CRABITRON vs Ball Panic!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CRABITRON
Become a colossal space crustacean and unleash cosmic chaos. Destroy the galaxy to protect your brethren from humanity's culinary ambitions. Engage in hilarious, destructive gameplay with intuitive touch controls.
- Giant space crab simulation
- Galactic destruction gameplay
- Intuitive touch controls
- Battle waves of enemies
- Power-up items
- Hilarious and original
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AWARD WINNING GIANT SPACE CRAB SIMULATION WINNER of Australian Game Developer Awards 2013 --- “I’ve always wanted to be a giant space crab.” - Gabe Newell “The controls are perfect.” - Touch Arcade "It’s immediately obvious, and incredibly hilarious." — WIRED "The crab smiled, the music and action picked right back up again, and I was hooked." — Pocket Gamer, 9/10 "Man, this game is good." — Touch Arcade, 4.5 STARS "It’s a wonderful dose of originality." — 148Apps, 4.5 STARS "It may be the most innovative game in the App Store." — Apple'N'Apps, 4/5 --- Australian Game Developer Awards 2013 - Innovation Award Australian Game Developer Awards 2013 - Excellence in Design Award --- Once, every hundred years, Crabitron descends upon the civilized galaxy to teach humanity a brutal lesson — to stop eating his delicious crustacean brothers. Humanity never learns. It's time for their lesson. --- A lovingly crafted game about destroying the universe as a Giant Space Crab. • Touch, pinch, and fling your claws to cause destruction • Battle against waves of enemies, including sharks with frickin’ lasers • Gobble Burgers of Power, burp fireballs and suck in everything • Snap, crush and ruin everyone’s day... or life • The world's most realistic Giant Space Crab simulation
Ball Panic!
Tap to destroy incoming balls before they fill the screen in this fast-paced game. React quickly to clear the play area and avoid losing.
- Tap to blast balls
- Avoid screen fill-up
- Frantic gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Tap to blast the balls in this frantic new game! Do not let the balls fill up the screen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ball Panic! at Free against CRABITRON's $2.99. Ball Panic! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and device support (3 vs 1). CRABITRON's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Ball Panic! is free to download; CRABITRON costs $2.99 up front. CRABITRON sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ball Panic! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ball Panic! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CRABITRON has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of CRABITRON's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ball Panic!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CRABITRON ships an update every 2 months, Ball Panic! every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CRABITRON | Ball Panic! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Two Lives Left | 1Button SARL |
Customer experience
CRABITRON
Ball Panic!
Bugs and requests
CRABITRON
Reported bugs
15 issues- Game crashes when deflecting laser beams with claw
- Crashes during Cyberclops boss fight
- White crab with barcode visual glitch
- Claw gets stuck or moves uncontrollably
- Mission screen stuck and won't remove
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- Replay/watch feature glitched with missing text
- Limousines mission not registering snaps
- Game crashes after a few seconds of play
- Incompatible with iOS 9.3, 11, and newer versions
- Low frame rate on iPad Pro and iPad Air
- Game lags progressively until crash
- Music not working
- Arm gets stuck during gameplay
- Multitouch points becoming disjointed
- Accidental eye grab interfering with gameplay
Requested features
19 requests- iPhone and iPod version
- Additional character varieties (robot crab, squid version)
- More missions and levels
- New boss fights and enemy types
- Magnetic claw upgrades
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- Four-handed mode
- Cosmetic items (hats, accessories)
- Endless/sandbox frenzy mode
- Health bar display during gameplay
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Different crab types with unique abilities
- Leg upgrades for walking mechanics
- Clone boss fight
- World domination ending
- Different maps and environments
- Blaster weapon alternative
- Ability to disable wormhole upgrade
- More diverse power-ups
- Console version with controller support
Ball Panic!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CRABITRON
- Double Coin Paradoxer$2.99
- Coin Tripler$4.99
Ball Panic!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
Is CRABITRON free?
Is Ball Panic! free?
Which has better reviews, CRABITRON or Ball Panic!?
Do CRABITRON or Ball Panic! have ads?
Which is updated more often, CRABITRON or Ball Panic!?
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