Shovel World vs Clone Craft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shovel World
Start as a digger, extracting soil to build lands and structures. Discover valuable gems and artifacts to display in your museum, attracting tourists to your island.
- Dig and extract soil
- Build lands and buildings
- Discover gems and artifacts
- Display artifacts in a museum
- Attract tourists to your island
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You begin as a humble digger and use the soil you extracted to build lands and buildings. You will come across very precious gems and artifacts. You can display your artifacts in a museum and expand your museum to bring tourists to your island.
Clone Craft
Embark on an adventure where resource gathering and survival are key. Collect materials, defend against enemies, and recruit allies to help you dominate. Merge your helpers to create stronger forces and overcome increasing threats.
- Resource gathering
- Enemy defense
- Ally recruitment
- Ally merging
- Survival gameplay
- Strategic advantage
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Clone Craft, an immersive game where adventure and strategy go hand in hand! Step into the shoes of a simple character equipped with a weapon and embark on a journey to gather resources and survive against relentless enemies. In Clone Craft, your primary tasks include chopping down trees and breaking rocks to collect essential materials. But beware! As you gather resources, enemies will attempt to thwart your efforts by attacking you. Stay vigilant and defend yourself to continue your quest. One of the unique features of Clone Craft is the ability to recruit helpers to aid you in your endeavors. These helpers can be merged to create even stronger allies, giving you a strategic advantage against the ever-increasing threats in the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clone Craft at every 2 days against Shovel World's weekly. Clone Craft also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Shovel World's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for Shovel World against 2.0 for Clone Craft. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Shovel World ships an update weekly, Clone Craft every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shovel World | Clone Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UDO GAMES OYUN YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI | Handan Simay Okcu |
In-app purchases
Shovel World
No in-app purchases
Clone Craft
No in-app purchases
