Claw Builder vs Mr. Pain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Claw Builder
Pilot a builder drone with a crane attachment to grab and move various objects. Complete diverse challenges worldwide, from construction to rescue missions, in this unique arcade-style game.
- Pilot a builder drone with a crane
- Grab and move various objects
- Complete construction, sorting, and rescue missions
- Explore global locations
- Thousands of skill-based levels
- Physics-based rope mechanics
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Grabbing objects with a claw machine has never been this satisfying! Carefully fly and balance the builder drone into the perfect position and use the crane machine to grab various objects. Once secured inside the claw machine grabber, maneuver the drone and drop the objects in the proper places to complete each challenge in this unique entry among drone games. Experience the thrill of real arcade action with every move! Explore different locations worldwide, grab all sorts of objects with your drone claw machine to build, repair, sort, and rescue, completing challenging goals around the world. Train your skill, develop agility, and skillfully control your drone and crane machine grabber to secure all objects. With interesting and unique levels, monuments to explore, rare objectives, and skill-based gameplay, Claw Builder stands out in the world of drone games and offers the excitement of real arcade fun with a claw machine twist! How To Play: Skill-based gameplay controlling a flying simulator drone complete with a rope and crane machine, making it a standout in drone games and a true real arcade experience. Tap and drag to take flight and move your drone into the correct position. Be cautious as the bouncy rope relies on physics and gravity to balance. Release the catcher to open the claw machine and prepare to secure the object. Close the catcher and grab the live object! Move it into the new position and release the catcher to drop the object. Features: A new kind of construction vehicle: Drone Builder. Builds, digs, rescues, and repairs by flying effortlessly and grabbing objects with its claw machine, offering a fresh take on drone games and real arcade excitement. Many goals and challenging objectives to complete: Fixing and repairing highways, sorting and organizing fruits and vegetables, building and fixing national monuments, rescuing stranded plane crash passengers from sharks, and more. Thousands of levels of drone-flying, skill-based fun!
Mr. Pain
Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you use a gravity gun to manipulate objects and characters. Solve challenging levels by strategically applying tools like spikes and electric fences to inflict "pain" and achieve objectives.
- Gravity gun mechanics
- Physics-based puzzles
- Multiple tools for interaction
- Challenging levels
- Brain-teasing gameplay
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Use different tools to give pain to the agents. Control your gravity gun, and throw them to the tools such as spikes, saw, electric fences and so on. Can you solve all of the levels with using your gravity gun? There are many levels that you have to use your brain to solve, meanwhile, you are going to have lots of fun and laughter!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mr. Pain at ad-supported against Claw Builder's free with in-app purchases. Mr. Pain also leads on ratings volume (33K vs 8K). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Claw Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mr. Pain sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Claw Builder against 4.6 for Mr. Pain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8K and 33K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Claw Builder's written reviews are positive against 51% of Mr. Pain's.
Claw Builder ships an update every 4 weeks, Mr. Pain every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Claw Builder | Mr. Pain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8K ratings) | 4.6 (33K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8K | 33K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 516 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | Sunday.gg |
Customer experience
Claw Builder
Mr. Pain
User reviews
Claw Builder
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Entertaining
- 👍 Good overall
- 👍 Amazing
- 👍 Claw Builder
- 👍 Fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Needs more levels
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 🐛 Restarted at the start
- 🐛 Laggy
Mr. Pain
From 33K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Amazing game
- 👍 Great graphics
- 👍 Good particles
- 👍 Clear results
- 👍 Fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy
- 🔁 Repeating levels
- 🤖 Crappy 3D characters
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🤔 Misleading ads
Bugs and requests
Claw Builder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Restarted at the start
- Laggy
Requested features
2 requests- Customize your drone
- More levels
Mr. Pain
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen issue
- Can't access boss levels
- Freezing on certain levels
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Customizable skins
- Remove hostages
- Fix level 116 glitch
In-app purchases
Claw Builder
- Remove Ads$2.99
Mr. Pain
- Mr. Pain VIP$9.997 Days
- Alien Bundle Pack$9.99
- Devil Bundle Pack$9.99
- Tough Guy Bundle Pack$9.99









