Gear Force vs Crowd Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gear Force
Engage in a fast-paced action game combining intense shooting with strategic ship upgrades. Install and merge gears between waves to enhance your ship's capabilities and create powerful synergies for maximum destruction. Victory relies on both your aim and the intelligent system you build.
- Fast-paced shooting mechanics
- Modular ship upgrade system
- Strategic gear installation and merging
- Synergy creation for enhanced power
- Wave-based enemy combat
- Futuristic ship customization
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Gear Force is a fast-paced action game that blends intense shooting mechanics with modular upgrade strategy. Take control of a futuristic ship and blast your way through waves of incoming block enemies. But surviving the battlefield isn’t just about quick reflexes — it’s about how well you build what’s inside. Between waves, dive into your ship’s internal system and install powerful gears that enhance your fire rate, damage, and special effects. Strategically place and upgrade your modules to create powerful synergies and maximize your destruction potential. Merge compatible gears to unlock stronger versions and evolve your loadout as the threats grow tougher. Smash through blocks, upgrade your core, and build the ultimate war machine. Victory depends not just on your aim — but on the system you create.
Crowd Canvas
Engage in a collaborative online world where players can buy and paint individual squares on a 1000x1000 grid. Create unique art and leave your lasting impression on a dynamic global canvas. This is more than a drawing tool; it's a multiplayer creative experience.
- Collaborative 1000x1000 online grid
- Buy and paint individual squares
- Create and display art
- Multiplayer creative world
- Leave your mark on a global canvas
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Welcome to a massive 1000x1000 online grid where every square can be owned and painted by real players. Buy tiles, create art, and leave your mark on a living global canvas. This is not just a drawing app. It’s a multiplayer creative world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gear Force at none against Crowd Canvas's 3. Gear Force also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Crowd Canvas sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Gear Force asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gear Force against 5.0 for Crowd Canvas. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Gear Force ships an update every 2 days, Crowd Canvas every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gear Force | Crowd Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Handan Simay Okcu | App Swim LLC |
In-app purchases
Gear Force
No in-app purchases
Crowd Canvas
- Coins Pack 1$0.99
- Coins Pack 2$2.99
- Coins Pack 3$9.99
