Comparison

Pixel Panic vs Lost Crate Co.

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Panic

Features
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The horde is coming. You have no hero - you have a finger, free walls, and 25 seconds. Pixel Panic is a tower defense where YOU draw the enemies' path. Trace walls in one stroke, watch the horde adapt live, erase and redraw - even mid-wave. Then pick your weapons, stack your upgrades, and set off chain reactions that fill the screen. HOW IT WORKS - Slide your finger: walls are placed continuously (free, limited quota) - The enemy path is shown in real time - it's a puzzle, not a trap - Wall everything off if you dare: they'll smash through the nearest one - Every wave is announced in advance: read the threat, adapt your plan NO TWO RUNS ALIKE - Start with 2 random weapons, draft more as you go - 6 maps with different rules: valley, crossroads, corridor, island, dunes, furnace - Modifier waves: armored, warchief, fog, burrowers... - Choice events: safe, risky, or downright insane - Broken synergies to discover: spreading burns, ricochet bolts, chain explosions AFTER VICTORY? - Endless mode starts where other games stop - Stars unlock new weapons, maps and permanent perks - 8 challenges, a Daily run with a shared seed - 3 calibrated difficulties, casual to razor-edge ALSO - Pixel art, music and sound 100% generated - no asset packs - 5-15 minute sessions, save anytime - Offline, no forced ads, no energy system The castle still stands. For now.

About

Lost Crate Co.

Features
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Franny drives a small delivery truck. One pothole later, her entire load is scattered along thirteen miles of country road, and every single crate has landed somewhere it should not be. Under a wheel. In a ditch. On a bus stop roof. Halfway up a tree, guarded by an annoyed kite. Your job is to bring them all home. Each mile is a small hand drawn scene with one thing gone wrong. You look at the mess, pick a tool from the tray at the bottom of the screen, and tap the spot where it should be used. A jack lifts a truck off a pinned crate. A rope pulls one out of the mud. A magnet knows what to do about a spilled box of bolts. Choose the right tool and the crate comes free. Choose the wrong one and Franny tries it anyway, usually with results worth watching. Solving a mile earns bolts and often a new tool, and tools can be combined at the workbench. Rope and hook make a grapple. A net on a pole becomes a sky net. A fan and an umbrella turn into something that lets Franny glide, more or less. There are twenty three tools in total and the later miles expect you to have built a few of them yourself. There is a shelf in the ledger for oddities, the strange leftovers a mile hands you when you solve it in an unexpected way. A soggy duck feather. A chrome bolt too shiny for the truck. Some of them only turn up if you try the tool that looks completely wrong for the job. You can also photograph odd things you find on your own roadside and pin them to the same shelf, with a name of your choosing. Every day the depot has something wedged under a crate for you. Pump the jack three times and see what falls out. No timers, no failure screens. A wrong tool costs you a star, not the level, and you can go back and replay any mile to earn all three. Thirteen miles, one truck, and a driver who refuses to leave a single crate behind.

Screenshots

Pixel Panic4 screens
Lost Crate Co.4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pixel Panic and Lost Crate Co. are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pixel Panic versus Lost Crate Co.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel PanicLost Crate Co.
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size71 MB10 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAlain FovetFRENK NORAMA

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Panic

No in-app purchases

None

Lost Crate Co.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Panic free?
Pixel Panic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lost Crate Co. free?
Lost Crate Co. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Panic or Lost Crate Co. have ads?
Neither Pixel Panic nor Lost Crate Co. shows ads.

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