Stretch Robot vs Tappy Crab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stretch Robot
Control a robot with extendable arms to solve physics-based puzzles. Stretch, grab, and swing to overcome obstacles like spikes and gaps using smart thinking and elastic mechanics. Enjoy handcrafted levels with a casual pace, perfect for quick, engaging brain teasers.
- Physics-based puzzle gameplay
- Stretch mechanics
- Handcrafted levels
- Logic challenges
- Casual pace
- Intuitive physics
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Stretch your robot’s arms, grab objects, and solve clever physics-based puzzles. Every level challenges your logic, timing, and understanding of elastic mechanics. Simple controls, satisfying solutions, and a smooth difficulty curve. In Stretch Robot: Physics Puzzle, you control a small robot with extendable arms. Your goal is to stretch, grab, swing, and interact with the environment to overcome obstacles and reach the goal. Spikes, saws, gaps, and tricky layouts stand in your way — brute force won’t help, only smart thinking. The game is built around intuitive physics mechanics: elastic arms behave naturally, objects react realistically, and each puzzle has multiple possible approaches. Short levels make the game perfect for quick sessions, while increasing complexity keeps your brain engaged. Features: • Physics-based puzzle gameplay with stretch mechanics • Dozens of handcrafted levels with growing difficulty • Easy to learn, hard to master logic challenges • Casual pace with no timers or pressure • Clean visuals and smooth animations This is a casual puzzle game for players who enjoy thinking, experimenting, and finding elegant solutions. Stretch your limits, solve the puzzles, and help the robot reach its destination.
Tappy Crab
Tap the screen to guide a crab through an underwater obstacle course. Use bubbles for defense against ocean floor hazards. Enjoy this free-to-play casual arcade experience.
- Tap to change direction
- Avoid ocean floor rocks
- Use bubbles for defense
- Free to play
- Casual arcade gameplay
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A fun, free to play game. Tap the screen to change the direction Crabby runs and help Crabby avoid the rocks on the ocean floor. Jump in a Bubble to defend Crabby from the rocks!
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Verdict
Stretch Robot and Tappy Crab both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tappy Crab's written reviews are positive against 57% of Stretch Robot's. Tappy Crab also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). Stretch Robot's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 19). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Stretch Robot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tappy Crab sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Stretch Robot against 4.8 for Tappy Crab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stretch Robot has 124 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Stretch Robot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tappy Crab's.
Stretch Robot ships an update every 4 months, Tappy Crab every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stretch Robot | Tappy Crab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (124 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lunapp, TOO | Dimitri Liapis |
Customer experience
Stretch Robot
Tappy Crab
In-app purchases
Stretch Robot
- Remove Ads$0.99
Tappy Crab
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$4.99
- 1000 Coins$9.99
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