Comparison

Tiny Shop vs Craftbound

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Shop

Design and manage your own fantasy shop in a charming RPG world. Research, craft, and sell magical goods, complete quests, and expand your business. An assistant helps sell items even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Personalize and design your shop
  • Research, craft, and trade fantasy items
  • Complete quests and missions
  • Build and upgrade your city
  • Grow and harvest plants for crafting
  • Offline item sales with assistant
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YOU are a brand new member of the trading guild just stepping into this fantasy world. Personalize and design your own store, attract customers and sell magical and epic goods! Research, craft, trade, negotiate, buy and sell fantasy items and products from all over the world in this RPG simulation game and learn to manage your store to become the city’s best shop! Build, design and customize your very own cute fantasy shop with dozens of options! Making your store as outstanding as it can be will upgrade customers' satisfaction and boost your shop! Fortune awaits! With the help of your cute little assistant, discover a RPG world crafted with love. Meet mages and knights and send your heroes on epic adventures! Earn money and XP without doing anything as your assistant will sell your items for you while you are offline! Just fill your warehouse to the brim with goods and items and let the cash flow! Complete quests and missions for the trading guild and your customers and become the most beloved and reliable shopkeeper in town! Follow a cute and funny story, discover characters from your town and outside, build and upgrade your city to unlock more items and quests! Expand and upgrade your shop tile by tile. Buy beautiful and cute furniture and decoration to make your shop truly yours. Upgrade your shop’s statistics to boost your gold and xp! Plant and harvest exotic plants to craft powerful potions and other magic alchemy goods. From beautiful flowers to leafy vines you can become the best gardener around! Visit the botanist in the city center to buy new seeds and expand your garden. In this RPG fantasy shop adventure you will: RESEARCH, DISCOVER and CRAFT dozens of different items and goods to trade DESIGN and CUSTOMISE your tiny shop to improve your sales! COMPLETE STORY MISSIONS and QUESTS to help your city become prosperous EXPLORE and BUILD your city and world GROW and HARVEST cute plants and flowers ENJOY CUTE and CHARMING hand painted visuals HAVE A GOOD and RELAXING time Tiny Shop is a RPG store simulation game that will let you customize and design your own shop within a cute fantasy world. You can research, craft and sell: armor, potions, magic books, all kinds of gear and equipment as well as crafting materials such as plants, metals and gems. With your hard earned money you can expand and personalize your cute fantasy shop and explore the world to become the most prosperous shopkeeper in town! Install Tiny Shop for free NOW! Craft, trade, buy, sell, quest and customize in this fantasy RPG game! Music in our game is made by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/ We're using the following tunes: * Carpe Diem * Porch Swing Days (slower) * Montauk Point Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

About

Craftbound

Embark on an idle MMORPG adventure with charming pixel art and a player-driven economy. Enjoy deep mechanics and extensive customization without the time commitment of traditional MMOs. Progress is saved and new content is continuously added.

Highlights
  • Player-based economy and trading
  • Deep mechanics for veterans, simple mode for casuals
  • Hundreds of craftable items
  • Customizable characters with cosmetics
  • World map with unique locations
  • Cloud saving and real-time notifications
Features
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Craftbound is an MMORPG idle/incremental game with a clean interface and charming pixel art. Featuring many skills, combined with a player based economy, and in-depth mechanics. Enjoy everything you love about your favorite MMORPG’s —without the time investment. Craftbound is accessible to all players, with no pay-to-win or paywalled content. Rewarded video ads and in-app purchases are completely up-to you. Begin your idle adventure, and join the growing global community. FEATURES - Player based economy and trading market. - Advanced mechanics for idle veterans, and simple mode for casual players. - Travel across the beautifully crafted world map with unique locations. - Hundreds of items including rare’s, epics and legendaries. - Customisable character with unlock-able cosmetics. - Cloud saving, fast native performance, real-time notifications, and so much more! Craftbound is still in early access, and will evolve as you play, and give feedback. New updates and content will be continuously added. Your progress will never be reset. An internet connection is required to play, however idle progress continues while offline.

Screenshots

Tiny Shop4 screens
Craftbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tiny Shop at 4.7 against Craftbound's 4.4. Tiny Shop also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 70%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Shop sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Craftbound sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Shop holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Tiny Shop's written reviews are positive against 70% of Craftbound's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Shop ships an update fortnightly, Craftbound every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tiny Shop versus Craftbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny ShopCraftbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better4.4 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews — better69.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better1.2K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB10 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMateusz LesinskiPolybit Studio Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Tiny Shop

All ratings1,292 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative15.4%

Craftbound

All ratings1,169 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews489 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative22.9%

User reviews

Tiny Shop

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Generous with free rewards
  • 🎨 Charming art style
  • 💰 No pay-to-win mechanics
  • 📺 Optional, non-intrusive ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at times
  • 🔋 Battery-intensive
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options

Craftbound

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Lots of potential
  • 👍 Great concept
  • 👍 Enjoyable idle gameplay
  • 👍 Player-driven economy
  • 👍 Minimal ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unstable
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 UI/UX issues
  • 🐛 Inventory management problems
  • 🐛 Progression system unclear

Bugs and requests

Tiny Shop

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes or gets stuck during loading
  • Disappearing or malfunctioning shop displays
  • Recipes or licenses getting reset unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize character/avatar
  • More furniture and shop decorations
  • Daily customer requests or challenges
  • Improved balance for crafting materials

Craftbound

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and app refreshes
  • Issues with gathering and crafting tasks
  • Problems with Apple ID sign-in and account creation
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between activities

Requested features

6 requests
  • Expand the game world and content
  • Add more character customization options
  • Implement a chat system for player interaction
  • Improve the player market and trading experience
  • Introduce combat, quests, and other gameplay loops
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  • Provide better onboarding and tutorials for new players

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Tiny Shop

One-time18
  • Small Gem pack$1.99
  • Birthday bundle$1.99
  • Adventurer bundle$1.99
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  • Croissant Bundle$1.99
  • Coral Crab Bundle$1.99
  • Starting Pack$2.99
  • Winter hat bundle$3.99
  • Big Gem pack$4.99
  • Bundle$4.99
  • Botanist Furniture Bundle$4.99
  • Blacksmith Furniture Bundle$4.99
  • Home Furniture Bundle$4.99
  • Kitchen Furniture Bundle$4.99
  • Ad Tickets bundle$4.99
  • Sunny festival$4.99
  • Flooded Bundle$4.99
  • Large Gem pack$9.99
  • Enormous Gem pack$19.99
9 purchases

Craftbound

One-time9
  • Cup of Tea$0.99
  • Cup of Coffee$2.99
  • Triple Inventory Space$4.99
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  • Double Offline Limit$4.99
  • Double Shot Frappuccino$5.99
  • All Bundle: Launch Offer$7.99
  • All Bundle: Holiday Offer$7.99
  • Double XP$9.99
  • All Bundle$14.99

Questions

Is Tiny Shop free?
Tiny Shop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Craftbound free?
Craftbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Shop or Craftbound?
Tiny Shop is rated higher. Tiny Shop averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Craftbound averages 4.4 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Tiny Shop or Craftbound have ads?
Both Tiny Shop and Craftbound show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Shop or Craftbound?
Tiny Shop ships an update fortnightly, and Craftbound every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tiny Shop was updated on October 30, 2026 and Craftbound on October 30, 2026.

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