's written reviews are positive against 47% of Handy Craft's. Handy Craft's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Exploration Lite sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Handy Craft sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Exploration Lite against 4.6 for Handy Craft. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23K and 25K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Exploration Lite's written reviews are positive against 47% of Handy Craft's.
Exploration Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, Handy Craft fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exploration Lite | Handy Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23K ratings) | 4.6 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.2% of reviews — better | 46.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23K | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 800 MB | 525 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SolverLabs LLC | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Exploration Lite
Handy Craft
User reviews
Exploration Lite
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good alternative for Minecraft
- 👍 Blocky, fun, and creative
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 I love this game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Laggy and crashes frequently
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🐛 Disappearing builds and maps
- 🔒 Lack of moderation and inappropriate content
- 💰 Too many ads and in-app purchases
Handy Craft
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth animations
- 💎 Cute and charming visuals
- 🎨 Enjoyable house customization
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive tasks
- ⭐ Excessive star requirements for progression
- 📺 Intrusive advertisements
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Exploration Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disconnection issues and inability to play in offline/single-player mode
- Disappearing builds and maps
- Glitches and bugs with block placement and interactions
Requested features
5 requests- Add beds, furniture, animals, and more interactive elements
- Implement different realms like Nether and End
- Add more blocks, items, and crafting options
- Improve save/load functionality for builds
- Implement better chat filtering and moderation
Handy Craft
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stuck on 'take photo' task in kitchen
- Game freezing and crashing
- Progress not saving properly
Requested features
4 requests- More house customization options
- Additional rooms and levels
- Ability to revisit and modify completed areas
- Reduced star requirements for tasks
In-app purchases
Exploration Lite
- Tiny Pack of Coins$0.99
- Tiny Pack of Gems$0.99
- Light Pack of Coins$1.99
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- Small Pack of Coins$2.99
- Big Pack of Coins$3.99
- Medium Pack of Coins$3.99
- Big Pack of Gems$3.99
- Large Pack of Coins$4.99
- Giant Pack of Coins$5.99
- Huge Pack of Coins$6.99
- Chest of Coins$7.99
- Massive Pack of Coins$7.99
- Bucket of Gems$7.99
- Golden Chest of Coins$11.99
- Bank of Coins$16.99
- Chest of Gems$20.99
- Treasury of Coins$41.99
- Bank of Gems$41.99
- Treasure of Gems$99.99
Handy Craft
- Wheel of Fortune$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.79
- 1000 coins3 variants$1.99
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- Wheel of Fortune Gold$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
- 5000 Coins2 variants$2.99
- 10000 coins2 variants$4.49
- 10000 coins$4.99
- 25000 Coins2 variants$8.99
- 25000 Coins$9.89
- 50000 coins2 variants$14.99
- 100000 coins$99.99
Questions
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