Otto Matic vs CraftedBattle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Otto Matic
Embark on a retro-futuristic adventure as Otto Matic, a robot tasked with saving Earth from alien invaders. Explore vibrant 3D alien worlds, battle bizarre creatures and giant vegetables, and rescue humans from abduction. Experience a variety of wild scenarios, from skiing behind sea monsters to piloting flying saucers.
- 10 alien worlds
- 25 alien creatures
- 7 space-age weapons
- Giant radioactive vegetables
- Pilot flying saucers
- Rescue abducted humans
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• WINNER of the Pocket Gamer Bronze Award! • 10 levels on amazing 3D alien worlds! • Battle 25 different alien creatures! • Attack with 7 different types of space-age weapons • Fight off giant radioactive killer vegetables! • Ski behind giant metal sea monsters on a river of toxic ooze! • Ride soap bubbles across noxious lakes of slimy goo! • Get shot out of a cannon! • Rescue humans from flying saucers! • Ride bumper cars! • Drink radioactive potions to grow to 50ft tall! • Ride a zip-line to escape mutant radioactive robots! • Pilot a flying saucer and lay waste to an alien fortress! • And much, much more! The year is 1957 and a fleet of flying saucers from Planet X have come to Earth. These saucers are under the control of the evil Brain Aliens who are abducting helpless human beings and taking them away to strange alien worlds to become slaves of The Giant Brain. You are Otto Matic, the robot given the job of saving Earth from the Brain Aliens. Your rocket ship will take you to each of the alien planets, and on each planet you must save as many humans as you can, but be careful because the Brain Aliens will try to abduct the humans before you can save them. Once The Giant Brain has been defeated and peace has been restored to the galaxy, you will return to Earth with your human cargo where they will be freed.
CraftedBattle
Design and play on custom maps in this action-packed game. Features a block-based editor for quick map creation, multiple weapons, and various game modes including deathmatch and challenges. Enjoy single-player against AI or multiplayer battles.
- Block-based map creation and editing
- Multiple firearms and melee weapon
- Up to 63 AI enemies
- Multiplayer deathmatch
- Challenge mode with unlockables
- Map import/export functionality
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CraftedBattle lets you create maps and play deathmatches on them. The block based map system makes it easy and fast. Features: *Create and edit your maps right on your device. *easy map-creation *3 firearms at choice and a knife as backup *up to 63 AI Enemies *multiplayer *deathmatch mode with or without teams *challenge mode (unlocks a pistol and hand grenades) *map import/export *more than 400 maps included What the customers wrote: 'I love this game it's fantastic' 'This is an awesome app! I really liked the challenge mode.' 'Love what you guys did to this game! It's AMAZING a must get game!' 'It's so fun, and has endless replay value!' 'I just got this game today and it's easily worked its way up to one of my favorites.'
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CraftedBattle at every 3 weeks against Otto Matic's every 8 months. CraftedBattle also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Otto Matic costs $2.99 and CraftedBattle $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CraftedBattle holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 143 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 74% and 74% positive.
Otto Matic ships an update every 8 months, CraftedBattle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otto Matic | CraftedBattle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 4.3 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pangea Software, Inc. | C-Apps |
Customer experience
Otto Matic
CraftedBattle
User reviews
Otto Matic
From 43 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Nostalgic gameplay
- 👍 Challenging levels
- 🎨 Great graphics
- 🎶 Awesome soundtrack
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🎮 Awkward controls
- 🔄 No camera control
- 💾 No save/checkpoint feature
CraftedBattle
From 143 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay
- 👍 Customizable maps
- 🕹️ Fun block-based FPS
- 💯 Great value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🤖 Dumb AI bots
- 🔍 Limited weapon selection
- 🔌 Occasional performance issues
Bugs and requests
Otto Matic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Supernova feature not working
- Invisible barriers blocking attacks
- Enemies can shoot through barriers
Requested features
3 requests- Accelerometer control option
- Ability to replay/skip levels
- Camera control functionality
CraftedBattle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Weapons not registering hits
- Falling through map geometry
- Crashes when exiting matches
- Multiplayer connectivity issues
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More weapons and equipment
- Improved AI and bot behavior
- Better map editing tools
- Ability to change team colors/skins
In-app purchases
Otto Matic
No in-app purchases
CraftedBattle
No in-app purchases
