Comparison

Minecraft vs MC Constructor for Minecraft

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Minecraft

Explore an infinite open world where you can build, craft, and survive. Gather resources, face challenges, and create anything imaginable, alone or with friends. Customize your experience with add-ons and join millions of players on community servers.

Highlights
  • Open-world building and crafting
  • Survival and Creative modes
  • Multiplayer and cross-platform play
  • Infinite procedurally generated worlds
  • Marketplace for add-ons and cosmetics
  • Community servers and private Realms
Features
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Dive into an open world of building, crafting and survival. Gather resources, survive the night, and build whatever you can imagine one block at a time. Explore and craft your way through a completely open world where you can play with friends, build a city, start a farm, mine deep into the ground, face mysterious enemies, or just experiment to the limits of your imagination! The possibilities are endless. Embark on an epic adventure and play with friends, building from the ground up. Build and expand in Creative mode, where you can craft from unlimited resources. Survive the night, face intense battles, craft tools, and fend off danger in Survival mode. With seamless cross-platform and multiplayer gameplay on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, you can adventure solo or with friends, and discover an infinite, randomly generated world filled with blocks to mine, biomes to explore, and mobs to befriend (or battle)! In Minecraft, the world is yours to shape! CREATE YOUR WORLD • Build anything from the ground up • Craft from special resources and tools to create brand new structures and landscapes • Explore an endless open world full of different biomes and creatures • Minecraft Marketplace – Get creator-made add-ons, thrilling worlds, and stylish cosmetics on Minecraft Marketplace • Connect with millions of players on community servers, or subscribe to Realms Plus to cross-play with up to 10 friends on your own private server • Slash commands – Tweak how the game plays: you can change the weather, summon mobs, change the time of day, and more • Add-ons – Customize your experience even further with add-ons! If you're more tech-inclined, you can modify your game to create new resource packs MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES • Join free massive multiplayer servers and play with thousands of others • Multiplayer servers allow you to play with up to 4 players online with a free Xbox Live account • Build, battle and explore other realms. With Realms and Realms Plus, you can play with up to 10 friends cross-platform, anytime, anywhere on Realms, your own private server that we host for you • With Realms Plus, get instant access to over 150 Marketplace items with new additions each month. Share with friends on your own private Realms server* • Connect and play with players across the world, wherever they are, and join in on MMO battles for survival in other worlds • Discover gigantic community-run worlds, compete in unique mini-games and socialize in lobbies full of fellow Minecrafters SUPPORT: https://www.minecraft.net/help LEARN MORE: https://www.minecraft.net/ Here are the links to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions: Privacy Policy: https://www.minecraft.net/privacy/gdpr Terms and Conditions: https://account.mojang.com/terms MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION To check the requirements for your device visit: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4409172223501 *Realms & Realms Plus: Try a free 30-day trial in-app. Minecraft may request the following optional permissions, which require your consent. You can continue to use Minecraft without granting these permissions; however, some features may be limited or unavailable. For more information, please see below: • Local Network: To find other devices on the same Wi‑Fi network for multiplayer gameplay. • App Tracking: To deliver personalized ads and improve application experience

About

MC Constructor for Minecraft

Easily build structures and pixel art in Minecraft with a vast library of user-submitted models and redstone guides. Plan and share your creations with friends, and build complex shapes effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Downloadable redstone guides
  • Plan and share builds
  • User-submitted model library
  • Create pixel art from photos
  • Build complex models easily
Features
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*Not an official Minecraft product, not approved by or associated with Mojang. • Download redstone guides to easily build in Minecraft! • Plan and share builds with friends! • Access a large library of user submitted models for ideas and fun projects! • Create beautiful pixel art from photos! • Build complex models like spheres and mazes with ease!

Screenshots

Minecraft4 screens
MC Constructor for Minecraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MC Constructor for Minecraft at Free against Minecraft's $6.99. Minecraft's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 35%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MC Constructor for Minecraft is free to download; Minecraft costs $6.99 up front. Minecraft sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MC Constructor for Minecraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minecraft holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minecraft has 837K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Minecraft's written reviews are positive against 35% of MC Constructor for Minecraft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minecraft ships an update fortnightly, MC Constructor for Minecraft monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Minecraft versus MC Constructor for Minecraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinecraftMC Constructor for Minecraft
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (837K ratings) — better4.0 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better34.5% of reviews
Number of ratings837K — better1.1K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB97 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMojangZ Sculpt

Customer experience

Minecraft

All ratings836,838 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12,304 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative16.4%

MC Constructor for Minecraft

All ratings1,122 ratings
Positive72.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews194 reviews
Positive34.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative52.6%

User reviews

Minecraft

From 837K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Amazing game
  • 👍 Endless creativity
  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay
  • 🌳 Peaceful survival mode
  • 🔥 Exciting updates

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • ⚠️ Complicated controls and UI
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔌 Performance issues on older devices
  • 🤖 Unwanted account requirements

MC Constructor for Minecraft

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐️ Best game ever
  • 💻 Helpful for planning builds
  • 🎨 Good for pixel art
  • 🔨 Useful building tool

Room to improve

  • 💰 Pay to play
  • 🚫 Limited functionality without pro version
  • 📺 Ads cover UI elements
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Confusing controls

Bugs and requests

Minecraft

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items and pets
  • Skin and texture pack issues
  • Frozen loading screens
  • Multiplayer connectivity problems
  • Redstone and command block glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • More animal varieties
  • Furniture and home decor options
  • Vertical slabs and stairs
  • Customizable pet behaviors
  • New dimensions and bosses

MC Constructor for Minecraft

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Blocks disappearing after edits
  • Unable to import/export to Minecraft
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Ads covering UI elements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more blocks like stairs, slabs, and redstone
  • Improve photo import/export to Minecraft
  • Provide better instructions and tutorials
  • Fix bugs and crashes

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Minecraft

Subscriptions3
  • Realms Monthly Subscription: You + 2 Friends$3.991 Month
  • Realms Plus: You + 10 Friends$7.991 Month
  • Realms Plus:10 Friends w/trial1 Month trial$7.991 Month
One-time7
  • Minecraft Store Item 2$1.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 3$2.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 4$3.99
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  • Minecraft Store Item 5$4.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 6$5.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 8$7.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 10$9.99
1 purchases

MC Constructor for Minecraft

One-time1
  • MC Constructor Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Minecraft free?
Minecraft costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MC Constructor for Minecraft free?
MC Constructor for Minecraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minecraft or MC Constructor for Minecraft?
Minecraft is rated higher. Minecraft averages 4.5 out of 5 from 837K ratings, while MC Constructor for Minecraft averages 4.0 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Minecraft or MC Constructor for Minecraft have ads?
Neither Minecraft nor MC Constructor for Minecraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minecraft or MC Constructor for Minecraft?
Minecraft ships an update fortnightly, and MC Constructor for Minecraft monthly. Most recently, Minecraft was updated on September 24, 2026 and MC Constructor for Minecraft on September 24, 2026.

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