Comparison

Crushed In Time vs Jarble

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

Head to head
About

Crushed In Time

Embark on a meta, time-traveling adventure with familiar detectives to solve a mystery within a game's development. This point-and-click game features humor, puzzles, and a unique story that breaks the fourth wall.

Highlights
  • Meta time-traveling story
  • Point-and-click gameplay
  • Humorous dialogue
  • Character-driven puzzles
  • Unique game development setting
  • 2D/3D graphics
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Try Crushed in Time for free, then unlock the full game to continue your stretchy adventure! #Shboing The game is free to download and to start playing, with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock the full game. No ads and no other in-app purchases. Panic at the development studio! Just as the new Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson video game hit the market, one of its characters mysteriously went missing. After their memorable appearance in the non-game There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, our extravagant investigators are back in their own adventure. Armed with their iconic ineptitude, they must solve a mystery that transcends the space-time boundaries of their world… But they won’t succeed without your help! Travel to the very heart of the game's creation and explore the various stages of its development to unravel the threads of this strange case. Welcome to a wildly elastic and infinitely meta experience! • Rediscover Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, joined by a cast of new, endearing characters. • Dialogue recorded by real humans. All natural. Non-GMO and additive-free. • A completely meta story of time travel that will take you through the design stages of the game. • Chock-full of humor and surprises (and bugs, probably). • An offbeat point and click adventure offering fun and elastic gameplay. • Loads of puzzles that will require up to three neurons (we couldn’t keep up beyond that). • Beautiful 2D graphics. Sorry, I meant 3D… Hold on. Which one was it again?

About

Jarble

Engage your mind with a unique word game where you swap letters to form new words of the same length. Choose from daily challenges, competitive timed matches, or a solo adventure with hundreds of levels.

Highlights
  • Swap up to 5 letters
  • Maintain word length
  • Daily mental challenges
  • 60-second timed matches
  • 300 solo levels
  • Multiplayer via game code
Features
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JARBLE-The letter swap word game. The name of the game is simple, change up to 5 letters in place to make a different valid word. The length never changes — substitution only. Three ways to play Daily, Quick Match and Solo. Daily-A daily mental spark that gives you something new every day. Share your results with friends or coworkers. Quick Match-For the competitive player-A word appears; you have 60 seconds to think of a new word and swap the letters. Fewest swaps wins the round, but if any players land on the same word they cancel out and neither scores. 10 rounds, most round wins takes the game. Solo-For the more casual player. 300 levels that increase in difficulty the further you go along. Play on your pace! Play Quick Match with friends as well. Share the game code and start a match!

Screenshots

Crushed In Time4 screens
Jarble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jarble at none against Crushed In Time's 1. Crushed In Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Crushed In Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jarble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crushed In Time holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crushed In Time has 106 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Crushed In Time's written reviews are positive against 67% of Jarble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crushed In Time ships an update every 2 days, Jarble every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Crushed In Time versus Jarble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrushed In TimeJarble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (106 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings106 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.5 GB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDraw Me A PixelF Originations LLC

Customer experience

Crushed In Time

All ratings106 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative13.6%

Jarble

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crushed In Time

One-time1
  • Crushed In Time Full Game$6.99
None

Jarble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crushed In Time free?
Crushed In Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jarble free?
Jarble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crushed In Time or Jarble?
Crushed In Time is rated higher. Crushed In Time averages 4.7 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while Jarble averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Crushed In Time or Jarble have ads?
Jarble shows ads; Crushed In Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Crushed In Time or Jarble?
Crushed In Time ships an update every 2 days, and Jarble every 6 weeks. Most recently, Crushed In Time was updated on November 8, 2026 and Jarble on November 7, 2026.

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