Mage Mania vs Astra Haven
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.
Astra Haven
Engage in a sci-fi match-3 strategy game where matching energy cores fuels your colony's survival. Build and upgrade your command center, deploy tactical boosters, and complete missions to defend humanity's outposts. Enjoy hundreds of levels with increasing strategic challenges.
- Tactical match-3 gameplay
- Colony base building and upgrades
- Sci-fi missions
- Tactical boosters
- Daily and Weekly Operations
- Hundreds of handcrafted levels
- Offline play
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Astra Haven: Colony Command is a sci-fi match-3 strategy game where every move powers your colony's survival. Match energy cores to unleash Plasma Burst, Gravity Trap, Mega Blast, and Star Surge abilities. Deploy powerful tactical boosters to overcome dangerous missions, rescue stranded colonists, secure valuable cargo, and defend humanity's final outposts. Build and upgrade your Colony Command Center, strengthen planetary defenses, collect Flux and resources, complete Daily and Weekly Operations, and unlock new technologies as you expand across the frontier. Features: -Tactical match-3 gameplay with explosive chain reactions -Sci-fi missions including Colony Defense, Cargo Recovery, and Derelict Expeditions -Colony Command base building and powerful upgrades -Tactical boosters including Plasma Burst, Gravity Trap, Mega Blast, and more -Daily and Weekly Operations with exclusive rewards -Collect Flux, resources, stars, and technology upgrades -Hundreds of handcrafted levels with increasing strategic challenges -Offline play with no internet required for gameplay Master every mission, protect your colony, and become humanity's last hope among the stars.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Astra Haven at 5.0 against Mage Mania's 4.2. Astra Haven also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Mage Mania's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and 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
Both are free to download. Mage Mania sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Astra Haven sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Astra Haven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mage Mania has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mage Mania ships an update every 4 months, Astra Haven daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mage Mania | Astra Haven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jampot Software co., ltd | Frau LLC |
Customer experience
Mage Mania
Astra Haven
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
Astra Haven
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Astra Haven
- Flux Cache 400$0.99
- Flux Cache 2500$4.99
- Premium Pass$4.99
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- Flux Cache 5500$9.99
- Premium Bundle$9.99
- Flux Cache 12000$19.99
Questions
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