Alien Claw vs Gem Catcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Claw
Experience the thrill of a toy crane machine on your mobile device. Practice your skills with a physics-based, 3D simulation to grab various sci-fi collectibles. It's free to play and offers a realistic challenge.
- Physics-based 3D gameplay
- Collect sci-fi toys
- Realistic claw mechanics
- Practice skills
- Free to play
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The Alien Claw Machine Use the crane claw to collect Space Aliens, Killer Robots and other sci-fi goodies from a galaxy far far away. We've all played those toy crane grabbing machines at the arcades, and usually walked away with no toys and no money either. No more, now you can play The Alien Claw Machine on your phone or tablet. It won't cost you a penny and you can practise and tune your skills because this game is physics based and in 3D. Take into consideration claw angle, swing rate and rotation. Look around the machine using the swipe button, then carefully time your grab and with luck you'll be a winner. The game doesn't cheat, it wont just pick up an alien toy if it touches it, no the claw has to grab the items just right. As we said before its physics based, and as challenging as the real thing. There are plenty of Space aliens, Invaders, robots, cyborgs, androids, monsters, UFOs and other Sci-fi goodies to collect. So download The Alien Claw Machine, have a good practise then get off to invade the local arcade and clean out the real thing :-)
Gem Catcher
Experience the thrill of a claw machine game with a focus on collecting beautiful jewels. Complete various levels by strategically operating the crane to capture treasures and place them in the chest. It's an easy-to-play game perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- Free claw machine gameplay
- Collect beautiful jewels
- Complete various levels
- Simple crane operation
- Treasure chest completion
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This app is a free claw machine game. Get beautiful jewels and complete various levels! You can easily play whenever you have a free moment. Instructions: - Operate the crane with the two buttons "Move right" and "Move down". - Put the jewel in the treasure chest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alien Claw at 4.9 against Gem Catcher's 4.2. Alien Claw also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Gem Catcher's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 27 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alien Claw holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Alien Claw's written reviews are positive against 67% of Gem Catcher's.
Alien Claw ships an update every 27 months, Gem Catcher every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Claw | Gem Catcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Galatic Droids | Himitsu Lab Inc. |
Customer experience
Alien Claw
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In-app purchases
Alien Claw
No in-app purchases
Gem Catcher
No in-app purchases
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