Mage Mania vs Teslagrad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mage Mania
Embark on a dungeon-crawling adventure where you collect elements to cast spells and battle monsters. Explore a world filled with dragons, collect powerful equipment, and utilize over 20 unique spells in this 8-bit styled game.
- 8-bit style graphics
- Tap and clear gameplay
- 20 unique spells
- Over 200 equipment items
- More than 100 monsters to battle
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Dragons ruled the world once. Now they are sleeping in the dungeon with endless wealth and waiting for the adventurer's challenge. Grab your staff and dive into the dungeon. And use your spells to fight the monsters and dragons. The rule is simple. Collect elements by tapping and casting spells for attack. An interesting adventure is waiting for you. FEATURES • 8-bit style • Tap and clear, simple and straight. • 20 spells. • More than 200 equipment. • More than 100 monsters.
Teslagrad
Explore a hand-drawn world as a young boy with electromagnetic powers. Solve magnetic puzzles and overcome challenges in a forgotten tower to uncover its secrets. This 2D puzzle-platformer offers a unique art style and engaging gameplay.
- Hand-drawn graphics
- Unique art style
- Electromagnetic powers gameplay
- Visual storytelling
- Old-school boss fights
- MFI controller support
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In the Kingdom of Elektropia, a king rules with an iron fist, combating and destroying a sect of technological wizards who have a massive tower in the middle of the city named Teslagrad. Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle-platformer with action elements where magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are the key to go throughout the game, and thereby discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower. Embark on an adventure as a young boy armed with ancient Teslamancer technology. Forge your path through the Tesla Tower and overcome the huge variety of challenges and enigmas. Released first on PC with over 1,6 million copies sold, we’re proud to share with you this experience carefully adapted for mobile devices. Main Features: ● Hand-made graphics / Unique Art Style ● Innovative gameplay with different mechanics to unlock ● Visual storytelling! No texts, just the game and you ● Old-school boss fights! ● Support MFI controllers ● One time payment to download (Absolutely NO ads and NO in-app payments) If you experience any issue with Teslagrad, please contact our customer support at playdigious@gmail.com and give us as much information as possible on your problem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mage Mania at Free against Teslagrad's $6.99. Mage Mania also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 73%). Teslagrad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Mage Mania is free to download; Teslagrad costs $6.99 up front. Mage Mania sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Teslagrad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teslagrad holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 217 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Mage Mania's written reviews are positive against 73% of Teslagrad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mage Mania ships an update every 4 months, Teslagrad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mage Mania | Teslagrad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (100 ratings) | 4.4 (217 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better | 73.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 | 217 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 700 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jampot Software co., ltd | Playdigious |
Customer experience
Mage Mania
Teslagrad
User reviews
Mage Mania
From 100 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- ✨ Retro and nostalgic feel
- 🎮 Easy to pick up and play
- 💡 Interesting game concept
- 😊 Good for passing time
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unbalanced gameplay
- 🐛 Buggy experience
- 🐛 Grind-heavy progression
- 🐛 Ads not rewarding
- 🐛 App stops music/podcasts
Teslagrad
From 217 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent gameplay
- 👍 Challenging puzzles
- 🎨 Beautiful art style
- 🎶 Great soundtrack
- 🕹️ Responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🕹️ Difficult touch controls
- 🤯 Frustratingly hard at times
- 🔁 Repetitive deaths
- 📱 Not optimized for mobile
- 🕹️ Inconsistent ability mechanics
Bugs and requests
Mage Mania
Reported bugs
6 issues- Translations are funny/need fixing
- App stops podcast/music playback
- Ads never give reward
- Tutorial starts without equipping spells
- Thrown weapons listed for zero gold in shop
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- Game not playable offline
Requested features
6 requests- Fix translations
- Allow offline play
- More characters to use
- Build chains diagonally
- Choose number of pieces in a chain
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- More content/updates
Teslagrad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on certain levels
- Graphical glitches
- Sync issues across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable controls
- Difficulty settings
- Checkpoint system improvements
- Controller support
In-app purchases
Mage Mania
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- Double Experience$0.99
- Double Earning$0.99
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- 2200 Coins$1.99
- 5500 Coins$4.99
- 12000 Coins$9.99
Teslagrad
No in-app purchases









