# Switchcraft: Match 3 Story — Solve the magic witch mystery

> Match-3 puzzle RPG with an interactive witch mystery story. (iPhone/iPad app by wooga gmbh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/switchcraft-match-3-story/id1510325826 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [wooga gmbh](https://appshunter.io/developer/461402737)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 2,619 App Store ratings · 120 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 346 MB
- Languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish and 5 more
- Released: 2021-10-11
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/switchcraft-match-3-story/id1510325826/reviews.md

## What is Switchcraft?

Welcome to Pendle Hill, the top Academy for witches! Tucked away in the little town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, it is home to far more than its students - a dark and magical mystery is stirring that will rock the world of witches to its very core.

Lydia, an 18-year-old Pendle Hill freshman witch, has disappeared. A conspiracy is brewing and it’s up to her friend, Bailey, to get to the bottom of the magical mystery. Bailey hopes you can join her in this 	
mystic adventure! Using your magic matching skills, unlock a rich interactive story full of meaningful relationships, secrecy, and match 3 puzzles. In a magical journey where every decision matters, choose your path carefully and lead Bailey down different storylines, guided by witch magic.

As you puzzle your way through hundreds of fantasy stories and spellbinding levels, this role-playing novel with exciting chapters, unfurls to reveal the truth behind Lydia’s tragic disappearance. Cast spells, find clues, collect rewards, and match 3 or more magical gems and crystals to harness the powers of witchcraft in a thrilling interactive experience.

In this match 3 adventure set in a 21st-century wizarding world, you’ll meet witches who will become your closest friends… and others who may betray you! It’s up to you how your mystery unfolds.

In the magical world of Switchcraft - the ultimate witch game:

- Encounter the unexpected with Switchcraft’s match 3 magical puzzle game - experience different directional gravities, portals, and spirits in this world of witchcraft!

- Calm the chaotic mind by matching 3 or more magical gems and increase your Magicka, the source of all magic witches.

- By matching 3 or more gems, collect Magicka Crystals to harness your powers of witchcraft and unlock the urban fantasy mystery story in this wizarding world.

- Choose your path in this interactive experience, rich with secrecy, love stories, and witch magic.

- Dive deep into the interactive story, cast spells, find clues and solve challenging match 3 puzzles. Make sure to make the right decisions if you want to find Lydia! Enjoy the different paths in this magical game and get closer and closer to finding the truth behind Lydia’s disappearance as you move forward with the mystic journey of witches.
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Switchcraft is intended for those 18 and older. Switchcraft does not require payment to download and play, but it also allows you to purchase virtual items with real money inside the game. You can disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings. Switchcraft may also contain advertising. You may require an internet connection to play Switchcraft and access its social features. You can also find more information about the functionality, compatibility, and interoperability of Switchcraft in the above description and additional app store information.
By downloading this game, you agree to future game updates as released on your app store or social network. You may choose to update this game, but if you do not update, your game experience and functionalities may be reduced.

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## Key features

- Match-3 magical puzzle gameplay
- Interactive story with choices
- Uncover a witch mystery
- Cast spells and find clues
- Collect rewards and power-ups
- Develop relationships with characters

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 coins | $1.99 | one-time |
| 5500 coins | $4.99 | one-time |
| 12000 coins | $9.99 | one-time |
| Beginner Kit | $1.99 | one-time |
| Intuition Kit | $2.99 | one-time |
| Clear Mind Kit | $9.99 | one-time |
| Awakening Kit | $19.99 | one-time |
| Serenity Kit | $39.99 | one-time |
| Beginner Kit | $1.99 | one-time |
| Beginner Kit | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Switchcraft?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and graphics
- 🤗 Engaging and inclusive story
- 👍 Minimal ads, non-intrusive monetization
- 🎮 Fun and challenging match-3 gameplay
- 🌈 Diverse and well-developed characters
- 🧠 Compelling mystery and narrative
- 🎶 Soothing and fitting soundtrack

**Cons**

- 🤯 Levels become increasingly difficult
- 💰 High cost of power-ups and continues
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🤔 Lack of ability to replay past story chapters
- 🤖 Unhelpful or inconsistent frog power-ups
- 🤷‍♀️ Limited impact of player choices on story

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes when switching apps or levels
- Inconsistent tracking of progress and power-ups
- Levels sometimes become unbeatable due to glitches

**Most requested features**

- Allow replaying of past levels to earn more gems
- Provide an option to purchase story chapters directly
- Implement character customization options
- Add more romance options, including polyamory
- Improve frog power-up functionality and reliability

## Recent user reviews (10 of 120)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/switchcraft-match-3-story/id1510325826/reviews.md

### 3/5 — The Best Game Till It’s Not

*2023-12-07*

This game is a solid 5 for me. Or at least, it was. Beautiful, bright, and colorful with gorgeous, serene music and lovely sound effects. The story part is fine, the potion making is pretty useless, but what kept me logging in daily was the gameplay. You could watch ads and get special power ups or infinity lives, sometimes I might get stuck but I eventually made it through so I never got frustrated. I looked FORWARD to playing every day. Some boards felt like actual puzzles to figure out which made it more than just a match 3 game. 

But I’m ready to uninstall which is disappointing. Somehow the game just downgraded, boards were almost impossible to pass, every one was a slog. Then, somehow the frogs got WAY stupid and would help you lose levels vs winning them. THEN, they took out the events (where you earn different power ups and coins), which made the boards even MORE difficult to pass. And I’m not quitting on say, board 100-something, I’m currently on level 2790 (!) and I think I’ll just quit. I use to play certain boards 20 times before I passed and still be happy to play. But without the events to build up power ups without spending real money, it’s not fun anymore or challenging, just feels broken.

### 5/5 — I think I ran out of levels

*2023-10-31*

I’m over level 3,000 and the level button has disappeared, does this mean i’m out? Is it over? 💔💔💔 Needless to say good game, I understand the middle aged women and their candy crush so much more now than I ever have.
If it’s a glitch I hope it gets patched soon, if not and i’m just cracked I hope the devs consider making new levels 🙏

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2023-10-22*

This game is amazing especially the times she has a vision, I really recommend this game if you are really into mystery’s, missing people, and cliff hangers ( also if you don’t cliff hangers are they are something that like you get really exited about something and then 2 seconds after that it just ends, but I don’t mean it just ends forever I mean till the next episode). So anyways it’s really realistic and Linda kinda gets scary at the end of chapter 3 but umm it’s also kinda weird. But one thing about this game it goes on forever basically. I was just going to say to the developers in this game, there is nothing absolutely nothing wrong with this game that I know of. Also if you don’t want to have a lot of time on your screen then don’t download this because your gonna lose track of time, when I meant by that I spent 5 hours thinking it was only thirty minutes. But I love this game because it’s realistic, you basically get obsessed with it, witchcraft, you picture it inside your head, and you really can’t get off it. 

Totally recommend this game for anyone!!!

### 5/5 — AMAZING

*2023-10-07*

I just started playing this game but it's already really really good, the puzzles are somewhat challenging but not so difficult that they're frustrating like most other games and I like how it's mostly story without having to do lots and lots of puzzles to continue the story, usually just one and the story itself is really interesting so far. I LOVE THIS GAME.

### 5/5 — (Bug report)

*2023-09-11*

When you tap the Play button to start a level, the game will very occasionally not respond immediately. If you tap the play button again during this time, the subsequent load time at the start of the level is much longer, almost as the it’s trying to load the level assets multiple times based on how many times you pressed the button. Unfortunately this bug isn’t very reproduceable, it seems random. 

Also, there’s a missing music trigger at the start of Chapter 19, Task 5 (I think), titled “Go to the lake”. The title screen music just continues to play over the story.

Oh and, since this is technically also a review, uh, I absolutely love the game. The writing has no reason to be this good, and the gameplay is just fun. (But never spend your coins on Continues, folks, it’s never worth it!)

**Developer response:** Hi there,

It’s always nice to have honest reviews from players. I'm sorry to hear that your game is taking a longer time to load. I'd love to help you sort it out, so if you can give me a few more details via the contact forms on either the in-game support page, or at support.wooga.com, so we can start investigating the loading issue right away. Also, please report the music issue as well. 

Apologies again,
Wooga Support Team

### 5/5 — 😢

*2023-08-30*

Sad it ended…

### 4/5 — I really like this game but..

*2023-07-10*

The new feature with the age thing is annoying because it quite literally says 12+ on the app but I put in that I was 15 and I was apparently too young. Now I’ve lost my progress :( I think it used to be rated 15 plus but then went to 12 and up. So that’s kinda ridiculous.

**Developer response:** Hi there,

Oh no! Losing your progress sounds very annoying. Fortunately, we can work together to sort out what is happening but we need a few more details. If you can get in touch via the contact form at support.wooga.com, we’ll be able to research the problem nice and quick.

Hope to hear from you soon.
The Switchcraft team

### 4/5 — What the hell is with the frogs and rewards?

*2023-05-18*

Hey, Wooga. I downloaded Switchcraft a long time ago. I love this game, but as of late I’ve been finding myself extremely frustrated with a few aspects. 

1. Why are the frogs so stupid?
Before they were updated, the frogs were actually useful. They would help you with your objective. But now, unless I summon an army of them with the rainbow ball, they do the least helpful thing ever. For example, instead of breaking the gem underneath a key or fox, they just break a box! The box doesn’t matter! Don’t even get me started on their decision making when I fuse them with a line gem or a bomb gem. They go for the place they’d help the least- it’s like they’re doing it on purpose. Please make them like they used to be. Right now they’re virtually useless. 
2. Bad reward system
I have to watch ads to be able to beat most levels. I can’t get enough coins, both from level rewards, from Magnus, or ads. The price to buy more lives (900) doesn’t seem like much at first, but when you consider that you get mostly 20 coins from everything, it’s not worth it, and just a waste of money. I remember when Magnus would give you useful power ups all the time, and the ads would too. Now most of what you get is just collection items. The infinite lives are pretty useful, but I can only get them once in a while. Either lower prices significantly or increase rewards- simple. 

Now, for the level rewards specifically- 
•what’s with the magicka earning for hard and super hard levels? I think that a hard level should give you two magicka, and a super hard should give you three. 
•Please make the coin rewards greater. 50 coins for beating a level and increase it by 50 for each difficulty, perhaps? I can’t fathom why super hard levels would only give you 80~ coins.

Please do something about this! The game is much less enjoyable than it used to be.

### 3/5 — level 41 KILLS all momentum and desire to keep playing.

*2023-05-02*

this game was relatively easy and engaging in the beginning. the story is strong and i kept coming back to play. however, it takes a MASSIVE difficulty spike at level 41. it got to the point i started looking up tutorials online. and then i (and other players) noticed something. level 41 used to be easier. it used to be 17 butterflies with 24 moves. however, they changed it to 21 butterflies with 17 moves. why? my guess is to make more money. i’m not about to sink my money into a game that spikes the difficulty and artificially changes difficulty just to make a quick buck. i was invested in the story, but this is a dealbreaker. i’m probably going to end up deleting this game because of this. do not download this game unless this gets patched (which i doubt it will be because according to other users this has been a problem for almost a year).

**Developer response:** Hello,

We really appreciate it when players take the time to let us know what we could improve on! Although we can't guarantee each request will be implemented in the final game, we do read every comment we receive. If you'd like to provide us more feedback you can also contact us at jjfeedback@wooga.com.

Kind regards, 
Your Wooga Support Team

### 4/5 — Impressive game!

*2023-03-29*

I have to say, what a wonderful and well developed game this is. The story is intriguing and fantastic and you guys did an excellent job creating this game. I love it, and im a straight guy lol. Hard to put my phone down with this game. But i only have one issue, ive been stuck on a level for almost 2 days now and if I don’t beat it by tomorrow unfortunately i will delete it and will come back and change my feedback to a 2 star rating because there is nothing worse than being stuck on a level for days kinda forcing people to spend real money to pass the level. I’ve already spent money on this game and wont spend anymore. Spending money on this games constantly its a waste of money because you will get stuck over and over and it will require you to spend money over and over and im not a rich person with money to throw away on this stuff. I spend money here and there with the intention to help developers out, kinda like a donation. This game however deserves it to spend a few bucks here and there but i wont spend anymore. Please, fix the difficulty because i will love to know how this story ends. What developers need to understand is that making games so difficult that you get stuck for days will make the game boring and you will lose customers or “players” so please don’t make the game so difficult.

## Frequently asked questions about Switchcraft

### What is Switchcraft: Match 3 Story about?

Switchcraft is an interactive role-playing novel where players solve match-3 puzzles to uncover a magical mystery at a witch academy. You play as Bailey, a student trying to find her missing friend, Lydia, by making choices that influence the story and relationships.

### What are the main gameplay mechanics?

The core gameplay involves solving match-3 puzzles by matching three or more magical gems and crystals. These puzzles help you cast spells, find clues, collect rewards, and progress the interactive story. The game also features unique puzzle elements like directional gravities and portals.

### Is Switchcraft free to play?

Yes, Switchcraft is free to download and play. However, it does offer in-app purchases for virtual items that can be bought with real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings if you prefer.

### What kind of story does Switchcraft offer?

The game presents an urban fantasy mystery story set in a 21st-century wizarding world. It's rich with secrecy, meaningful relationships, and branching storylines. Your decisions are crucial in how the mystery unfolds and who you can trust.

### What are the system requirements for Switchcraft?

Switchcraft is intended for users 18 and older. While the description doesn't specify exact system requirements, it notes that an internet connection may be required to play and access social features. Compatibility information can be found in the app store details.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4.3 — 2022-11-08

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS - Have something to say about Switchcraft? Something you love, or an improvement you'd like to see? Leave a review and let us know!

### 2.3.0 — 2022-09-19

HERE'S TO YOU - We appreciate all of your feedback. Every review helps us improve!

### 2.2.2 — 2022-08-30

STORY FINALE - This is the end! The final chapter of Switchcraft is here at last, dramatically concluding Bailey's story. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. All of us on the Switchcraft team would like to thank the fans who have supported us and enjoyed the game over the last couple of years. May Gaia be with you!

### 2.1.0 — 2022-08-10

BIG THANK YOU - Your feedback for improving Switchcraft is so useful! Thanks for helping us make the game better, and keep the reviews coming!

### 2.0.2 — 2022-07-28

VISIONS FEATURE - Use Rosie's potion recipes to unlock visions of the past! Collect and brew up ingredients to create the Vision Fragments. The results may be quite revealing!
RESET FEATURE - Journey into the past by resetting story and level progress. Want to see how things turn out if you make different choices? Here's your chance!

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