Comparison

CRANE vs Space Force Hero

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
Read full description

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

Space Force Hero

Embark on a retro-modern adventure to rescue a princess from aliens. Utilize futuristic gear like rocket boots and a plasma weapon across 20 challenging levels. Experience a unique blend of classic and contemporary game design.

Highlights
  • Rocket-powered flight boots
  • Energy defense shield
  • Plasma weapon
  • 20 levels of play
  • Dual game modes (1977 & 2024)
  • Controller support
Features
Read full description

Space Force Hero The princess has been abducted by aliens. Be a HERO and save her. Your spacesuit comes equipped with rocket powered flight boots, an energy defense shield, and a plasma weapon. Play Tip: Do nothing to travel down past pipes and press down to land on a pipe. Includes two games that represent 40+ years of game technology change . Present & Past … a video game history experience. Maybe you will experience nostalgia or perhaps discover a new kind of fun. 20 levels of play. Present - 2024 Hardware A new modern game by an early 1980’s Activision game developer. Over 100MB of 3D C# code running at 60 FPS. 64 bit processor, Gigabytes of RAM, floating point vector math, 4K display, millions of colors, GPU 3D rendering, real-time shadows, particle effects, OS, physics engine, stereo sound, music, and a modern analog controller. Warning: Retro home and arcade games were hard. Players would restart the game and attempt to get farther in the levels for a higher score. Can be played with keyboard, d-pad, analog or retro digital joystick. Past - 1977 Hardware A new game for 1970’s game hardware by the same developer. 16KB of 2D assembly language code that chases the CRT beam at 60 FPS. 8 bit processor, can only divide / multiply by 2, 128 Bytes of RAM, 160x192 display, 128 colors, 5 sprites, low resolution background, no OS, no physics engine, mono sound, no music, no saved game progress, intentional repetition, and simple five digital button controls. Warning: Huge 1977 pixels may be disturbing to some players.

Screenshots

CRANE4 screens
Space Force Hero3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CRANE at none against Space Force Hero's 2. Space Force Hero's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Space Force Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CRANE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CRANE against 5.0 for Space Force Hero. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
CRANE versus Space Force Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCRANESpace Force Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB204 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJun HottaRESETgame

Customer experience

CRANE

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

Space Force Hero

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

In-app purchases

None

CRANE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Space Force Hero

One-time1
  • All level play for both games2 variants$1.99

Questions

Is CRANE free?
CRANE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space Force Hero free?
Space Force Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CRANE or Space Force Hero?
CRANE and Space Force Hero are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CRANE or Space Force Hero have ads?
CRANE shows ads; Space Force Hero does not.

Other comparisons