Claw Crane SUPERSTARS vs Beaker Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Claw Crane SUPERSTARS
Experience the thrill of a virtual claw machine game with a vast collection of plush toys featuring popular characters. Collect them all for free with simple controls and detailed prize inspection.
- Virtual claw machine gameplay
- Collectible plush toys
- Popular character designs
- Simple touch controls
- 360-degree prize viewing
- Zoom and inspect prizes
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Because it’s virtual, you won’t receive any real plush toys. But on the upside, you can easily get them as much as you want for free! This is the eighth installment in our famous crane game series, enjoyed by over 7 million players. This time, the theme features some of the world’s most popular characters. Iconic stars like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Popeye, and Peter Rabbit—whose charm remains undiminished even after their copyrights have expired—have been transformed into adorable, soft plushies. Watch as they dangle and wobble in the crane, and discover a whole new side to these beloved characters. The plushies come in an endless range of sizes, dressed in beautiful materials like felt, metallic finishes, and leather. There are a total of 189 types, and even more will be added in future updates. The controls are simple: just press the move button and release at just the right moment. Swipe the screen to view the prizes from any angle, and pinch to zoom in and out to inspect every detail and plan your strategy. If you’ve ever felt the frustration of barely missing out on a prize at an arcade, now’s your chance—collect as many as you want with this app! For more of our games, please visit our website at: https://pointzero.co.jp
Beaker Lab
This puzzle game challenges you to sort and mix glowing liquids in beakers. Pour and combine colors to match single-color beakers, then cork them. Play solo or with friends in team challenges and unlock new color and food-themed packs.
- Color mixing mechanics
- Team play and challenges
- Realistic liquid simulation
- No timers on regular levels
- Daily and weekly puzzles
- Unlockable color and food packs
- Hints and undo options
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Pour it, mix it, cork it. Beaker Lab is the color-sort puzzle where colors mix, with a science twist. Pour glowing liquids between glass beakers until every beaker holds a single color, then cork it. MIX NEW COLORS Pour red into yellow and it turns orange. Yellow and blue make green. Red and blue make purple. Mixing is part of the puzzle, so plan your pours. PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Lab Teams: every puzzle you solve counts toward a shared weekly goal • See the top teams every week • Challenge a friend to beat your moves on any level • Invite friends and you both get a free color pack • Game Center leaderboards and achievements REAL-FEELING LIQUID Glossy, see-through liquid sloshes and settles the way real liquid does. Hear the fill, the clink of glass and the pop of the cork. PLAY AT YOUR PACE No timers on regular levels. Pick it up for one level or twenty. Every few levels, a bonus round pays extra Beaker Bucks: race the clock in Beaker Blitz, or cork as many beakers as you can in Cork Frenzy. FEATURES • Endless free levels that keep getting harder • Super Solve: stuck? Let the lab solve the level for you • A daily puzzle and a weekly challenge • A slide-puzzle toy that fills up as you win • Lab Events every few days with prizes • Hard levels that pay double, with boosters when you want them • Frozen and locked beakers to outsmart • Home-screen widget for your streak and today's puzzle • Hints and undo when you're stuck • Earn Beaker Bucks as you play and spend them on hints, undos, extra moves and more • 30+ color packs, each with its own matching app icon • Food packs that look real: Soda Fountain, Jelly Jar, Hot Sauce, Icing, Pie Filling, Beer Brews and Condiments • Holiday packs: Spooky Brews, Candy Cane, Sweetheart, Lucky Clover, Spring Eggs and Firecracker • Light and dark mode • Plays on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with progress synced through iCloud The Everything Pack is a one-time purchase that unlocks every color pack, removes the ads between levels, and gives daily hints, undos and perks, plus 2,500 Beaker Bucks. Remove Ads is also available on its own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beaker Lab at daily against Claw Crane SUPERSTARS's monthly. Beaker Lab also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Claw Crane SUPERSTARS's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 2). On price, ads, 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. Claw Crane SUPERSTARS sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Beaker Lab sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beaker Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Claw Crane SUPERSTARS has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Claw Crane SUPERSTARS ships an update monthly, Beaker Lab daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Claw Crane SUPERSTARS | Beaker Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PointZero Co. | Gaetano Di Fabio |
Customer experience
Claw Crane SUPERSTARS
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In-app purchases
Claw Crane SUPERSTARS
- 50 coins$0.99
- 140 coins$1.99
- 300 coins$2.99
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- Ad removal$2.99
Beaker Lab
- Thanksgiving Pack$0.99
- Spark Pack$0.99
- Prize Road step$1.99
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- Super Solve 3-Pack$1.99
- Lab Complete Bundle$2.99
- Prize Road step$4.99
- Best Value Bundle$4.99
- Color Lab$4.99
- Lab Pass Premium$9.99
- Prize Road step$9.99
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