Comparison

Stranded Without A Phone! vs Scavenging

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

Scavenging

Explore a vast game world, looting stores and buildings to gather resources. Trade goods, craft items, build a shelter, and engage in combat with other players to survive. Be mindful of critical radiation levels and escape before it's too late.

Highlights
  • Loot stores and buildings
  • Trade goods with others
  • Craft items
  • Build your shelter
  • Fight other scavengers
  • Survive in a large game world
  • Escape critical radiation
Features
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Search the city, loot stores buildings and houses, trade goods, build your shelter, fight other scavengers, craft items, and try to survive in the huge game world. Remember to leave before radiation levels get critical!

Screenshots

Stranded Without A Phone!4 screens
Scavenging4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scavenging at 100% against Stranded Without A Phone!'s 46%. Scavenging also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12). Stranded Without A Phone!'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Stranded Without A Phone! sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Scavenging asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stranded Without A Phone! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stranded Without A Phone! has 218 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Stranded Without A Phone!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Scavenging's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stranded Without A Phone! ships an update every 2 months, Scavenging every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Stranded Without A Phone! versus Scavenging: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStranded Without A Phone!Scavenging
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (218 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings218 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB240 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGilligamesHenrique Silva

Customer experience

Stranded Without A Phone!

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

Scavenging

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Scavenging

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

Scavenging

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 Scavenging free?
Scavenging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stranded Without A Phone! or Scavenging?
Stranded Without A Phone! is rated higher. Stranded Without A Phone! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 218 ratings, while Scavenging averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Stranded Without A Phone! or Scavenging have ads?
Scavenging shows ads; Stranded Without A Phone! does not.
Which is updated more often, Stranded Without A Phone! or Scavenging?
Stranded Without A Phone! ships an update every 2 months, and Scavenging every 25 months. Most recently, Stranded Without A Phone! was updated on September 25, 2026 and Scavenging on September 20, 2026.

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