Crystal Caverns! vs Tower Buster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crystal Caverns!
Engage in an addictive color-matching puzzle game where you shoot marbles to clear the board. Offers infinite puzzles in random mode and an endless challenge to test your skills. Features beautiful graphics and a variety of difficulty levels.
- Color-matching marble shooting
- Random mode with infinite puzzles
- Endless mode for continuous play
- 150 hand-designed puzzles
- Three difficulty levels
- Tracks player statistics
- Glowing marble graphics
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The free next-level bubble shooter! Crystal Caverns is an addictive color-matching puzzle game. Shoot realistic marbles to match colors and clear the board. The beginner levels are easy, but the hardest levels can be extremely devious! Play as many puzzles as you want in random mode. There are three levels to play, and infinite puzzles, so no matter how addicted you are, you will never run out! You can also play the game in Endless mode, where the puzzle is never ending, and you can keep playing for as long as you can keep up. It really keeps you on the edge of your seat! Crystal Caverns includes 150 hand-designed puzzles These puzzles were carefully tested to make sure they are as interesting as possible. We almost couldn't beat some of them, so if you want to finish them all you are in for a real challenge. - Three levels of difficulty - Random mode ensures you never run out of games - Endless mode keeps you on the edge of your seat - Puzzle mode with hand-designed levels - Tracks your stats - Beautiful glowing marble graphics
Tower Buster
A casual game where you aim and release bubbles to break down colorful towers. Match bubble colors to trigger chain reactions and earn points as unsupported bubbles fall.
- Aim and release bubbles
- Match adjacent colors
- Chain reactions
- Earn points for falling bubbles
- One-hand controls
- Attractive color towers
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Tower Buster is a fun and addictive new game experience involving a tower of colorful bubbles which you must break down with more bubbles! How to play: -Keep your finger pressed on the screen to start aiming at the tower. -Release your finger to throw your bubble. If your bubble hits another color matching one, all adjacent color bubbles will break. -All other bubbles which are no longer being supported by the tower will fall down and earn points! Features: -An instinctive one-hand input controller. -Attractive color towers and various structures. -Fun and rewarding destruction animations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crystal Caverns! at 86% against Tower Buster's 47%. Crystal Caverns! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Tower Buster's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On price, ads 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. Tower Buster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crystal Caverns! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tower Buster holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tower Buster has 16K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Crystal Caverns!'s written reviews are positive against 47% of Tower Buster's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Crystal Caverns! ships an update every 36 months, Tower Buster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crystal Caverns! | Tower Buster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (34 ratings) | 4.7 (16K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 46.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 16K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sarah Pierce | A Small Game AB |
Customer experience
Crystal Caverns!
Tower Buster
Bugs and requests
Crystal Caverns!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tower Buster
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound cutting out and not returning without restarting
- Coins/progress disappearing after updates
- Certain color combinations difficult for color-blind players
Requested features
3 requests- More challenging and varied tower formations
- Ability to use earned coins for upgrades or bonuses
- Frequent content updates with new towers and levels
In-app purchases
Crystal Caverns!
No in-app purchases
Tower Buster
- No Ads$1.99
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