PC Simulator vs Contraptor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PC Simulator
Assemble your own computer by buying components and putting them together. Learn how each part functions and how the entire system works in a first-person view. Test your creation and improve your assembly skills.
- Buy and assemble computer components
- Test assembled computers
- Improve assembly skills
- Learn component functions
- Understand computer operation
- First-person building view
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Buy components and assemble your computer! Game features ● Start the computer after assembly is complete. ● Improve the ability to assemble the computer. ● Understand the use of each component. ● Understand how the computer works. ● Build computer in first-person view. Game Highlights ● Improve the hands-on ability of your computer assembly, suitable for you who love to play with computers. ● You are able to buy the components and build your computer freely in the 3D world. ● It allows you to learn some basic knowledge of the computer while playing.
Contraptor
Create intricate machines to solve physics-based puzzles. Design your own challenges, share them with the community, and compete on leaderboards. Learn physics principles through hands-on tutorials.
- Build with real 2D physics
- Solve community challenges
- Design and share custom puzzles
- Climb leaderboards
- Hands-on tutorials
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
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Contraptor is a physics playground where you build machines to solve hand-crafted puzzles. Drop in rods, wheels, pins, motors, and welds, wire up a contraption, hit Play, and let real physics decide how it works. NEW TO BUILDING? START WITH PLAY. Thirty short levels teach the whole game one trick at a time. Your first level hands you a single oval. Thirty levels later you're wiring motors, bracing with ghost rods, and threading payloads through wormholes. Every level keeps the machine you built to beat it, so you can come back and watch it run. Beat them all and you earn a Certificate of Completion with your name on it. THEN TAKE ON THE COMMUNITY. Every challenge is a puzzle: get the payload (or many payloads) to the target(s) using whatever that challenge allows. Some let you shove pieces around, some ration your parts with Twists, some bend the rules with wormholes and moving hazards. Solve it and you've earned bragging rights. Then flip it around: design your own challenge, prove it's solvable if you like, and dare everyone to crack it. • Build with real 2D physics — mass, gravity, momentum, friction, bounce, damping, and motors • 30 hand-built levels that teach every tool, plus a certificate at the top • A growing library of community challenges, with search • Design your own, prove they're solvable, and post them • Twists: cap the parts, cap the speed, or hand solvers exactly the toolbox you choose • Wormholes, slow-motion zones, and other rule-benders • Rate, follow other builders, and climb the leaderboards • Hands-on tutorials for every tool • Universal — iPhone and iPad Seeing a solution isn't the same as building one. That skill gap is the whole game. Contraptor uses your iCloud account for community features (posting, rating, following, leaderboards, usernames). You can play every level, follow the tutorials, and browse and play everything in the Community without iCloud — it's only needed to post or interact. iCloud is free. Designed by JohnCowMilk · Built in Xcode with Apple's Coding Intelligence and Claude · Physics by Box2D
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contraptor at none against PC Simulator's 5. Contraptor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 16 months). PC Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (189 vs 4) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price 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. PC Simulator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Contraptor asks for nothing beyond the download.
PC Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PC Simulator has 189 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of PC Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Contraptor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PC Simulator ships an update every 16 months, Contraptor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PC Simulator | Contraptor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (189 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yi Ming Cheng | John Coumerilh |
Customer experience
PC Simulator
Contraptor
Bugs and requests
PC Simulator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Parts not staying in place during PC assembly
- Bitcoin balance not updating correctly
- Frequent crashes when building complex rigs
Requested features
5 requests- Add more PC components like new GPUs, CPUs, and cases
- Implement a PC selling/ordering system
- Add more apps and functionality to the in-game PCs
- Improve physics and part placement mechanics
- Implement an auto-save feature
Contraptor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PC Simulator
- 50 BTC$0.99
- 100 BTC$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- 200 BTC$2.99
- More Coin$3.99
Contraptor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PC Simulator free?
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