CRANE vs Salmon Sprint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Match colored boxes to colored floors
- Drop boxes from a crane
- Test timing and precision
- Progress through multiple stages
- Simple, intuitive gameplay
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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
Salmon Sprint
Navigate a treacherous river, dodging obstacles while a bear pursues you. Earn points to unlock cosmetic items and climb the global leaderboard. It's a fast-paced survival game where quick reflexes are key.
- Tap-based swimming controls
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Unlockable cosmetic skins
- Global leaderboard competition
- Bear pursuit mechanic
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Zig-zag through dangerous obstacles as you escape a hungry bear hot on your tail! Tap to swim left and right down the river while avoiding hitting obstacles. Spend points to unlock skins and compete to reach the top of the leaderboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CRANE at none against Salmon Sprint's 3. CRANE also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Salmon Sprint's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Salmon Sprint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CRANE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CRANE against 5.0 for Salmon Sprint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salmon Sprint has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CRANE ships an update every 3 weeks, Salmon Sprint every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CRANE | Salmon Sprint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jun Hotta | HOFFMAN Alexander |
Customer experience
CRANE
Salmon Sprint
In-app purchases
CRANE
No in-app purchases
Salmon Sprint
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Shades$1.99
- Splash$1.99
