Comparison

Tiny Crawler vs Survive Alone

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Crawler

Explore a grim, procedurally generated underworld in this pixel-art roguelite. Battle unique enemies, disarm traps, and make meaningful choices in tactical turn-based combat. Discover hidden treasures and powerful artifacts in a dark fantasy urban decay setting.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Unique enemies and traps
  • Mysterious events and hidden treasures
  • Character progression (DnD rules)
  • Permadeath
  • Crafting system
Features
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Descend into a surreal, gritty underworld in Tiny Crawler, a pixel-art roguelite where every choice matters and danger lurks in every shadow. Battle bizarre enemies, disarm strange traps, and explore a city of secrets, blending dark fantasy with urban decay. Discover mysterious traders, uncover powerful artefacts, and test your luck at ancient altars. With procedurally generated encounters, moody pixel visuals, and an atmospheric soundtrack, Tiny Crawler offers a fresh challenge every time you play. Features: - Procedurally generated levels and encounters - Unique enemies and traps inspired by cult classic manga - Mysterious events and hidden treasures - Tactical turn-based combat and meaningful choices - Chunky pixel art and a dark, immersive atmosphere - Designed to be played in short stints in mobile (iOS only at the moment) - Character progression based on DnD rules - Permadeath - Procedurally generated encounters - Turn-based combat - 200 items - 32 enemies - 10 bosses - 10 events - 3 Biomes - Identifiable items - Crafting - Achievements - Spell casting Do you have what it takes to survive the crawl?

About

Survive Alone

Experience a challenging wilderness survival simulation where you must manage hunger, thirst, and body heat. Explore diverse environments and craft tools to stay alive through various narrative-driven scenarios. Every decision counts in this immersive solo adventure.

Highlights
  • Manage hunger, thirst, and body heat
  • Craft tools and weapons
  • Explore diverse wilderness environments
  • Multiple story-driven scenarios
  • Dynamic weather system
  • Resource gathering and foraging
Features
Currently charting
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You wake up in the woods. You don't know how long you've been walking. The trail behind you has faded. The light won't last. What's in your pack is what you have. Survive Alone is an immersive survival game about staying alive in the wilderness, one decision at a time. Manage your body heat, hunger and thirst as you fight to survive. You will get lost. You will run out of water. You will spend a night under thin cover in driving rain and feel it in your bones the next morning. You will learn, slowly, what the woods will and won't forgive. THREE STORIES. ONE WILDERNESS. Wrong Turn - A hike that didn't end where it should have. Find your way back to the trailhead before something stops you. Crash Landed - The plane came down in the alpine. There are no rescue teams looking yet. Survive until they come. The Will to Live - No destination. No rescue. Just the Pacific Northwest, the rain, and how long you can last. STAY WARM Build a fire when the weather lets you. Improve the shelter where you slept last. A rain-soaked night under thin cover costs you more than a hard day's walk. EAT & DRINK Spear a fish from the lakeshore. Set snares overnight. Forage for berries, mushrooms, edible roots, and learn the difference between what feeds you and what doesn't. Find a creek. Boil what's unsafe. Melt snow when nothing else is running. Carry empty bottles for the next leg. CRAFT Strip cedar bark and weave it into cordage. Lash hardwood and sinew into a bow, a spear, a fishing rod. Hammer salvaged scrap into something that holds water. Every tool starts somewhere in the world. HIKE Pick a direction. Every step costs hours and calories. A heavier pack costs more. The trail ahead is only a hint of brush, of stone, of running water. The world keeps going Day breaks. Rain falls. Snow drives sideways. A creek runs cold over stones. The deer leaves prints in soft soil. The weather decides what kind of day this is. The journal remembers what you did. It also remembers what you couldn't. It's just you, the woods, and whatever you do next.

Screenshots

Tiny Crawler4 screens
Survive Alone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Crawler at 100% against Survive Alone's 62%. Survive Alone's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tiny Crawler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Survive Alone sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Survive Alone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Survive Alone has 145 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tiny Crawler's written reviews are positive against 62% of Survive Alone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Crawler ships an update every 2 months, Survive Alone every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Crawler versus Survive Alone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny CrawlerSurvive Alone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.7 (145 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4145 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#207 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB31 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developergabriel maldonadoChimpanzee, LLC

Customer experience

Tiny Crawler

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Survive Alone

All ratings137 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative29.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiny Crawler

One-time1
  • Tiny Crawler - Full Version$5.99
4 purchases

Survive Alone

One-time4
  • Castaway Scenario$3.99
  • Crash Landed Scenario$3.99
  • Will to Live Scenario$3.99
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  • All Access$9.99

Questions

Is Tiny Crawler free?
Tiny Crawler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Survive Alone free?
Survive Alone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Crawler or Survive Alone?
Survive Alone is rated higher. Tiny Crawler averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Survive Alone averages 4.7 from 145 ratings.
Do Tiny Crawler or Survive Alone have ads?
Neither Tiny Crawler nor Survive Alone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Crawler or Survive Alone?
Tiny Crawler ships an update every 2 months, and Survive Alone every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tiny Crawler was updated on October 25, 2026 and Survive Alone on October 29, 2026.

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