Crystal vs Kaamos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crystal
Experience a math-focused runner game inspired by popular social media ads. Navigate a path, make quick numerical choices, and test your skills against challenges. Discover if the fun advertised matches the actual gameplay.
- Math-based runner gameplay
- Numerical choice mechanics
- Inspired by social media ads
- Challenging gameplay
- Single-player experience
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Have you ever seen those annoying Facebook ads where a player is running along a path and has a choice between +1000 and -4 million and they stutter step into the -4 million with grace and dignity then fail at the final boss, and you think to yourself, "This game looks kind of fun and I could do better than that"? Then you download the game and it's completely different and the game you want is some minigame 150 levels in. I decided to make the mini game for fun so people can try it. I see many comments on those Facebook ads about how they would play the game if it was like the ad so now here's your chance. Spoiler alert, it gets really boring after about 20 minutes, but at least now you know. Best of luck adventurers!
Kaamos
Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.
- Turn-based tile matching combat
- Character and deck building
- Looting equipment from foes
- Dark medieval world exploration
- Roguelike progression
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kaamos at 71% against Crystal's 0%. Kaamos also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Crystal's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). 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
Crystal costs $0.99 and Kaamos $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kaamos holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kaamos has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Crystal's written reviews are positive against 71% of Kaamos's.
| Parameter | Crystal | Kaamos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 475 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DeckTronic, LLC | Freedom Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Crystal
Kaamos
In-app purchases
Crystal
No in-app purchases
Kaamos
No in-app purchases
