Hot Frog vs Crystal Colony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hot Frog
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Hot Frog - Spin Showdown is a fast-paced arcade battle game set in a wild desert filled with neon rock bars and competitive arena challenges. Travel across dangerous desert regions, enter unique bar locations and defeat rivals in exciting head-to-head slot battles. Each location contains multiple levels that must be completed to unlock new arenas and stronger opponents. Before every match, choose your animal champion from a growing roster of unique characters, each providing special gameplay bonuses during battles. Start your journey with the Frog champion and unlock new fighters by completing challenges and progressing through regions. Complete challenges, climb the leaderboard and discover new characters with different abilities and playstyles. With stylish desert visuals, competitive progression and fast arcade gameplay, Desert Spin Showdown delivers an energetic and entertaining battle experience.
Crystal Colony
Build a glowing settlement at your own pace in a serene underground world. Gather energy, construct elegant structures, and watch your realm flourish without any timers or pressure. Discover new sights as your colony expands.
- Calm and glowing world
- No timers or pressure
- Gather energy
- Raise elegant structures
- Watch your realm come alive
- Discover new sights
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Drift into a calm, glowing world and grow a settlement of light at your own pace. There are no timers, no waiting, and no pressure here - only the quiet satisfaction of watching a small spark of energy blossom turning into a radiant colony. Gather energy, raise elegant structures, and see your realm come alive as new buildings appear across a underground landscape. Every choice moves you forward, and brings a wonderful new sight to discover.
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Verdict
Hot Frog and Crystal Colony are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hot Frog ships an update every 2 weeks, Crystal Colony fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hot Frog | Crystal Colony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The G Two Group LLC | Tom West |
In-app purchases
Hot Frog
No in-app purchases
Crystal Colony
No in-app purchases









