Crashlands vs Cat Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Cat Quest
Embark on an epic open-world adventure filled with dragons, magic, and cats. Explore a vast map, brave dungeons for loot, and help a cast of characters with numerous side quests. Experience real-time combat and a story of loss, betrayal, and victory.
- Real-time combat
- Huge open world
- Over 60 side quests
- Dungeons and caves with loot
- Engrossing story
- Game Center Achievements
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Leap into a grand adventure of dragons, magic and cats in purr-suit of the evil Drakoth and your catnapped sister! Explore Felingard's huge overworld map, risk life and limb delving into dungeons for epic loot, and lend a paw to a furry cast of characters in a flurry of side quests. "Touch Arcade Game of the Week!" "Rock Paper Shotgun Indie Pick of the Week!" "Tokyo Game Show 2016 Indie Showcase" "Unite 2016 Showcase" "Casual Connect 2017 Indie Prize Showcase" "Casual Connect 2017 Best Mobile Game Finalist" "“Cat Quest is a game about a cat going on an adventure, nothing more and nothing less, but I’ll tell you what: it’s a bloody good adventure.” - 9.0, Digitally Downloaded "Combat in Cat Quest occurs entirely in real-time, and is brilliant in its simplicity." - Kotaku "A PURR-FECT WAY TO SPEND SOME TIME" - Gamespew Features - Pawsome real time combat! Oh so juicy combat! - A huge open world filled with over 15 hours of furry content! - Over 60 side quests! - Over 60 dungeons and caves filled with purrfect loot! - Loot? Yes we have a ton of loot! All cat certified too! - Gorgeous graphics that accentuate the cuteness of cats! - An engrossing story about loss, betrayal, adventure, victory and...cats! - Game Center Achievements to scratch your trophy highs! - Supports Metal for faster purr-formance! What are you waiting for? Download now! A Catventure awaits!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cat Quest at fortnightly against Crashlands's every 2 months. Cat Quest also leads on price ($4.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Crashlands's advantage is chart position (#89 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Crashlands costs $6.99 and Cat Quest $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Crashlands against 4.8 for Cat Quest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Crashlands's written reviews are positive against 90% of Cat Quest's.
Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, Cat Quest fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Crashlands | Cat Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) | 4.8 (2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #89 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 303 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Butterscotch Shenanigans, Inc. | The Gentlebros. |
Customer experience
Crashlands
Cat Quest
User reviews
Crashlands
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Cat Quest
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🐱 Cute cat theme
- 🎮 Engaging gameplay
- 💰 Good value for money
- 🕹️ Simple and intuitive controls
- 🌟 Polished graphics and animations
Room to improve
- 🕹️ Lack of controller support
- 🕹️ Awkward touch controls for spellcasting
- 🕹️ Repetitive quests and content
- 🕹️ Difficulty spike in later stages
- 🕹️ Limited post-game content
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
Cat Quest
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Progression-blocking bugs in quests
Requested features
7 requests- More character customization options
- Expanded story and world exploration
- Improved map functionality and navigation
- Ability to skip or abandon side quests
- Expanded equipment and upgrade system
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- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- Availability on more platforms
In-app purchases
Crashlands
No in-app purchases
Cat Quest
No in-app purchases
Questions
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