Comparison

Creature Crafter vs Cryptids

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

Head to head
About

Creature Crafter

Design unique creatures with extensive customization tools, then bring them to life to explore vibrant online worlds with friends. Collect new parts to enhance abilities, complete quests, battle foes, and engage in minigames or roleplaying.

Highlights
  • Creature building and customization
  • Online multiplayer exploration
  • Collect and upgrade creature parts
  • Quest completion and battles
  • Minigames and roleplaying
  • Procedural animation for environments
Features
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Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit! The core gameplay loop involves constructing creatures to explore hand-crafted worlds and collecting body parts and patterns to further upgrade your creature. You can then use your newly acquired abilities to complete quests to earn cash and re-invest into your creature. If you’re just interested in creating creatures, however, then simply switch over to creative mode and everything will already be unlocked! The creation tool consists of three different modes: ● BUILD: Customize the shape of your creature by manipulating its spine and attaching transformable body parts. Altering your creature then changes its statistics (e.g., weight, speed, health etc.) and attaching certain body parts gives it special abilities (e.g., flying, swimming, biting etc.). ● PAINT: Change the color of your creature’s body and attached body parts, as well as the pattern and texture of your creature’s skin. ● PLAY: When you’re finished designing your creature, you can bring it to life! Traverse lush forests, swim in the ocean or fly high above the clouds — your creature will procedurally animate to adapt to its environment. Please note that this project is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected to EA, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

About

Cryptids

Discover, train, and battle mythical creatures in an online monster royale. Evolve your Cryptids, explore diverse environments, and compete to become the ultimate Cryptid Master. Prove your skills in this thrilling creature collection and battle game.

Highlights
  • Discover and train Cryptid creatures
  • Online monster battle royale
  • Evolve your Cryptids
  • Build the ultimate team
  • Explore different environments
  • Uncover hidden secrets
Features
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Step into a world where mythical creatures roam! In this thrilling game, discover and train a variety of Cryptid creatures. Battle against other players, evolve your Cryptids, and build the ultimate team. Explore different environments, uncover hidden secrets, and rise through the ranks to become the ultimate Cryptid Master. Are you ready to catch them all and prove your skills?

Screenshots

Creature Crafter4 screens
Cryptids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cryptids at none against Creature Crafter's shown. Cryptids also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 72%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Creature Crafter's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 9) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Creature Crafter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cryptids sells 30 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cryptids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creature Crafter has 11K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Creature Crafter's written reviews are positive against 93% of Cryptids's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creature Crafter ships an update weekly, Cryptids every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Creature Crafter versus Cryptids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreature CrafterCryptids
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better9
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size492 MB746 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperDaniel LochnerSimon Hill

Customer experience

Creature Crafter

All ratings10,956 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews608 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.9%

Cryptids

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

Creature Crafter

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Screen going black and freezing
  • Inability to move the camera
  • Creatures turning into recent creations when saved
  • Difficulty with resizing and positioning body parts
  • Issues with the creature workshop and unlocking parts
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  • Creatures walking backwards
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more body parts, accessories, and customization options
  • Implement a map maker for mobile
  • Add more maps and environments to explore
  • Introduce a cell stage, tribal stage, and civilization stage
  • Implement a spawn tool to summon created creatures
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  • Add more range attack options like lasers and poison
  • Improve animation and smoothness of creature movements
  • Implement a chat filter and moderation system
  • Add the ability to build structures and nests
  • Introduce a leveling system with attributes and skills

Cryptids

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Creature Crafter

One-time3
  • Pets$2.99
  • Premium$5.99
  • Supporter$9.99
30 purchases

Cryptids

One-time30
  • Small Multiplier$0.99
  • 10 Minute timecard$0.99
  • Auto Tapper Small$1.99
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  • 30 Minute timecard x2$1.99
  • Xtra Small Gold$1.99
  • Xtra Small Gems$1.99
  • Medium Multiplier$2.99
  • 1hr timecard x3$2.99
  • Auto Tapper Medium$2.99
  • Large Multiplier$3.99
  • 1hr timecard x2$3.99
  • Xlarge Multiplier$4.99
  • Auto Tapper Large$4.99
  • Small Gold$4.99
  • Small Gems$4.99
  • 3hr timecard x3$6.99
  • Cactus$8.99
  • Werewolf$8.99
  • Medium Gold$8.99
  • Medium Gems$8.99
  • Season Pass$9.99
  • Multiplier Medium Test$9.99
  • 6hr timecard x5$9.99
  • 12hr timecard x10$14.99
  • Multiplier Large Test$17.99
  • Large Gold$17.99
  • Large Gems$17.99
  • Multiplier Xlarge Test$29.99
  • Xtra Large Gems$44.99
  • 2x Large Gems$79.99

Questions

Is Creature Crafter free?
Creature Crafter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cryptids free?
Cryptids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creature Crafter or Cryptids?
Cryptids is rated higher. Creature Crafter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Cryptids averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Creature Crafter or Cryptids have ads?
Creature Crafter shows ads; Cryptids does not.
Which is updated more often, Creature Crafter or Cryptids?
Creature Crafter ships an update weekly, and Cryptids every 3 weeks. Most recently, Creature Crafter was updated on October 18, 2026 and Cryptids on October 8, 2026.

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