CRANE vs UFO Grabber!
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
UFO Grabber!
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You can earn points by either grabbing or exploding UFOs. Smaller, fast-moving UFOs are worth higher scores, making them prime targets. Controls ・Virtual joystick: Moves the hand’s position ・Bomb button: Places a bomb at the hand’s position ・Grab button: Performs a grabbing action
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: UFO Grabber! at none against CRANE's shown. CRANE's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CRANE ships an update every 3 weeks, UFO Grabber! every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CRANE | UFO Grabber! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jun Hotta | Shoma Fukushima |
In-app purchases
CRANE
No in-app purchases
UFO Grabber!
No in-app purchases
