Watch Arcade vs Crown Heist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch Arcade
Experience classic arcade gameplay directly on your Apple Watch. Enjoy four distinct games with intuitive touch controls and unique animations. More content is planned for future updates.
- Bricks game
- Bubbles game
- Minesweeper game
- 2048 game
- Intuitive touch controls
- Unique animations
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FREE for a limited time! Play Arcade Games on Your Watch! (Requires Apple Watch To Play) Four Fun Games: • Bricks: Line falling bricks up into full rows to clear. • Bubbles: Blast away matching bubble colors • Mines: Sweep away mines • 2048: Combine numbers to create multiples up to 2048. All games play on the Apple Watch with intuitive touch controls. Unique use of animations! More coming soon in app updates!
Crown Heist
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Crown Heist is a precision safe-cracking game built exclusively for Apple Watch. Rotate the Digital Crown to crack combination locks and feel every pin click into place through real haptic feedback. HOW TO PLAY Turn the crown slowly to find each pin, then reverse direction, just like a real combination lock. Turn too far past a pin and you lose a life. Lock in every pin before your lives run out, grab the loot and slip away before the cops close in. • CRACK THE SAFE: locks from simple 2-pin dials to punishing 6-pin vaults with 100 positions • HEAR IT AND FEEL IT: fine-tuned, satisfying sound effects with audio on, and deeper, richer haptics that take over in silent mode • HEIST 10 AREAS: 250 handcrafted safes guarded by 10 notorious villains, from Barnaby to Regalia • DODGE 8 DEVIOUS TRAPS: lasers, blackouts, slime, scrambled dials and more • STEAL 168 LOOT ITEMS: from Broken Sunglasses to $250,000 Blackmail Storage, across 6 rarity tiers • AN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: 11 tracks, with custom music composed for every adventure area • DECK OUT YOUR WATCH: custom artwork complications put Crown Heist right on your watch face • 3 GAME MODES: Adventure, Endless and two Time Trial variants. Fully playable offline • MAKE IT YOURS: 99+ safe skins and unlockable themes Strap in, crack the code and escape with the loot. The perfect heist fits on your wrist. Terms of Use (EULA): https://playcrowngames.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playcrowngames.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Watch Arcade at none against Crown Heist's 2. Watch Arcade also leads on iOS requirement (8.2 vs 17.0). Crown Heist's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. Crown Heist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Watch Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Watch Arcade ships an update every 3 weeks, Crown Heist weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watch Arcade | Crown Heist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 5.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artamata, Inc. | Rob Veen |
In-app purchases
Watch Arcade
No in-app purchases
Crown Heist
- CrownGames Royal Pass Weekly$2.997 Days
- CrownGames Royal Pass Annual$24.991 Year
