Comparison

Cops, Cuffs & Crooks vs Sunforge

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

Head to head
About

Cops, Cuffs & Crooks

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Cops, Cuffs & Crooks is a fast-paced arcade tapping game where every second counts. Think fast, tap faster, and catch the crooks before they vanish! The city’s most wanted criminals keep popping up inside vaults across town, and it’s your job to stop them before they slip away. Tap on the right vault at the right time to arrest the crooks. But stay sharp — mistakes cost you time, and these thieves are quick! Between missions, you’ll uncover hilarious short stories from your trusty police officer’s daily life. From donut dilemmas to midnight chases, every tale adds humor and personality to your pursuit of justice. With simple one-tap gameplay that’s easy to play but hard to master, bright cartoon-inspired art, and fun police stories, Cops, Cuffs & Crooks is a charming and addictive way to test your reflexes. Customize your sound, save your progress, and replay your favorite moments anytime. Can you keep up with the city’s sneakiest crooks? Download Cops, Cuffs & Crooks and prove you’ve got what it takes to serve, protect, and tap faster than crime!

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Sunforge

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A block made of visible mini blocks slides over your tower. Tap to drop it. Whatever hangs past the edge shears off and tumbles away — and only the mini blocks that STAY are added to your sum. Hit the sun's target exactly and your streak smelts into a gold ingot: tower repaired, combo climbing. Go one past it and the streak scorches black. That's the whole cruel deal of Sunforge: landing exactly the number you need often means hanging cells over the edge on purpose. You trade tower width for the sum — or sacrifice the sum to stay wide. Width is life. The sun doesn't care which you choose. ASCENT — THE CLIMB • Three suns, ramping speed, forge targets that grow with your altitude • Tactical discards for hopeless blocks — earned back by forging • An eclipse sky that darkens as you rise, from sun-bleached sand to black totality • Milestone stingers every ten floors THE BLOCKS THAT BREAK THE RULES • The diamond block: land it perfectly centered and your block regrows to full starting width — the comeback the sun occasionally grants • The burgundy block: cursed, and it comes in fast. It never joins the tower — let it fly past and it costs nothing; touch it down and it burns away every mini block it covers. Watch the NEXT chip for the warning. MIRAGE — ZEN, UNTIL THE STORM Pure precision stacking, no sums — but every so often a storm sways your tower, and honest physics decides what stands: if the weight above any edge leans too far, it topples. Stack centered and the wind finds nothing to take. LEARN BY PLAYING Two short playable lessons open on first launch — one for Ascent (stacking, the forge sum, the diamond, the cursed block) and one for Mirage (stacking and the storm). Each is skippable in one tap and replayable from the menu. PLAY HANDS-FREE (OPTIONAL) Turn on Sound to Drop and a clap, a tap, or a short word drops the block — no tapping the screen. It's an accessibility option, off until you enable it. The microphone is used on your device for loudness only; nothing is recorded, saved, or sent anywhere, and the game plays exactly the same by tap. NOTHING BEHIND THE CURTAIN • No ads, no accounts, no in-app purchases • Zero network calls — works in airplane mode forever • No tracking and no third-party code; your best score never leaves your device • The only permission is the microphone, and only if you turn on Sound to Drop Built natively in SwiftUI and SpriteKit for iPhone and iPad, iOS 17+, with synthesized audio, haptics, and a hard-edged desert-forge look. The sun is watching. Forge something.

Screenshots

Cops, Cuffs & Crooks4 screens
Sunforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sunforge at none against Cops, Cuffs & Crooks's shown. Sunforge also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Cops, Cuffs & Crooks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cops, Cuffs & Crooks ships an update weekly, Sunforge every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Cops, Cuffs & Crooks versus Sunforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCops, Cuffs & CrooksSunforge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMati SisaskHailey Jenkins

In-app purchases

None

Cops, Cuffs & Crooks

No in-app purchases

None

Sunforge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cops, Cuffs & Crooks free?
Cops, Cuffs & Crooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sunforge free?
Sunforge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cops, Cuffs & Crooks or Sunforge have ads?
Cops, Cuffs & Crooks shows ads; Sunforge does not.
Which is updated more often, Cops, Cuffs & Crooks or Sunforge?
Cops, Cuffs & Crooks ships an update weekly, and Sunforge every 3 days. Most recently, Cops, Cuffs & Crooks was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sunforge on October 31, 2026.

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