Comparison

Skycatching vs Tiny Crossings

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

Head to head
About

Skycatching

Explore the real night sky from your location. Catch stars and planets to build your fleet, upgrade your equipment, and defend your constellations from intruders. Enjoy a unique astronomical adventure that works anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time sky simulation
  • Star and planet catching mechanics
  • Fleet building and upgrades
  • Constellation defense
  • Custom constellation drawing
  • Offline play
Features
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The sky in Skycatching is the real sky above you, right now. It's calculated from 119,625 stars, the planets, the time and where you're standing. Point your phone at the ceiling and the stars are still there, in the right place. Aim at a star and press when the marker hits the zone. That's a catch. Every catch earns fragments. Upgrade your optics and fainter stars get easier. Or build a cannon for the raiders that cross the sky. Every star you catch joins your fleet. Its strength comes from how much light it really gives off, so Deneb beats Sirius. When an intruder takes one of your constellations, pick five stars and win it back. Six final bosses are waiting at the end. Three times a week, a tournament: everyone fights the same boss with the same stars. Break its shield to ready your squad's trick, and climb the Game Center leaderboard. Catch both ends of a line and it lights up. Orion builds itself over a few nights. You can also draw and name your own. Fly to any star. Tap "fly there" and travel to it past the real stars on the way. Up close it has the surface its kind of star has, and the dozen that have actually been imaged, like Betelgeuse, are drawn as they were found. Then see the planets known to go round it, beside our own. Don't want the game? Switch to Sky mode and one press logs a star. Everything you log counts if you start playing later. Works at noon, indoors and under clouds. No account, no ads, nothing to buy. Your location never leaves your phone. Game Center is optional.

About

Tiny Crossings

Guide a charming cast across rivers and bridges in 50 unique puzzles. Each level presents a new challenge, requiring strategic planning to move characters and items safely. Enjoy offline play and multiple language options.

Highlights
  • 50 handcrafted puzzles
  • Illustrated level cards
  • Move budgets and time challenges
  • Offline play with local progress
  • Multiple language support
  • Undo moves for free
Features
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A small boat. A tricky river. One clever plan. Help a colorful chibi cast cross rivers and bridges in 50 handcrafted puzzles. Start with three short tutorials, then plan your way through 47 tougher challenges across 18 rule families. Carry wolves, goats and cabbages. Keep couples together, protect families, balance a ferry, guard treasure and guide travelers over a bridge with a shared lantern. Every puzzle asks you to think a little differently. Tap a character to board. Tap the destination or crossing button to sail. Passengers stay aboard until you tap them to step ashore. Read illustrated rules, undo a move for free, or use an optional helper when you need a nudge. • 50 puzzles with illustrated level cards • Move budgets and travel-time challenges • Best stars saved for replay • Offline puzzles with local progress • iPhone portrait and iPad portrait or landscape • Nine languages: English, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian, Turkish and Russian Made by MoMuTu Gaming.

Screenshots

Skycatching4 screens
Tiny Crossings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tiny Crossings at 3 against Skycatching's 1. Tiny Crossings also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Skycatching versus Tiny Crossings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkycatchingTiny Crossings
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB208 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMatej BlinkaChien Tran

Customer experience

Skycatching

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tiny Crossings

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skycatching

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Crossings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skycatching free?
Skycatching is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Crossings free?
Tiny Crossings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Skycatching or Tiny Crossings have ads?
Neither Skycatching nor Tiny Crossings shows ads.

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