Bucket Crusher vs Shuriken Cut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bucket Crusher
Become increasingly destructive by upgrading your characteristics. Demolish walls and experience escalating levels of destruction.
- Upgrade characteristics
- Become more destructive
- Demolish walls
- Experience escalating destruction
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Upgrade your characteristics and become more and more destructive! Tear down this wall to the ground!"
Shuriken Cut
Throw shurikens by dragging the screen to hit enemies. The angle of your drag determines the shuriken's trajectory and how it splits the target. Aim precisely to slice through your opponents.
- Drag to throw shurikens
- Angle-based trajectory
- Split enemies in two
- Precise aiming
- Action-packed gameplay
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Drag the screen to throw shurikens at the enemy! The shuriken will fly according to the angle of the drag line, and cut the enemy at that angle!
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Verdict
Bucket Crusher and Shuriken Cut both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Shuriken Cut's written reviews are positive against 24% of Bucket Crusher's. Shuriken Cut also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Bucket Crusher's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (118K vs 25K). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Bucket Crusher sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Shuriken Cut asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shuriken Cut holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118K and 25K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Bucket Crusher's written reviews are positive against 84% of Shuriken Cut's.
Bucket Crusher ships an update every 2 weeks, Shuriken Cut every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Bucket Crusher | Shuriken Cut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (118K ratings) | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118K — better | 25K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Bucket Crusher
Shuriken Cut
User reviews
Bucket Crusher
From 118K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Good graphics
- 🕹 Fun and addictive
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔌 Requires internet connection
- 🔥 Causes phone to overheat
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
Shuriken Cut
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🚀 Great graphics
- 💡 Satisfying gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 💤 Gets boring quickly
- 🔍 Lack of content
Bugs and requests
Bucket Crusher
Reported bugs
3 issues- Upgrades not working as intended
- Game freezing and crashing
- Inability to complete certain levels
Requested features
4 requests- Offline play mode
- More level variety
- Reduce ad frequency
- Permanent upgrades between levels
Shuriken Cut
Reported bugs
2 issues- Shurikens don't always go where directed
- Inability to restart levels
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels
- Implement sandbox mode
- Add randomized enemy/level generator
- Allow users to create and share custom levels
In-app purchases
Bucket Crusher
- Buy 50 Gems$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Buy 250 Gems$4.99
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- No Ads + Boosters$4.99
- No Ads + Gems$4.99
- Buy 750 Gems$9.99
Shuriken Cut
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bucket Crusher free?
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