Comparison

Space Mission vs Cavern Crawl

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

Head to head
About

Space Mission

Pilot a retro arcade spaceship, defending astronauts from alien waves. Manage limited fuel to destroy enemies, rescue stranded crew, and return them to safety. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Retro arcade space shooter gameplay
  • Limited fuel management
  • Rescue stranded astronauts
  • Destroy waves of aliens and mines
  • Score-based progression
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements and social sharing
Features
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Space Mission: Survival is a retro arcade space shooter. You have 10 seconds of fuel in each level to destroy the aliens and keep your astronauts alive. Keep yourself and the astronauts alive. Wave after wave of aliens will attack you will bullets and space mines. Pick up floating astronauts and return them to asteroids before you are destroyed or they float off into deep space. Points are awarded for enemy hits, destroying mines, returning astronauts, and for not wasting fuel. Leaderboards are shown in classic arcade attract-screen format. See your friends scores and play to be the best in the universe. Achievements, Facebook and Twitter bragging also available in Space Mission: Survival.

About

Cavern Crawl

Pilot a spaceship through a treacherous cavern, dodging obstacles and enemies. Collect orbs for points and fuel, and use rockets to defeat foes. Strategize your collection to maximize your score and survive the descent.

Highlights
  • Spaceship flight controls
  • Obstacle and enemy avoidance
  • Rocket shooting mechanics
  • Orb collection for points
  • Fuel management system
  • Invincibility power-up
Features
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Welcome to Cavern Crawl! Fly a spaceship through a cavern! Avoid obstacles! Avoid enemies! Shoot at the enemies! Collect orbs to gain points! Try to get the high score! Instructions: The ship floats down. Pressing on the screen will make the ship fly up. Your ship will also drain gas, so make sure to fuel up! Pressing the red shoot button will shoot a rocket. You can try to avoid enemies, or shoot at them, but be careful, the rockets will also destroy the orbs. You don't want to shoot the red or yellow ones since they will give you more gas. Collect red orbs to gain a point, but watch out for the purple orbs, they will subtract a point. If you get a yellow orb, you will get 10 points. Red and yellow orbs will also replenish your gas supply. Shooting the enemies will also give you a point. If you collect the orange coin, you will become invincible from enemies for 10 seconds.

Screenshots

Space Mission4 screens
Cavern Crawl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cavern Crawl at none against Space Mission's 1. Cavern Crawl also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). Space Mission's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Space Mission sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cavern Crawl asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Space Mission against 5.0 for Cavern Crawl. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Mission ships an update every 6 months, Cavern Crawl every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Space Mission versus Cavern Crawl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace MissionCavern Crawl
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB32 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJohn SchumacherEthan Feldman

Customer experience

Space Mission

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cavern Crawl

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Space Mission

One-time1
  • Show Your Support$0.99
None

Cavern Crawl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Mission free?
Space Mission is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cavern Crawl free?
Cavern Crawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Space Mission or Cavern Crawl?
Space Mission and Cavern Crawl are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Space Mission or Cavern Crawl have ads?
Neither Space Mission nor Cavern Crawl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Mission or Cavern Crawl?
Space Mission ships an update every 6 months, and Cavern Crawl every 2 days. Most recently, Space Mission was updated on October 6, 2026 and Cavern Crawl on October 5, 2026.

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