Lava Crew vs BruceTron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lava Crew
Survive an onslaught of lava beasts as the last planetary surveyor. Test your lightning-fast reflexes in this classic 2D arcade action game. Can you hold out against the endless horde and discover the epilogue?
- Overhead 2D arcade action
- Intense finger-flicking reflexes
- Endless horde of Lava Beasts
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Unlockable epilogue
- Fair gameplay mechanics
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In the year 2124, you are the sole survivor of a team of elite planetary surveyors, tasked with stabilizing newly formed planets for habitation. The problem is, you have nothing but a few moss clumps, a pool of water, and your own lightning fast reflexes standing between you and an endless hoard of Lava Beasts bent on your destruction! How long can YOU hold out? Featuring classic, overhead 2D, arcade-action, requiring seriously extreme finger-flicking reflexes! This is NOT a game for people who content themselves with playing Solitaire! Thou hast been warned! Completely fair gameplay. No unfair advantage given to the enemy, in higher difficulties. Every difficulty is a new game unto itself, with different music, more levels, and different challenges to face. This is a game of true finger-swiping endurance! Beat the highest difficulty, to see the Epilogue and discover what rewards await you, for completing the game!
BruceTron
Engage in a fun, lighthearted mission to defeat rogue robots and rescue citizens. Explore various levels and game types, with options to practice or design your own challenges. The free version offers limited access, with an unlockable option for full game and level design features.
- Defeat rogue robots
- Rescue good citizens
- Multiple level types
- Game type variety
- Level practice mode
- Level design tools
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Bruce-Tron has a mission to eliminate all the bad bots and save any good citizens left. Enjoy many different types of Robots which are out to get you. Fun but not too serious. Many different levels and game types to choose from. Even Practice a level or design a level with many Tanks or Mommies. Free version includes 2 level to some of the games. Unlock to design levels and play all games
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lava Crew at every 6 months against BruceTron's every 15 months. Lava Crew also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Lava Crew sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and BruceTron sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lava Crew against 5.0 for BruceTron. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Lava Crew ships an update every 6 months, BruceTron every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lava Crew | BruceTron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Martin Antell | Rob Rightmyer |
Customer experience
Lava Crew
BruceTron
In-app purchases
Lava Crew
- 3 save slots$0.99
- 10 save slots$1.99
- 20 save slots$2.99
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- 40 save slots$4.99
BruceTron
- Unlock All Levels - All Games$0.99
