Don't Crack Your Screen vs Root Growth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Crack Your Screen
A simple arcade game where players must tap to catch a falling phone. Failing to catch it results in a cracked screen. The goal is to achieve the highest score by successfully catching the phone.
- Tap to catch
- Avoid screen cracks
- High score chasing
- Simple arcade gameplay
- One-touch control
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Tap to catch the falling phone, or the screen cracks.
Root Growth
Guide roots to grow and reach water sources, transforming them into large trees. Expand your reach to conquer entire planets and see how many you can occupy.
- Grow roots strategically
- Reach water sources
- Develop into large trees
- Conquer planets
- Expand your territory
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The roots keep growing, reach the water source, and eventually grow into a big tree and take over a planet. Come on, try to see how many planets you can occupy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Don't Crack Your Screen at 100% against Root Growth's 15%. Don't Crack Your Screen also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ads (none vs shown). Root Growth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 28). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Don't Crack Your Screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Root Growth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Don't Crack Your Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root Growth has 1.4K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Don't Crack Your Screen's written reviews are positive against 15% of Root Growth's.
Don't Crack Your Screen ships an update weekly, Root Growth monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Crack Your Screen | Root Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 敏 周 | 妮 赵 |
Customer experience
Don't Crack Your Screen
Root Growth
Bugs and requests
Don't Crack Your Screen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Root Growth
Reported bugs
2 issues- Spelling mistakes in UI
- Inconsistent gameplay mechanics
Requested features
2 requests- More levels and content
- Option to remove ads for a fee
In-app purchases
Don't Crack Your Screen
- Remove Ads$0.99
Root Growth
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Don't Crack Your Screen free?
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