Comparison

Crashlands vs Sputnik Eyes

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

Head to head
About

Crashlands

Embark on an outlandish, story-driven crafting RPG adventure. Explore a vast alien planet, craft over 500 items, and battle enemies with skill-based combat. Build bases, tame creatures, and uncover ancient secrets in a quest to deliver packages and overcome a nefarious plot.

Highlights
  • Expansive crafting system with over 500 items
  • Self-managing, infinite inventory
  • RPG-style character progression
  • Skill-based combat with craftable gadgets
  • Intuitive base building
  • Tameable creatures for combat sidekicks
  • Effortless cloud saving
Features
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"...a design masterpiece." 5/5 - TouchArcade 2016 Game of the Year - TouchArcade, Gamezebo Time's Top 10 Games / Top 50 Apps of 2016 Craft, battle, and quest your way through Crashlands, an outlandish, story-driven Crafting RPG overflowing with sass! Become Flux Dabes, a galactic trucker whose latest shipment gets derailed by a chin-strapped alien menace named Hewgodooko, leaving you stranded on an alien planet. As you hustle to retrieve your packages you’ll become enmeshed in a nefarious plot of world domination, which will require all of your wits and both of your glutes to overcome. Learn recipes from the local sentient life, make new friends, uncover ancient secrets and deadly bosses, tame everything and build yourself a home-away-from-home as you learn to thrive on planet Woanope. ▼▼ Key Features ▼▼ -● Expansive Crafting System ●- Unlock over 500 craftable items as you explore the world and learn its secrets! -● Self-managing, Infinite Inventory ●- In Crashlands, your inventory is infinite, manages itself, and retrieves your tools when you need them, so you can focus on adventuring, questing, and building. You'll never have to dig through your bag or return to your base to free up inventory space! -● RPG-Style Character Progression ●- Become more powerful through creating ever-more-amazing items! As you grow in power, you can venture to new regions of the world, meet strange characters, discover new stories, and encounter new and interesting enemies. -● Skill-Based Combat ●- Learn the attacks of the enemies you encounter, and use your skill, agility, and wits to defeat them! You can even augment your fighting prowess with the power of the dozens of gadgets you can craft. Set your enemies on fire, stun them, slow down time, and more! -● Intuitive Base Building ●- Building a base in Crashlands is so simple it feels like fingerpainting. You can create beautiful, sprawling bases in minutes! -● Tameable Creatures ●- Every creature in Crashlands can become a trusty combat sidekick. Find an egg, incubate it, and hatch your very own adorable or hideous bundle of joy. You can even craft special items to grow and empower them! -● Huge World... with Huge Problems ●- Four sentient races, three continents, an epic bid for the future of the planet, and you - trapped in the middle, trying to deliver your freakin' packages. Take your time to dive into the side stories of the characters you meet or just rush headlong into making that special delivery. With hundreds upon hundreds of quests, there's a lot to do and discover on planet Woanope! -● Effortless Cloud Saving ●- Just because your battery died or you accidentally dropped your device into a bottomless chasm, doesn't mean your save has to die with it. With Rumpus, you can easily store and retrieve your save from the cloud, and move it between your devices! -● Controller Support ●- Tired of rubbing your sweaty hands all over your beautiful touchscreen? No problem! We've got support for most mobile-compatible controllers, so you can rub your sweaty hands on some joysticks instead!

About

Sputnik Eyes

Guide robotic companions to their correct colored positions by navigating intricate paths. This brain-teasing puzzle game challenges your logic as you explore planets and analyze them. Enjoy over 60 handmade levels and discover fantastic space landscapes.

Highlights
  • Guide robots to colored positions
  • Navigate entwined paths
  • Logical thinking challenges
  • Explore planets
  • Over 60 handmade levels
  • Randomly generated levels
Features
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"Sputnik Eyes is definitely a gem for all puzzle game fans" - AppAdvice Help the little Eyes to scan and explore each planet on the way. The objective is clear, the paths to reach it entwined. Use your logical thinking and help each of your robotic companions to reach its right-colored position – only then you can analyize a planet. But the positions are only reachable by a few paths..... Sputnik Eyes is a classic puzzle: entertaining but a real brainteaser. Think sharp, explore all the planets and help your robotic companions! ∞ Over 60 handmade levels to explore ∞ And even more randomly generated levels ∞ Fantastic landscapes and cute robots ∞ Space, planets, robots, what could you want more? www.sputnikeyes.com Handmade by Shelly Alon ∞

Screenshots

Crashlands4 screens
Sputnik Eyes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crashlands at 4.8 against Sputnik Eyes's 4.2. Crashlands also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 63%) and chart position (#77 vs unranked). Sputnik Eyes's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Crashlands costs $6.99 and Sputnik Eyes $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crashlands holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 309 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crashlands's written reviews are positive against 63% of Sputnik Eyes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Crashlands versus Sputnik Eyes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrashlandsSputnik Eyes
Price$6.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.2 (309 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better63.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better309
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB133 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.Shelly Alon

Customer experience

Crashlands

All ratings1,159 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews785 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.6%

Sputnik Eyes

All ratings309 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral12.6%
Negative24.0%

User reviews

Crashlands

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Lots of content and gameplay
  • 💡 Funny and engaging story
  • 👍 Addictive and enjoyable
  • 👍 Excellent crafting and progression system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🐛 Glitchy audio
  • 🐛 Quests can be confusing
  • 🐛 Repetitive at times
  • 🐛 Difficulty spikes can be frustrating

Sputnik Eyes

From 309 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Charming and cute graphics with excellent art style
  • 🎵 Beautiful, soothing, and fitting music
  • 🧩 Well-designed puzzle mechanics that require thinking
  • 😌 Relaxing and casual gameplay experience
  • ✨ Polished and well-made application

Room to improve

  • 😴 Repetitive gameplay after initial levels
  • ⏰ Limited number of levels (around 50-200)
  • 🎮 Too easy overall, lacks challenge for adults
  • 🔄 Trial-and-error based rather than logic-based puzzles
  • 🎚️ Cannot disable sound effects separately from music

Bugs and requests

Crashlands

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on map opening
  • Inventory management issues
  • Enemies regaining full health on respawn

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More character customization options
  • Ability to control pet companions
  • Clearer quest tracking and objectives

Sputnik Eyes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup for some users
  • Language settings cannot be changed back from Spanish
  • Characters/elements not responding to input
  • Slow loading and navigation between levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and additional content updates
  • Increased difficulty and more challenging puzzles
  • Ability to turn off sound effects independently
  • Additional game modes or variations
  • Randomized level selection after completion

In-app purchases

None

Crashlands

No in-app purchases

None

Sputnik Eyes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crashlands free?
Crashlands costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sputnik Eyes free?
Sputnik Eyes costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crashlands or Sputnik Eyes?
Crashlands is rated higher. Crashlands averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Sputnik Eyes averages 4.2 from 309 ratings.
Do Crashlands or Sputnik Eyes have ads?
Neither Crashlands nor Sputnik Eyes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crashlands or Sputnik Eyes?
Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, and Sputnik Eyes every 2 months. Most recently, Crashlands was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sputnik Eyes on November 7, 2026.

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