Comparison

CRANE vs Dice Route

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

Head to head
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

About

Dice Route

Features
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"Dice Route" is a simple yet strategic puzzle game. Move the dice on the map and clear the stage when the "6" you get matches the "6" on the target square. The total of the heads and tails on the dice is"7"! Once you understand the rules, you can figure out the game in less than three seconds.

Screenshots

CRANE4 screens
Dice Route4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CRANE at every 3 weeks against Dice Route's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CRANE ships an update every 3 weeks, Dice Route every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CRANE versus Dice Route: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCRANEDice Route
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJun Hottasuzya net

In-app purchases

None

CRANE

No in-app purchases

None

Dice Route

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CRANE free?
CRANE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dice Route free?
Dice Route is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CRANE or Dice Route have ads?
Both CRANE and Dice Route show ads.
Which is updated more often, CRANE or Dice Route?
CRANE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dice Route every 2 months. Most recently, CRANE was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dice Route on October 27, 2026.

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