Comparison

Crashlands vs Forager

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

Forager

Explore a vast 2D open world, gathering resources, crafting items, and building a base from scratch. Level up your skills, solve puzzles, and discover secrets as you expand your territory and forge your own path.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering and management
  • Item and structure crafting
  • Base building and expansion
  • Skill progression and learning
  • Puzzle solving and dungeon raiding
  • Open-ended goal setting
Features
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Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by your favorite exploration, farming and crafting games. - Gather, collect and manage resources. - Craft useful items & structures. - Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. - Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. - Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! - Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards! Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit!

Screenshots

Crashlands4 screens
Forager3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crashlands at 4.8 against Forager's 4.2. Crashlands also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 61%) and price ($6.99 vs $7.99). Forager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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 Forager $7.99 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 688 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crashlands's written reviews are positive against 61% of Forager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, Forager every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Crashlands versus Forager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrashlandsForager
Price$6.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.2 (688 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better60.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better688
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#121#78 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB163 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.Balor Games

Customer experience

Crashlands

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

Forager

All ratings688 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews299 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral16.1%
Negative23.1%

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

Forager

From 688 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Charming pixel art and music
  • 🕹️ Satisfying progression and crafting
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy save system and data loss
  • 🤖 Clunky and unresponsive controls
  • 🧱 Difficult item placement and building
  • 🕰️ Lack of updates and new 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

Forager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Islands and purchased land disappearing
  • Saving issues causing progress loss
  • Inability to place certain items or structures
  • Glitches with locomotive and nuclear reactor

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More customization options
  • Improved controls for building and item placement
  • Ability to resize or hide droids

In-app purchases

None

Crashlands

No in-app purchases

None

Forager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crashlands free?
Crashlands costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forager free?
Forager costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crashlands or Forager?
Crashlands is rated higher. Crashlands averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Forager averages 4.2 from 688 ratings.
Do Crashlands or Forager have ads?
Neither Crashlands nor Forager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crashlands or Forager?
Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, and Forager every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crashlands was updated on September 28, 2026 and Forager on September 28, 2026.
Which is more popular, Crashlands or Forager?
Crashlands currently peaks at #121 in the App Store charts, and Forager at #78. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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