Comparison

Color Grow! vs CRANE

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

Head to head
About

Color Grow!

Guide a ball through colorful levels by swiping to collect points and avoid obstacles. Test your reflexes and see how far you can progress in this vibrant arcade game.

Highlights
  • Collect points by touching correct colors
  • Grow the ball
  • Avoid spikes and obstacles
  • Swipe to navigate
  • Progress through levels
Features
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Most colorful game! Touch the correct color to collect points and grow the ball. Avoid the spikes and obstacles to survive the level. How far can you get? How to play: Swipe left and right to navigate the ball

About

CRANE

A simple puzzle game where players must strategically drop colored boxes onto matching colored floors. Test your timing and precision to keep the boxes stable and progress through various stages.

Highlights
  • Match colored boxes to colored floors
  • Drop boxes from a crane
  • Test timing and precision
  • Progress through multiple stages
  • Simple, intuitive gameplay
Features
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Red box on the red floor. Blue box on blue floor. Green box on the green floor. Drop the box and stop it on the floor. Drop from crane. Drop box three times. Keep to stay boxes on the table. How many stages will you achieve? · Contact Mail: smartphone.games.apps@gmail.com

Screenshots

Color Grow!4 screens
CRANE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CRANE at none against Color Grow!'s 1. CRANE also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Color Grow! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CRANE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Grow! ships an update every 3 months, CRANE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Color Grow! versus CRANE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Grow!CRANE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex KulakevichJun Hotta

Customer experience

Color Grow!

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CRANE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Grow!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

CRANE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Grow! free?
Color Grow! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRANE free?
CRANE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Grow! or CRANE have ads?
Both Color Grow! and CRANE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Grow! or CRANE?
Color Grow! ships an update every 3 months, and CRANE every 3 weeks. Most recently, Color Grow! was updated on November 2, 2026 and CRANE on November 3, 2026.

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