Claw Crane City vs Clawmax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Claw Crane City
Operate a crane to build and manage a thriving city. Increase your population by skillfully operating the crane to create a happy town. This unique simulator is suitable for all ages.
- Claw machine simulator
- City building gameplay
- Increase population
- Unique and original game
- Suitable for all ages
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Real claw machine simulator. And build a happy city. You are the mayor. Operate a crane to create a town. And let's increase the population. Features: - Free to play. - Unique and Original game. - Suitable for all ages. - stupid games.
Clawmax
Experience the thrill of a prize claw machine with unlimited credits, no real coins needed. Enjoy the game anytime, anywhere, with new prizes added regularly to keep the fun going.
- Unlimited credits
- No coin insertion required
- Play anytime, anywhere
- New prizes added regularly
- Realistic claw machine simulation
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Prize Claw machine with unlimited credit. No worry about bad clawing skill. Because you don't need to insert a real coin. Enjoy the prize claw anytime and anywhere. After you claw all the prizes, new prizes will be added.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Clawmax at none against Claw Crane City's shown. Clawmax also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Claw Crane City's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clawmax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Claw Crane City's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clawmax's.
Claw Crane City ships an update every 7 months, Clawmax every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Claw Crane City | Clawmax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | imada masatane | Chi-Cheng Liao |
Customer experience
Claw Crane City
Clawmax
In-app purchases
Claw Crane City
No in-app purchases
Clawmax
No in-app purchases
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