Comparison

Contraptor vs Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

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

Head to head
About

Contraptor

Create intricate machines to solve physics-based puzzles. Design your own challenges, share them with the community, and compete on leaderboards. Learn physics principles through hands-on tutorials.

Highlights
  • Build with real 2D physics
  • Solve community challenges
  • Design and share custom puzzles
  • Climb leaderboards
  • Hands-on tutorials
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Contraptor is a Rube Goldberg physics playground where you build machines to solve hand-crafted puzzles. Drop in rods, wheels, pins, motors, and welds, wire up a contraption, hit Play, and let real physics decide how it works. NEW TO BUILDING? START WITH PLAY. Thirty short levels teach the whole game one trick at a time. Your first level hands you a single oval. Thirty levels later you're wiring motors, bracing with ghost rods, and threading payloads through wormholes. Every level keeps the machine you built to beat it, so you can come back and watch it run. Beat them all and you earn a Certificate of Completion with your name on it. THEN TAKE ON THE COMMUNITY. Every challenge is a puzzle: get the payload (or many payloads) to the target(s) using whatever that challenge allows. Some let you shove pieces around, some ration your parts with Twists, some bend the rules with wormholes. Solve it and you've earned bragging rights. Then flip it around: design your own challenge, prove it's solvable if you like, and dare everyone to crack it. • Build with real 2D physics — mass, gravity, momentum, friction, bounce, damping, and motors • Arrange tools to flip, align, and evenly space your pieces • 30 hand-built levels that teach all the core tools, plus a certificate at the top • A growing library of community challenges, with search • Design your own, prove they're solvable if you want to, and post them • Share any challenge or solution with a link and a short video of it running; friends open it right in the app • Twists: cap the parts, cap the speed, or hand solvers exactly the toolbox you choose • Win rules: all at once, hold-to-capture, or a Grand Tour of every Target • Wormholes, slow-motion zones, and other rule-benders • Rate and follow other builders • Hands-on tutorials for the core tools with more coming • Universal — iPhone and iPad Seeing a solution isn't the same as building one. That skill gap is the whole game. Free. No ads. Contraptor uses your iCloud account for community features (posting, rating, following, usernames). You can play every level, follow the tutorials, and browse and play everything in the Community without iCloud — it's only needed to post or interact. iCloud is free. Designed by JohnCowMilk · Built in Xcode with Apple's Coding Intelligence and Claude · Physics by Box2D

About

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

A psychological horror game where you monitor surreal camera feeds for anomalies. Your goal is to identify subtle changes and report them before a relentless stalker finds you. Test your memory and attention to detail in unsettling dreamcore environments.

Highlights
  • Monitor surreal camera feeds
  • Identify subtle anomalies
  • Survive a relentless stalker
  • Experience psychological horror
  • Test your memory
  • Explore liminal spaces
Features
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Are you ready to observe the unknown? Welcome to Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker, a psychological horror surveillance game where your attention to detail is your only lifeline. You are trapped in a mysterious monitoring station, tasked with a chilling objective: observe live camera feeds from surreal, nostalgic liminal spaces. But be warned—these dreamcore environments are not as peaceful as they seem. Your job is to carefully monitor the cameras for any anomaly. The scenes may look like perfectly still, pastel-colored dreamscapes, but reality here is fragile. A misplaced object, a sudden distortion, or the terrifying presence of a stalker can appear at any moment. You must memorize the "idle" state of every room, field, and endless hallway. When a shift occurs, report the anomaly immediately before it's too late. If you fail to observe the changes, the psychological horror intensifies. The mysterious stalker thrives on your mistakes, slipping through the camera feeds and getting closer with every anomaly you miss. Key Features: Observe Bizarre Realities: Monitor high-quality, continuous surveillance feeds of eerie liminal spaces, endless backrooms, and nostalgic dreamcore maps. Identify Every Anomaly: Find the differences in real-time. Spot extra objects, unnatural movements, camera glitches, and terrifying intruders. Survive the Stalker(Anomaly): A relentless entity is hiding within the camera feeds. Do not let the stalker manipulate the environment. Report its presence before it finds you. Psychological Horror Experience: No cheap scenes. Immerse yourself in a deep, unsettling atmosphere filled with uncanny valleys, surreal landscapes, and building paranoia. Test Your Memory: The idle state of each camera is your baseline. Sharpen your mind to catch even the most subtle anomaly in the dreamcore world. How to Play? - Observe the surveillance monitors closely. - Memorize the default layout of the map. - Search for any anomaly - stalker, intruders, missing objects, extra items, visual distortions. - Do not miss anything. Report the anomaly accurately to secure the sector and keep the stalker away. Can you maintain your focus, or will the dreamcore consume you? Download Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker now and start your shift. The cameras are rolling. They are waiting for you to look away. icemoongames@gmail.com https://icemoongames.vercel.app/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Contraptor4 screens
Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Contraptor at 100% against Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's 16%. Contraptor also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.59 per 7 days. Contraptor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contraptor holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Contraptor's written reviews are positive against 16% of Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Contraptor versus Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContraptorDreamcore Anomaly Stalker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better2.5 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better16.4% of reviews
Number of ratings469 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB409 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJohn CoumerilhENES TURKAN

Customer experience

Contraptor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

All ratings52 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative51.9%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral16.4%
Negative67.3%

In-app purchases

None

Contraptor

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium!$1.597 Days
One-time2
  • Remove Ads & Premium!$2.99
  • Lifetime Premium!$29.99

Questions

Is Contraptor free?
Contraptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker free?
Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contraptor or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker?
Contraptor is rated higher. Contraptor averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker averages 2.5 from 69 ratings.
Do Contraptor or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker have ads?
Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker shows ads; Contraptor does not.
Which is updated more often, Contraptor or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker?
Contraptor ships an update every 5 days, and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker every 5 days. Most recently, Contraptor was updated on October 22, 2026 and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker on October 22, 2026.

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