Comparison

Junk Jack vs Crashlands 2

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

Head to head
About

Junk Jack

Explore, build, and survive in procedurally generated 2D worlds. This sandbox adventure offers creative building, combat, and exploration across multiple planets, with options for both single-player and multiplayer experiences.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Multiplayer support
  • Creative mode
  • Extensive equipment system
  • Adventure mode across multiple planets
  • Electronics engine for complex creations
  • Farming system
Features
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Welcome to Junk Jack! It is a 2D sandbox where you can explore, build and survive in randomly generated procedural worlds, full of monsters, hidden treasures and beautiful landscapes, now even in multiplayer with friends! * Chosen by the AppStore as one of the #BestOf2013 crafting games in 9 countries! * We are glad to deliver you the best Junk Jack experience ever imagined! A sequel which brings the game to a whole new level with multiplayer, multiple planets, creative mode, liquids, plenty of equipment to customize your character and much more! Plus all the features you loved from Junk Jack Retro (and, we hope, less features you hated!) This is not a freemium game, buy it once and enjoy the full game experience! Features: - local multiplayer up to 4 players and online multiplayer up to 2 players - a creative mode to unleash your creativity and build everything you can imagine - a fully featured equip system with more than 400 different wearable items to enhance your adventures or just to make your friends envy! - polished pixel graphics, full retina support - combat Uber Mobs and obtain their loot by destroying rare world altars! - a fully fledged electronics engine allows the creation of complex widgets, even complete CPUs! - tenths of wonderful music tracks by Bright Primate - intuitive controls: swipe to move and tap to interact with everything - an adventure mode that will let you travel between 12 multiple planets with different and intriguing environments - liquids to enhance or impede your explorations: avoid dangerous lava or go for a swim in a surface lake! - infinite procedurally generated worlds to make every adventure always different - a dynamic day/night cycle that blends with wonderful skies in parallax - a vibrant coloured lighting engine that will make you enjoy every minute spent in Junk Jack worlds - character customization, you can play also as a female! - a rewarding exploration thanks to treasure chests full of cool things - tamable dogs, cats and many other animals that will follow you around - more than 1000 crafts to be built - more than 2000 treasures - more than 440 placeable items - more than 270 different creatures and monsters - explosives, shelves, signs, dyes and all the features you liked in Junk Jack Retro - a complete farming system with more than 70 plants, even many alien and exotic plants - an in game guide that will teach you how to play - two ways of crafting to accommodate even needs of casual users This is just the beginning, we already have many ideas for the next updates! For every issue just contact us on our forum at forum.pixbits.com

About

Crashlands 2

Embark on an adventure as an intergalactic trucker stranded on an alien planet. Explore a dynamic world, craft unique weapons and gadgets, build a home, and befriend its inhabitants and creatures. Uncover the mysteries of the planet and fight to make things right.

Highlights
  • Explore a dynamic alien world
  • Craft gadgets, elixirs, and weapons
  • Mix-and-match combat playstyles
  • Construct and customize a home
  • Build friendships with alien characters
  • Raise and train adorable pets
  • Uncover planet mysteries
Features
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Return to Woanope as Flux Dabes, intergalactic trucker and disgruntled corporate employee. After years away from the planet under a lucrative (if morally dubious) spokesperson contract for the Bureau of Shipping, you return to visit some old pals and recover from corporate burnout. But before your vacation can even begin, a mysterious blast from the planet's surface sends you crashing into a new land, far from friends and alone in an alien wilderness. EXPLORE A DYNAMIC ALIEN WORLD Woanope is alive, thrumming with ecological interactions, curious creatures, friendly alien societies, and heaps of stories to uncover. Lure a Trunkle into an explosive meadow, fish up some Pho-rays by moonlight, or help those mischievous alien kids commune with a (probably) harmless multidimensional being. What could go wrong? FIGHT ON YOUR TERMS As you explore Woanope you'll discover and craft all manner of gadgets, elixirs, and weapons that deliver mix-and-match playstyles. Fight using stealth, traps, environmental hazards, and distance weapons. Or chug an Elixir of Juking, stun your opponent with a Space Wok, and jump right into the fray. Or just get... weird? Turn fish into bombs, or make a Pact with the Void to convert your pain into martial prowess. CONSTRUCT A HOME AWAY FROM HOME After a long day of exploring the wilderness, fighting Sluggabuns, and getting sneezed on by Trunkles, you'll need a place for you and your alien pals to relax. Build a cozy home-away-from-home where you can retreat from the outside world to craft, chat, fish, and farm -- or tame that orphaned Sluggababby you adopted -- in peace. Just don't forget to make space for your newfound friends... and potential roommates. BUILD FRIENDSHIPS Meet a colorful cast of characters in your journey across Woanope, each with their own unique skills and knowledge. Befriend them, help them with their goals, and discover new crafting recipes together through the power of friendship. RAISE ADORABLE PETS Find creature eggs out in the world, figure out how to hatch them, and raise them as little companions. You'll teach them the ways of the world and help them grow into formidable beasts. In return they'll keep you safe during your adventures. CHANGE THE WORLD Being zapped out of orbit was a pretty big clue that something is going awry on Woanope. But what!? Join the locals to figure out what's gone wrong, who's responsible, and how to make things right.

Screenshots

Junk Jack4 screens
Crashlands 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crashlands 2 at 4.9 against Junk Jack's 4.4. Crashlands 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Junk Jack's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Junk Jack costs $4.99 and Crashlands 2 $9.99 up front. Junk Jack sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Crashlands 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crashlands 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 471 and 921 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Junk Jack's written reviews are positive against 94% of Crashlands 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Junk Jack ships an update every 3 months, Crashlands 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Junk Jack versus Crashlands 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJunk JackCrashlands 2
Price$4.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.4 (471 ratings)4.9 (921 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews93.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings471921 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#27 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB340 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPixbits SRLButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.

Customer experience

Junk Jack

All ratings471 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews765 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative15.7%

Crashlands 2

All ratings921 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews534 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.4%

User reviews

Junk Jack

From 471 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome game
  • 🚀 Great sandbox experience
  • 🚀 Tons of content
  • 🚀 Nostalgic
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Multiplayer issues
  • 🐛 Inventory/crafting bugs
  • 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
  • 🔒 Lack of cloud/cross-device save support

Crashlands 2

From 921 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Extremely fun and addicting
  • 👍 Fantastic, actual game
  • 👍 Wonderful improvement on the first game
  • 👍 Perfection - Once Again!
  • 👍 The best game on the App Store. Full stop.

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Black screen when entering world

Bugs and requests

Junk Jack

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when joining multiplayer
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Crafting recipes not working
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Multiplayer desync and desyncing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Controller support
  • More planets/biomes
  • NPC/civilization features
  • Expanded crafting/progression
  • Taming/breeding mechanics

Crashlands 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Black screen when entering world
  • Crashes to iPad Home Screen

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add a feature that helps with missions, like giving hints
  • Add a feature to easily switch between equipment sets

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Junk Jack

One-time11
  • Breeding Hat$0.99
  • Extended Day$0.99
  • Complete Craftbook$0.99
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  • Dark Ninja$0.99
  • Mining Helmet$0.99
  • Hatcher Hat$0.99
  • Santa Hat$0.99
  • Chemistry Book$0.99
  • Pocket Pug$0.99
  • Legendary Pole$0.99
  • Instant Planets$1.99
None

Crashlands 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Junk Jack free?
Junk Jack costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Crashlands 2 free?
Crashlands 2 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Junk Jack or Crashlands 2?
Crashlands 2 is rated higher. Junk Jack averages 4.4 out of 5 from 471 ratings, while Crashlands 2 averages 4.9 from 921 ratings.
Do Junk Jack or Crashlands 2 have ads?
Neither Junk Jack nor Crashlands 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Junk Jack or Crashlands 2?
Junk Jack ships an update every 3 months, and Crashlands 2 weekly. Most recently, Junk Jack was updated on October 14, 2026 and Crashlands 2 on October 15, 2026.

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