Claw Builder vs Magic Friends
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!
Magic Friends
Embark on a magical adventure in a vibrant 3D world. Team up with friends, both old and new, to battle enemies using unique magical abilities. Enjoy exciting gameplay with simple controls and an intuitive interface.
- Bright 3D graphics
- Simple management
- Exciting gameplay
- Intuitive interface
- Magical adventures
- Defeat enemies
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Interesting and full of magical adventures, Magic Friends – Color Hands game is waiting for you! Rather, become part of the magical world and meet old and new friends. Together you need to defeat the enemies that will meet on the way! And the magical abilities of your friends will definitely come in handy! Features of Magic Friends - Color Hands: - Bright 3D graphics; - Simple management; - Exciting gameplay; - Intuitive interface. Never be bored with Magic Friends - Color Hands! After all, is it ever sad with friends? So let's go to new heights!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Claw Builder at every 4 weeks against Magic Friends's every 5 months. Magic Friends's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 57%) and ratings volume (39K vs 8K). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Magic Friends sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.7 for Magic Friends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8K and 39K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Claw Builder's written reviews are positive against 71% of Magic Friends's.
Claw Builder ships an update every 4 weeks, Magic Friends every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Claw Builder | Magic Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8K ratings) | 4.7 (39K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K | 39K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 705 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | MOONEE PUBLISHING LTD |
Customer experience
Claw Builder
Magic Friends
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
Magic Friends
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Customizable elements
- 🕹️ Fun and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💫 Visually appealing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Excessive ads
- 🔒 Lack of content control
- ⏱️ Slow progression
Bugs and requests
Claw Builder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Restarted at the start
- Laggy
Requested features
2 requests- Customize your drone
- More levels
Magic Friends
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to combine elements
- Loss of progress
- Unresponsive controls
- Texture and visual glitches
Requested features
4 requests- More element combinations
- Additional characters and powers
- Improved save/progress system
- Reduced ads or option to remove
In-app purchases
Claw Builder
- Remove Ads$2.99
Magic Friends
- Small coin pack$0.99
- Medium coin pack$1.79
- No ADS$1.99
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- VIP Pack with 90% discount$2.00
- Large coin pack$2.59
- VIP Pack with 80% discount$3.99
- VIP Pack with 70% discount$5.99
- VIP Pack with 60% discount$7.99
- VIP Pack with 50% discount$9.99
- VIP Pack with 40% discount$11.99
Questions
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