Candy Crush Saga vs Looking for Aliens

How do Candy Crush Saga and Looking for Aliens compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	Looking for Aliens
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.9 / 5
Ratings count	4,020,521	143
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Beautiful, detailed hand-drawn artwork Varied difficulty that doesn't frustrate Interactive objects beyond just searching Common complaints Forced landscape-only mode requires two hands Game glitches prevent level completion in some levels Muted color palette causes eye strain for some

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Looking for Aliens — A charming hidden-object adventure through alien eyes discovering Earth's absurdities across 25 beautifully hand-drawn levels. (rated medium difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-10-08. Last updated 2026-10-08.