Comparison

Claw Crane Cats vs Alien Claw

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Claw Crane Cats

Experience a realistic virtual claw crane game on your smartphone, featuring adorable stuffed kittens based on real cat breeds. Collect over 250 unique cats with various coats and enjoy simple controls to win prizes. Perfect for those who love arcade games and cats.

Highlights
  • Realistic claw crane simulation
  • Collectible stuffed kittens
  • Over 250 unique cat breeds and coats
  • Simple touch controls
  • 360-degree prize viewing
  • Learn about cat species
Features
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Celebrating 13 years, thanks to you! 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! A realistic claw crane game is reproduced to your smart phone. The 2nd of the series which has been loved by more than 7 million players total. The prizes are cute stuffed kittens that are very soft and limp. Realistic soft feel makes you feel being healed. Know more about cat species, collecting the stuffed cats designed based on real breeds like American Shorthair, Persian, Siamese and so on. And, with the variety of various coats of hair, there are total number of 250 kinds. New friends come up every day. Let's aim at the completion of the collection while being covered with cute cats. The operation is simple. Just keep pressing the movement buttons and release them at good timings. Swipe the screen to look at the prizes from any angle you like. For the ones who felt mortified for having not been able to get prizes at a game arcade. Get as many prizes as you want in this game. Won the 1st place of iPad App Store ranking in Japan. For more of our games, please visit our website at: www.pointzero.co.jp

About

Alien Claw

Experience the thrill of a toy crane machine on your mobile device. Practice your skills with a physics-based, 3D simulation to grab various sci-fi collectibles. It's free to play and offers a realistic challenge.

Highlights
  • Physics-based 3D gameplay
  • Collect sci-fi toys
  • Realistic claw mechanics
  • Practice skills
  • Free to play
Features
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The Alien Claw Machine Use the crane claw to collect Space Aliens, Killer Robots and other sci-fi goodies from a galaxy far far away. We've all played those toy crane grabbing machines at the arcades, and usually walked away with no toys and no money either. No more, now you can play The Alien Claw Machine on your phone or tablet. It won't cost you a penny and you can practise and tune your skills because this game is physics based and in 3D. Take into consideration claw angle, swing rate and rotation. Look around the machine using the swipe button, then carefully time your grab and with luck you'll be a winner. The game doesn't cheat, it wont just pick up an alien toy if it touches it, no the claw has to grab the items just right. As we said before its physics based, and as challenging as the real thing. There are plenty of Space aliens, Invaders, robots, cyborgs, androids, monsters, UFOs and other Sci-fi goodies to collect. So download The Alien Claw Machine, have a good practise then get off to invade the local arcade and clean out the real thing :-)

Screenshots

Claw Crane Cats4 screens
Alien Claw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alien Claw at none against Claw Crane Cats's 4. Alien Claw also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Claw Crane Cats's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (345 vs 7). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Claw Crane Cats sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Alien Claw asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Claw Crane Cats against 4.9 for Alien Claw. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Claw Crane Cats has 345 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Claw Crane Cats's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alien Claw's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Claw Crane Cats ships an update every 2 months, Alien Claw every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Claw Crane Cats versus Alien Claw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaw Crane CatsAlien Claw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (345 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings345 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPointZero Co.Galatic Droids

Customer experience

Claw Crane Cats

All ratings345 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative14.6%

Alien Claw

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Claw Crane Cats

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Claw doesn't move properly
  • Game glitches after ads
  • Coins are eaten without letting the user play
  • Prizes get stuck
  • Prizes fall into the hole and are counted as won
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  • Game doesn't load
  • Claw doesn't grab anything
  • Objects get stuck in the prize hole
  • Prize placement causes issues

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more cat plushies
  • Fix the glitch where prizes fall into the hole
  • Allow disabling button explanations
  • Add more prize types
  • Improve prize placement for easier wins
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  • Add a reset button for prize placement
  • Add more downward stopping buttons

Alien Claw

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Claw Crane Cats

One-time4
  • 50 coins$0.99
  • 140 coins$1.99
  • 300 coins$2.99
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  • Ad Removal$2.99
None

Alien Claw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Claw Crane Cats free?
Claw Crane Cats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alien Claw free?
Alien Claw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Claw Crane Cats or Alien Claw?
Alien Claw is rated higher. Claw Crane Cats averages 4.8 out of 5 from 345 ratings, while Alien Claw averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Claw Crane Cats or Alien Claw have ads?
Both Claw Crane Cats and Alien Claw show ads.
Which is updated more often, Claw Crane Cats or Alien Claw?
Claw Crane Cats ships an update every 2 months, and Alien Claw every 27 months. Most recently, Claw Crane Cats was updated on October 19, 2026 and Alien Claw on October 14, 2026.

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