Comparison

Lost Crate Co. vs Pullchain

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

Head to head
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.

About

Pullchain

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Pullchain is a puzzle about where you put things down. Each turn you place a single stone. It never moves again — but if it lands beside its equal, it pulls that stone in and doubles, and the doubled stone slides on into the next, and the next. Build a staircase, leave the right cell open, and one drop climbs all the way up. • No sliding, no swiping: every placement is a decision • Chains multiply — the longer the run, the more each merge is worth • When a stone could merge with two, you pick which — or tap the stone itself to pull them all in at once • The board grows as you do, from 4Ɨ4 to 9Ɨ9, and brings rocks with it • WILD stones and BOMBs turn up when you least expect them • Pick a trait at every milestone and make each run its own • Keep a stone in the bag for later, and reach for the tools — Breaker, Swapper, Purge — when the board closes in • Classic mode: an empty board and nothing but numbers • A half-minute tutorial, then the game gets out of your way • In 16 languages No forced ads, ever. A video plays only when you ask for one: a second chance with two bombs when a run ends, or a refill for an empty tool. A one-time purchase removes even those — the second chance and the refills come without the video. No timers. No account needed: your bests go on the global leaderboards under a name the game makes up for you, like Amber Fox 42.

Screenshots

Lost Crate Co.4 screens
Pullchain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lost Crate Co. at none against Pullchain's 1. Lost Crate Co. also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pullchain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lost Crate Co. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Lost Crate Co. versus Pullchain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost Crate Co.Pullchain
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFRENK NORAMACoditive Kft.

In-app purchases

None

Lost Crate Co.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pullchain

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Lost Crate Co. free?
Lost Crate Co. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pullchain free?
Pullchain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lost Crate Co. or Pullchain have ads?
Pullchain shows ads; Lost Crate Co. does not.

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