Shark Attack vs Crab Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shark Attack
Experience the thrill of being a powerful shark in a 3D underwater world. Hunt beach-goers, other sea creatures, and evolve your shark to dominate the food chain. Explore diverse environments and choose from various shark species.
- Play as a hungry killer shark
- Hunt beach-goers and sea creatures
- Evolve and strengthen your shark
- Compete for top of the food chain
- Choose from many shark species
- Hunt on beaches or underwater
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Play as a hungry killer shark and feast on unsuspecting beach-goers! Feast on them or scare them for fun! Make your Shark stronger and bigger by attacking beach-goers as well as other sharks and deep sea jurassic creatures. Compete against all the predators and be on top of the food chain! MANY SPECIES OF SHARKS & SEA CREATURES: Choose from a range of sharks and sea creatures like Great White, Killer Whale, Megalodon, Mosasaurus etc. SHARK ATTACK ON BEACH or HUNT UNDERWATER Play in different worlds to hunt and evolve your Shark!
Crab Run
Rescue baby crabs from nets using your claws. Navigate through the water, avoiding dangerous sharks. Collect as many crabs as possible to achieve a high score.
- Crab rescue gameplay
- Claw mechanics
- Shark avoidance
- High score collection
- Simple controls
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Baby crabs are caught in nets. Use your claws and save them. Stay away from sharks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crab Run at 100% against Shark Attack's 54%. Crab Run also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 15). Shark Attack's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 4). On price, 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. Shark Attack sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Crab Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crab Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shark Attack has 10K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Shark Attack's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crab Run's.
| Parameter | Shark Attack | Crab Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Free Pixel Games Ltd | Engin Ulukurtlar |
Customer experience
Shark Attack
Crab Run
Bugs and requests
Shark Attack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent coin rewards
- Gameplay freezes and crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Longer gameplay duration
- More varied gameplay modes
- Improved ad system
Crab Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shark Attack
- Pile of Coins2 variants$0.99
- Sack Of Coins2 variants$1.99
- Bag of Coins2 variants$2.99
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- Block Ads$2.99
- Doryaspis Chest$4.99
- Pocketful of Coins$4.99
- Saw Shark Chest$4.99
- Anglerfish Chest$9.99
- Stack of Coins$9.99
- Angel Shark Chest$9.99
- Hemicyclaspis Chest$19.99
- Case of Coins$24.99
Crab Run
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shark Attack free?
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