Comparison

PVKingdoms vs Tiny Crawler

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

Head to head
About

PVKingdoms

Lead commanders and armies across a hex-grid world to capture towns, collect relics, and win tactical battles. Build your realm, recruit diverse units, and manage heroes with unique skills and artifacts. Enjoy fast-paced, offline play with a battery-friendly strategy pacing.

Highlights
  • Explore hex-grid world
  • Build and upgrade towns
  • Recruit diverse armies
  • Engage in tactical battles
  • Manage heroes and commanders
  • Offline play
Features
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Build your realm, recruit armies, and lead commanders across the frontier—capturing towns, collecting relics, and winning tactical battles. - What you’ll do * Explore a hand-crafted, hex-grid world with treasures, ruins, and neutral guardians * Build towns to unlock upgrades, economy, and stronger units * Recruit armies across multiple creature tiers and roles * Fight tactical battles with terrain, positioning, and abilities * Manage heroes/commanders with skills, artifacts, and army composition - Made for iOS * Fast turns with quick actions and clear UI * Offline play (great on flights) * Battery-friendly strategy pacing

About

Tiny Crawler

Explore a grim, procedurally generated underworld in this pixel-art roguelite. Battle unique enemies, disarm traps, and make meaningful choices in tactical turn-based combat. Discover hidden treasures and powerful artifacts in a dark fantasy urban decay setting.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Unique enemies and traps
  • Mysterious events and hidden treasures
  • Character progression (DnD rules)
  • Permadeath
  • Crafting system
Features
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Descend into a surreal, gritty underworld in Tiny Crawler, a pixel-art roguelite where every choice matters and danger lurks in every shadow. Battle bizarre enemies, disarm strange traps, and explore a city of secrets, blending dark fantasy with urban decay. Discover mysterious traders, uncover powerful artefacts, and test your luck at ancient altars. With procedurally generated encounters, moody pixel visuals, and an atmospheric soundtrack, Tiny Crawler offers a fresh challenge every time you play. Features: - Procedurally generated levels and encounters - Unique enemies and traps inspired by cult classic manga - Mysterious events and hidden treasures - Tactical turn-based combat and meaningful choices - Chunky pixel art and a dark, immersive atmosphere - Designed to be played in short stints in mobile (iOS only at the moment) - Character progression based on DnD rules - Permadeath - Procedurally generated encounters - Turn-based combat - 200 items - 32 enemies - 10 bosses - 10 events - 3 Biomes - Identifiable items - Crafting - Achievements - Spell casting Do you have what it takes to survive the crawl?

Screenshots

PVKingdoms3 screens
Tiny Crawler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PVKingdoms at none against Tiny Crawler's 1. PVKingdoms also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 4). Tiny Crawler's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price and rating 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. Tiny Crawler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PVKingdoms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PVKingdoms against 4.3 for Tiny Crawler. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PVKingdoms has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of PVKingdoms's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Crawler's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PVKingdoms ships an update every 11 days, Tiny Crawler every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PVKingdoms versus Tiny Crawler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPVKingdomsTiny Crawler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (29 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size289 MB69 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJianfeng Wugabriel maldonado

Customer experience

PVKingdoms

All ratings29 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative18.0%

Tiny Crawler

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PVKingdoms

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiny Crawler

One-time1
  • Tiny Crawler - Full Version$5.99

Questions

Is PVKingdoms free?
PVKingdoms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Crawler free?
Tiny Crawler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PVKingdoms or Tiny Crawler?
PVKingdoms is rated higher. PVKingdoms averages 4.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Tiny Crawler averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do PVKingdoms or Tiny Crawler have ads?
PVKingdoms shows ads; Tiny Crawler does not.
Which is updated more often, PVKingdoms or Tiny Crawler?
PVKingdoms ships an update every 11 days, and Tiny Crawler every 2 months. Most recently, PVKingdoms was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tiny Crawler on October 25, 2026.

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