Comparison

Pixel Cave 2018 vs Cavern Crawl

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Cave 2018

Experience a retro-style flight simulator through a pixelated cave. Enjoy real-time synthesized music and simple one-touch controls for an immersive retro gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Retro pixel graphics and effects
  • Real-time synthesized music
  • One-touch control
  • Flight simulation gameplay
Features
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Retro-style simulator of flight through the pixel cave. Features: * pixel graphics and effects; * real-time synthesized music (using SunVox); * one touch control (just touch the screen to take off).

About

Cavern Crawl

Pilot a spaceship through a treacherous cavern, dodging obstacles and enemies. Collect orbs for points and fuel, and use rockets to defeat foes. Strategize your collection to maximize your score and survive the descent.

Highlights
  • Spaceship flight controls
  • Obstacle and enemy avoidance
  • Rocket shooting mechanics
  • Orb collection for points
  • Fuel management system
  • Invincibility power-up
Features
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Welcome to Cavern Crawl! Fly a spaceship through a cavern! Avoid obstacles! Avoid enemies! Shoot at the enemies! Collect orbs to gain points! Try to get the high score! Instructions: The ship floats down. Pressing on the screen will make the ship fly up. Your ship will also drain gas, so make sure to fuel up! Pressing the red shoot button will shoot a rocket. You can try to avoid enemies, or shoot at them, but be careful, the rockets will also destroy the orbs. You don't want to shoot the red or yellow ones since they will give you more gas. Collect red orbs to gain a point, but watch out for the purple orbs, they will subtract a point. If you get a yellow orb, you will get 10 points. Red and yellow orbs will also replenish your gas supply. Shooting the enemies will also give you a point. If you collect the orange coin, you will become invincible from enemies for 10 seconds.

Screenshots

Pixel Cave 20181 screens
Cavern Crawl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cavern Crawl at every 2 days against Pixel Cave 2018's every 27 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixel Cave 2018 against 5.0 for Cavern Crawl. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Cave 2018 ships an update every 27 months, Cavern Crawl every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pixel Cave 2018 versus Cavern Crawl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Cave 2018Cavern Crawl
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlexander ZolotovEthan Feldman

Customer experience

Pixel Cave 2018

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Cavern Crawl

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Cave 2018

No in-app purchases

None

Cavern Crawl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Cave 2018 free?
Pixel Cave 2018 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cavern Crawl free?
Cavern Crawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Cave 2018 or Cavern Crawl?
Pixel Cave 2018 and Cavern Crawl are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Pixel Cave 2018 or Cavern Crawl have ads?
Neither Pixel Cave 2018 nor Cavern Crawl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Cave 2018 or Cavern Crawl?
Pixel Cave 2018 ships an update every 27 months, and Cavern Crawl every 2 days. Most recently, Pixel Cave 2018 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cavern Crawl on October 24, 2026.

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