CRABITRON vs TENSEI
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
TENSEI
Embark on a serene journey of self-discovery through an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall through calming Zen landscapes, mimicking the flow of ink on paper, to escape daily stress and find deep immersion.
- Ultra-casual endless action gameplay
- Soothing Zen landscapes
- Relaxed journey into the sky
- Immersive experience
- Brush stroke-like movement
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An experience of self-discovery set in soothing Zen landscapes. "Tensei" is an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall over and over in the style of a brush flowing across paper, and go on a relaxed journey into the sky. Leave the hectic routine of life behind for a chance to enjoy this deeply immersive experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TENSEI at none against CRABITRON's 2. TENSEI also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). CRABITRON's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (68 vs 13). On price 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
CRABITRON costs $2.99 and TENSEI $2.99 up front. CRABITRON sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TENSEI asks for nothing beyond the download.
TENSEI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CRABITRON has 68 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of CRABITRON's written reviews are positive against 100% of TENSEI's.
CRABITRON ships an update every 2 months, TENSEI every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CRABITRON | TENSEI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 405 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Two Lives Left | NEURON AGE CO.,LTD. |
Customer experience
CRABITRON
TENSEI
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
TENSEI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CRABITRON
- Double Coin Paradoxer$2.99
- Coin Tripler$4.99
TENSEI
No in-app purchases
