Comparison

Crashlands vs DYSMANTLE

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

DYSMANTLE

Explore a post-apocalyptic world after emerging from a shelter. Gather resources by breaking objects, fight or evade creatures, and build outposts. Craft weapons, farm, hunt, and solve puzzles to uncover the island's mysteries and escape.

Highlights
  • Break objects for materials
  • Fight or evade creatures
  • Explore open world
  • Build outposts
  • Craft weapons and tools
  • Hunt and farm
  • Solve puzzles
Features
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As you ascend from your shelter after the long long years, a brave new old world awaits you. A world inhabited with nasty and vile creatures. A world with no other human soul to be seen. A world with nature in reigns now. A world that's about to get even worse. You need to find a way to escape the wretched island. But before that, enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse. Features: * Break over 99% of all objects for materials with the right tools. No barrier will stop you. * Fight with (or run away) nasty and vile creatures of the post-apocalyptic era. * Explore the handcrafted open world and uncover its mysteries. * Survive. Clear areas of monsters and claim it as yours. * Build outposts to establish your presence. * Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets. * Hunt various game or tame them for your post-apocalyptic zoo ranch. * Farm nutritious plants and reap the rewards as the crop gets ripe. * Solve puzzles above ground and underground in the Tombs of the Old Ones * Fish cunning scaly things under the watery surface. * Cook delicious recipes for permanent stat and ability upgrades. * Unravel the mysteries of the strange island.

Screenshots

Crashlands4 screens
DYSMANTLE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crashlands at none against DYSMANTLE's 3. Crashlands also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). DYSMANTLE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model and chart position 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 DYSMANTLE $9.99 up front. DYSMANTLE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Crashlands asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crashlands holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 481 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crashlands's written reviews are positive against 75% of DYSMANTLE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, DYSMANTLE every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Crashlands versus DYSMANTLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrashlandsDYSMANTLE
Price$6.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.6 (481 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better75.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better481
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#50#32 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB905 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.10tons Ltd

Customer experience

Crashlands

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

DYSMANTLE

All ratings469 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews585 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.6%

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

DYSMANTLE

From 481 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Huge open world to explore
  • 🔨 Satisfying destruction and crafting
  • 👍 Engaging story and quests
  • 🎮 Great controller support
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🤖 Repetitive enemy encounters
  • 🗺️ Lack of fast travel options
  • 💾 No cloud save support

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

DYSMANTLE

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when entering certain areas
  • Audio issues like sound cutting out
  • Progression-blocking bugs in DLC content
  • Inconsistent controls and targeting system

Requested features

5 requests
  • Cloud save functionality
  • More enemy and environmental variety
  • Improved fast travel system
  • Multiplayer co-op mode
  • Ability to customize the player character

In-app purchases

None

Crashlands

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DYSMANTLE

One-time3
  • Pets & Dungeons$3.99
  • Underworld$4.99
  • Doomsday$4.99

Questions

Is Crashlands free?
Crashlands costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DYSMANTLE free?
DYSMANTLE costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crashlands or DYSMANTLE?
Crashlands is rated higher. Crashlands averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while DYSMANTLE averages 4.6 from 481 ratings.
Do Crashlands or DYSMANTLE have ads?
Neither Crashlands nor DYSMANTLE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crashlands or DYSMANTLE?
Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, and DYSMANTLE every 2 weeks. Most recently, Crashlands was updated on November 1, 2026 and DYSMANTLE on October 30, 2026.
Which is more popular, Crashlands or DYSMANTLE?
Crashlands currently peaks at #50 in the App Store charts, and DYSMANTLE at #32. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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