Comparison

Craft World 3D vs Survival Island

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

Head to head
About

Craft World 3D

Explore an endless cubic world where you can build, survive, and create your own adventures. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings, and farm or hunt in diverse biomes. Enjoy a rich voxel universe with various game modes and character customization.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering and crafting
  • Building and decorating structures
  • Survival mechanics
  • Farming and fishing
  • Diverse biomes and animals
  • Multiple game modes
  • Character customization
Features
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Craft World 3D is a survival simulator and building sandbox in an endless cubic world where you create your own adventures! Get resources, process them into tools and building blocks. Build houses, decorate rooms with different styles, farm, fish, hunt and enjoy the beautiful views of the voxel universe! - Over 300 different blocks and items - Many different animals peaceful and aggressive - Many different skins for the character - Over 30 different unique biomes - Many game modes and special maps - View from 1 and 3 persons - Much more inside! If you have any questions about the game or find bugs, please let us know in your review or at: support@knuckle.games

About

Survival Island

Embark on a survival adventure on a deserted island. Explore, gather resources, hunt wildlife, and craft essential tools and weapons. Build your shelter, cultivate a farm, and trade goods to develop and prosper in this open-world simulator.

Highlights
  • Open world survival
  • Resource gathering
  • Crafting tools and weapons
  • Hunting wildlife
  • Building houses and farms
  • Market trading
Features
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Be a Survivor on a desert island! Explore the world, hunt animals, collect resources, mine ore, craft tools, grow vegetables. Build a house & farm! Sell and buy goods on the market! Develop and prosper! Good luck! FEATURES - Be the Survivor on the Ocean Island! - Amazing 2D Island environment and survivor experience; - Open world survival game and hunting adventure; - Free survival simulator game; - Explore new lands and territories; - Mine materials, craft weapons, and create items - Collect resources - wood, ore, food, and many other things; - Hunt the wildlife on the desert island; - Build a house, develop a farm - your shelter home! - Sell and buy items on the market; - Realistic and easy to use controls; - Stunning graphics and enriched visuals; - No internet connection required. You have full freedom to survive! Explore the world and craft things necessary for life. Your survival adventure starts here! Cut trees, mine ore, grow vegetables, hunt animals, build a house, and a farm. The Island is your shelter home now for free!

Screenshots

Craft World 3D4 screens
Survival Island4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Survival Island at every 11 days against Craft World 3D's every 2 months. Survival Island also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Craft World 3D's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 508) and review sentiment (30% vs 16%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Craft World 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Survival Island sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Survival Island holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Craft World 3D has 29K ratings behind it against 508, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Craft World 3D's written reviews are positive against 16% of Survival Island's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Craft World 3D ships an update every 2 months, Survival Island every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Craft World 3D versus Survival Island: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCraft World 3DSurvival Island
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (29K ratings)4.6 (508 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.5% of reviews — better15.8% of reviews
Number of ratings29K — better508
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperYevhen IsayevDRAGONITE MARKETING MANAGEMENT EST

Customer experience

Craft World 3D

All ratings29,419 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews561 reviews
Positive30.5%
Neutral9.6%
Negative59.9%

Survival Island

All ratings508 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive15.8%
Neutral19.3%
Negative64.9%

User reviews

Craft World 3D

From 29K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🔥 Awesome graphics
  • 🎨 Variety of customization options
  • 🏠 Ability to build houses and structures

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Too many ads
  • ⏱️ Limited fly time
  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 🔍 Limited resources and blocks
  • 🕷️ Annoying animals/enemies

Survival Island

From 508 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and enjoyable gameplay
  • 🎨 Appealing graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🔁 Progression issues and resets

Bugs and requests

Craft World 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes when creating new worlds
  • Blocks disappearing after building
  • Character getting stuck or falling through the ground
  • Inability to enter or exit buildings

Requested features

6 requests
  • Increase fly time
  • Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
  • Add more building materials and blocks
  • Improve character controls
  • Introduce creative mode
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  • Add more customization options

Survival Island

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to progress to next island
  • Workers getting stuck
  • Disappearing resources and progress
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Unlock third island
  • Fix cloud and movement issues
  • Improve NPC functionality
  • Reduce ads and improve monetization

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Craft World 3D

One-time1
  • Premium crafting and building!$0.99
4 purchases

Survival Island

One-time4
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • DOGGY$4.99
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  • Golden Tools$15.99

Questions

Is Craft World 3D free?
Craft World 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Survival Island free?
Survival Island is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Craft World 3D or Survival Island?
Survival Island is rated higher. Craft World 3D averages 4.3 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Survival Island averages 4.6 from 508 ratings.
Do Craft World 3D or Survival Island have ads?
Both Craft World 3D and Survival Island show ads.
Which is updated more often, Craft World 3D or Survival Island?
Craft World 3D ships an update every 2 months, and Survival Island every 11 days. Most recently, Craft World 3D was updated on September 24, 2026 and Survival Island on August 21, 2026.

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