Comparison

Stranded Without A Phone! vs Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)

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

Head to head
About

Stranded Without A Phone!

Experience a challenging desert island survival simulation on a distant planet. Utilize your wits to build shelter, find sustenance, and craft essential items. Collect wreckage to construct a space radio and signal for rescue to win.

Highlights
  • Build shelter and find food/drink
  • Craft items from salvaged wreckage
  • Build a space radio for rescue
  • RPG-style inventory system
  • Over 80 craftable items
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Day/night cycle and survival mechanics
Features
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"Stranded Without A Phone" is a desert island survival game, on a distant planet similar to Earth. WARNING! This is a challenging game that requires thinking. It is not an action/arcade game. You must use your survival skills to stay healthy and get rescued. Build shelter, find food and drink, and collect salvageable parts from the wreckage that wash ashore. Use the parts to build a space radio and call for a rescue team to win the game. Search for natural resources, then use them to create other items using various combinations. Features include the ability to play as different characters, find and craft several items, and multiple save slots. Features: - Familiar RPG-style inventory system. - Over 80 different items. - Randomly generated map with each new game. - Day/night cycle. - Fishing. - Boar hunting & trapping. - Befriend a wild dog as your companion. *** Hints *** -Search dirt areas for small boulders to build a fire pit. -Use coconuts as an immediate source of nutrition and hydration, but also find fish in shallow water. -Boar meat provides the best nutrition and health. -Search beaches often for useful items from the shipwreck.

About

Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)

Embark on a survival adventure where you're stranded on a deserted island. Explore, gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter to solve the puzzle of your escape. This strategy simulation game features a randomly generated map for endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Build housing and infrastructure
  • Craft new items
  • Solve escape puzzle
  • Randomly generated map
  • Search and collect items
  • GameCenter integration
Features
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Shipwreck is a tricky adventure, strategy and simulation game. You are stranded on a lonely island and for now, have no hope of getting rescued. You have to find a way to get off the island. Therefore you should discover the island first and try to survive. Features: - build housings and an infrastructure to survive - craft new items - solve the puzzle to get rescued - randomly generated map - search and collect items on the island - GameCenter integration Shipwreck is a remake of the PC game „Schiffbruch“ by Dirk Plate.

Screenshots

Stranded Without A Phone!4 screens
Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stranded Without A Phone! and Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)'s written reviews are positive against 46% of Stranded Without A Phone!'s. Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12). Stranded Without A Phone!'s advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (225 vs 14). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

Stranded Without A Phone! is free to download; Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) costs $1.99 up front. Stranded Without A Phone! sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Stranded Without A Phone! against 4.4 for Shipwreck (Schiffbruch). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stranded Without A Phone! has 225 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Stranded Without A Phone!'s written reviews are positive against 91% of Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stranded Without A Phone! ships an update every 2 months, Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stranded Without A Phone! versus Shipwreck (Schiffbruch): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStranded Without A Phone!Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (225 ratings) — better4.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews91.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings225 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB54 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGilligamesJohannes Tscholl

Customer experience

Stranded Without A Phone!

All ratings218 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative43.0%

Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

Stranded Without A Phone!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and app failures
  • Saved game data loss
  • Screen alignment issues on tablets
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • More islands and story content
  • Expanded crafting and building options
  • Multiplayer and co-op modes
  • Endless/survival mode
  • Improved graphics and visuals

Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Stranded Without A Phone!

One-time12
  • Save Slot 1$0.99
  • Meg$0.99
  • Jessica$0.99
Show 9 more
  • 3 Bandages$0.99
  • 3 Energy Bars$0.99
  • Hööd$0.99
  • 10 Bandages$1.99
  • Rain Tiki$1.99
  • Time Tiki$1.99
  • 10 Energy Bars$1.99
  • Hut$1.99
  • Wilson$1.99
None

Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stranded Without A Phone! free?
Stranded Without A Phone! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) free?
Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stranded Without A Phone! or Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)?
Stranded Without A Phone! is rated higher. Stranded Without A Phone! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 225 ratings, while Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Stranded Without A Phone! or Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) have ads?
Neither Stranded Without A Phone! nor Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stranded Without A Phone! or Shipwreck (Schiffbruch)?
Stranded Without A Phone! ships an update every 2 months, and Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) monthly. Most recently, Stranded Without A Phone! was updated on October 23, 2026 and Shipwreck (Schiffbruch) on October 24, 2026.

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