Crockbook for Don't Starve vs Marooned
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crockbook for Don't Starve
This app provides a comprehensive collection of recipes to help players manage their Health, Hunger, and Sanity in the game Don't Starve. It offers a convenient way to find optimal dishes for survival and well-being within the game world.
- Health recovery recipes
- Hunger management dishes
- Sanity restoration meals
- Sort recipes by stats
- Visual recipe design
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Cook up the best recipes to recover your Health, Hunger, and Sanity in Don't Starve!
Marooned
Experience a challenging survival simulation where you must overcome harsh environments with no initial resources. Explore vast areas, hunt for food, craft tools, and evade dangerous wildlife to stay alive.
- Vast explorable environments
- Camp setup and campfire creation
- Hunting and fishing mechanics
- Crafting tools and weapons
- Evading dangerous animals
- Discovering secret missions
- Cooking and health management
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In the game,Players play role of Ed and survive in different enviornment of the world,such as Thailand Jungle, Philippine island,African Plain and etc. You will have no tools,no clothes,no food,no water,and not even a knife.Despite such condition,dogged Ed can still overcome the harsh environment and live well. 【Game Features】 ->So large area The area is very large in each scene.You can set up a camp and make a campfire anywhere.You can put traps where you think it is easy to catch animals. When raining,you can use containers to hold water.When you can see nothing in the dark night,you can use torch to help you. ->Search secret tasks in the game There are two secret missions in each scene. You need to find it by yourself .Sometimes it will appear under specical conditions.You will get special gifts after completing the main task and hidden tasks. ->Catch and hunt is skilled work There are many throwing tools in the game,such as stones,bamboo forks,and bows and arrows.Sometimes you will run into preys ,such as the rabbits on grassland,the fishes in the pond and etc. You need to use different tools to catch them. ->How to do when you face a large dangerous animial? When you survive several days,sometimes you will run into some large dangerous animials,such as the wolfs in the Thailand Jungle,the hyenas on African Grassland,and the crocodiles in the Marshland. If you have throwing tools ,you can hit them.Otherwise ,you ‘d better run as fast as you can. ->Temptation of food You can cook in each scene. You need to collect different kinds of food first. The long you survived , more dishes you must need to improve your health.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Crockbook for Don't Starve at none against Marooned's shown. Marooned's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Crockbook for Don't Starve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Marooned sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marooned holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 123 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 77% positive.
Crockbook for Don't Starve ships an update every 4 months, Marooned monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crockbook for Don't Starve | Marooned |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (42 ratings) | 4.5 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | 77.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 455 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Z Sculpt | Shaoxing Kuaifei Network Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Crockbook for Don't Starve
Marooned
Bugs and requests
Crockbook for Don't Starve
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crockpot simulator not working properly
- App not optimized for newer devices with notches/rounded corners
Requested features
4 requests- Search function to find recipes by ingredient
- Information on how to obtain ingredients
- Individual food item stats and details
- Ability to input ingredients and see possible recipes
Marooned
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crockbook for Don't Starve
- Remove Ads$4.99
Marooned
- 50 golden carrots$0.99
- 50 Starshards$0.99
- 120 golden carrots$1.99
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- Open Internet Online$1.99
- 380 golden carrots$3.99
- 450 Starshards$5.99
- 800 golden carrots$6.99
- 680 Starshards$9.99
- 1800 golden carrots$14.99
- 1180 Starshards$17.99
- 1980 Starshards$29.99
- 3480 Starshards$49.99
- 6480 Starshards$99.99
Questions
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