Crab Castles vs Space Crab VS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crab Castles
Build sandcastles with crab helpers on a tropical island, overcoming obstacles like gulls and earthquakes. Earn in-game currency to upgrade your crabs and explore beaches while learning marine life facts. A portion of in-app purchases supports ocean conservation.
- Sandcastle building with crab helpers
- Obstacle challenges (gulls, earthquakes)
- In-game currency for upgrades
- Marine conservation education
- Creative sandbox mode
- Trash cleanup missions
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Welcome to Fiddler Island, a tropical paradise where you can play and support Marine Conservation, and a day at the beach becomes a full-on sandcastle building challenge! With feisty crabs as your helpers, build your blocks to the goal lines before time runs out; but beware, "pirate" gulls & baby sea turtles will try to stop you. You will also need to deal with earthquakes, giant beach balls and strong winds! Use logic and skill to win doubloons and pearls used in the store for upgrades, colorful crab body art and more. Challenge Levels and awards also await our top competitors. As part of your marine mission, you’ll have to explore Tropical Beach and clean up trash while collecting doubloons, taking cover behind trees from attacking gulls and searching for pearl targets. While you take a breath between building, enjoy marine life fun facts. And, a portion of in app purchases revenue goes to help our oceans and support marine conservation programs. So, Congratulations- just by playing this game you are a Player in Making a Better World! True sandcastle artists will love Sandbox Beach, which is a creative space. Here you can build to your heart’s content without interruptions or time constraints using many different block shapes, flags, seashells, sea stars, doors and shutters. When your own unique masterpiece is completed, save a picture, or share an image of it with friends on Facebook, Instagram and other social media...or destroy it with a bang and start again! Our original soundtrack, the Crab Castles Surf Shop, captivating 3-D graphics and original ocean characters make your escape to Fiddler Island marine magic! Go to CrabCastles.com and look for Game Tips! Crab Castles takes a different approach to the classic block building puzzle genre. The goal of this game is not only to reach and maintain a certain height in a specified amount of time, but also to use action strategies. Build Levels have four goal lines and a Challenge level. If the block tower is built and is standing at or above the first green goal line when the timer goes to zero, you can move on to the next level. When all four goal lines in a level are achieved, the challenge level for that level will open. Special Levels introduce new game play: here you must control your crab’s speed and direction while it runs around Tropical Beach. Your primary goal is to pick up the trash items before the time runs out. That wins the level. Along the way pickup doubloons (win points) and win pearls by hitting pearl targets by tapping on the screen. Once you collect all the pearl targets in level 30, the doubloons on the beach turn to Platinum and are worth double points. If you can collect all the trash and all the platinum doubloons in one gameplay, you will reset the pearl targets! The platinum doubloons will turn back to gold. Under our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to download Crab Castles.
Space Crab VS
Engage in arcade-style battles against other crabs, forming alliances and rivalries. Unlock over 20 unique crabs, each with special abilities, and explore the galaxy in story mode or challenge friends in local multiplayer.
- Arcade action gameplay
- Unlockable crabs with unique abilities
- Story mode with galactic exploration
- Local multiplayer battles
- Special attacks and meteor collection
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Battle against other crabs with time tested arcade action! Form galactic partnerships and starlight rivalries in the story mode, or battle against other players locally with more than 20 unlockable crabs- some strange, many powerful. -Use your Space Crab skills to take your opponent down! Collect meteor dust to make your own meteors, or charge up for a powerful special attack! -Pick from 20+ different unlock-able crabs to fight with! Each one has their own movement patterns and special attacks. From the shadow sneaking Ninja Crab to the time manipulating Chrono Crab, you'll find a crab worthy of your partnership! -Experience the story of Space Crab putting together the Star Seekers, a group of crabs who explore the galaxy and it's many secrets. Meet strange friends as you fight towards your goals! -Battle it out with your real life rivals in local multiplayer fights! -Take a break from the excitement and chill out with classic Space Crab game-play, with all new VS style move-sets to keep things fresh. -Unlock-able single player and multi-player secrets to uncover!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space Crab VS at 5.0 against Crab Castles's 4.5. Space Crab VS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). Crab Castles's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Crab Castles sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Space Crab VS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Crab VS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Crab Castles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space Crab VS's.
Crab Castles ships an update every 6 weeks, Space Crab VS daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crab Castles | Space Crab VS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ArtsTechLab | Andrew Rears |
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Crab Castles
Space Crab VS
In-app purchases
Crab Castles
- RemoveAds_U1M changed$0.99
- GuidedSandDollar_PU1M Changed$0.99
- StopGulls.PU2M Changed$0.99
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- StopTurtles_PU3M changed$0.99
- Guided Sand Dollar Pack Of Ten$0.99
- Stop Gulls Pack Of Ten$0.99
- Stop Turtles Pack Of Ten$0.99
- Guided Sand Dollar Consumable$0.99
- Stop Gulls Consumable$0.99
- Stop Turtles Consumable$0.99
Space Crab VS
No in-app purchases
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