Crusty Sub vs Kitchen Sponge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crusty Sub
Navigate a damaged submarine through treacherous waters, avoiding mines and aggressive fish. Collect treasure coins to repair your vessel and boost your score in this undersea adventure.
- Navigate a damaged submarine
- Avoid mines and aggressive fish
- Collect treasure coins
- Repair submarine
- Increase score
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In this game you play as a submarine trying to make it home as it is lost. The Crusty Sub is little and not working very well as it has taken some damage while trying to make it through a mine field. There are many dangers in the sea and one of the greatest one, besides mines, is the mean red fish. This fish is fast, tenacious and it is poise to get the Crusty Sub. As the submarine operator, you need to avoid this fish at all cost, as it will take the most points out of your protective armor. There are treasure coins scattered around the sea, try collecting them so you can increase your score and have a way to use them for repairing the Crusty Sub. .
Kitchen Sponge
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Clean the water with the sponge and stay away of the obstacles. Clean all the water on the platform and see how much water you collect at the end of the game. Stay away from obstacles that want to squeeze your water.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kitchen Sponge at Free against Crusty Sub's $0.99. Kitchen Sponge also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 20 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). Crusty Sub's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Kitchen Sponge is free to download; Crusty Sub costs $0.99 up front. Kitchen Sponge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Crusty Sub asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crusty Sub ships an update every 20 months, Kitchen Sponge every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crusty Sub | Kitchen Sponge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bernardo Perdomo | CATA GAMES STUDIOS OYUN YAZILIM VE PAZARLAMA ANONIM SIRKETI |
In-app purchases
Crusty Sub
No in-app purchases
Kitchen Sponge
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Super Pack$6.99
