Comparison

Mage Mania vs LoxGame

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 8-bit style graphics
  • Tap and clear gameplay
  • 20 unique spells
  • Over 200 equipment items
  • More than 100 monsters to battle
Features
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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.

About

LoxGame

Features
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Tile the board in infinitely different ways with randomly generated four color Wang tiles. Getting high scores requires more thinking than you might think. Lox is a calm game without a lot of animations and stuff happening on the screen. This is by purpose, it's not trying to addict you. This puzzle game features: - Randomly generated rotatable Wang tiles - Three different themes - Automatically detects when no legal moves are available - High score list

Screenshots

Mage Mania4 screens
LoxGame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mage Mania at Free against LoxGame's $0.49. Mage Mania also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). LoxGame's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mage Mania is free to download; LoxGame costs $0.49 up front. Mage Mania sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. LoxGame asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mage Mania ships an update every 4 months, LoxGame every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mage Mania versus LoxGame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMage ManiaLoxGame
PriceFree — better$0.49
Rating4.2 (100 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings100 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB17 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJampot Software co., ltdSimon Skrede

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

LoxGame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mage Mania

One-time6
  • 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
None

LoxGame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mage Mania free?
Mage Mania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LoxGame free?
LoxGame costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mage Mania or LoxGame have ads?
Mage Mania shows ads; LoxGame does not.
Which is updated more often, Mage Mania or LoxGame?
Mage Mania ships an update every 4 months, and LoxGame every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mage Mania was updated on November 1, 2026 and LoxGame on November 4, 2026.

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