Comparison

hocus. vs Maginet

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

Head to head
About

hocus.

Engage with a collection of mind-bending puzzles featuring impossible shapes. Create and share your own levels, or get assistance from AI when you're stuck. Explore both handcrafted challenges and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • 120 mind-bending handcrafted levels
  • Create and share custom levels
  • Load levels from pictures
  • Endless mode
  • AI-assisted gameplay
Features
Currently charting
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year; Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck. Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes. Features: • 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels • Create/share your own levels • Load / take picture of levels cards • Endless mode • Shortest path algorithm

About

Maginet

Features
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Have at thee! For millennia, House Ruby and the Azur Clan have disputed the checkered realms of Zugzwang. Neither side intends to concede. Both would appreciate your assistance. Maginet is a compact, chess-like tactics game about small bands of mages and the trouble they can cause. Move a mage, then they strike spells on their attack targets. Learn each attack pattern, guard your mana, and find the move that leaves your rival with nowhere comfortable to stand. A CAMPAIGN OF CURIOUS BATTLEFIELDS Follow a branching map through changing terrain and carefully arranged encounters. Discover side paths, collect victory stars, and meet new combinations of mages and magical powerups. SMALL BOARDS. MUCH TO CONSIDER. Every mage moves alike, but each kind casts differently. Powerups alter movement, attacks, and defenses. A promising position can become a dreadful mistake in a single turn. Take your time. Your opponent certainly has. MORE WAYS TO DUEL Challenge the AI, share a device for a local battle, or face another player online. Build your own encounters in the level editor. Campaign, AI battles, and local play work offline. BEGIN YOUR CAMPAIGN FOR FREE The tutorial, Basics I–IV, local battles, AI opponents, and level editor are free. A single Full Game purchase permanently unlocks the rest of the campaign and all online modes. Go forth, great maginettes. Do try to make your House proud.

Screenshots

hocus.4 screens
Maginet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maginet at Free against hocus.'s $1.99. Maginet also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). hocus.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#91 vs unranked). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Maginet is free to download; hocus. costs $1.99 up front. Maginet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. hocus. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hocus. ships an update every 5 weeks, Maginet daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
hocus. versus Maginet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhocus.Maginet
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (234 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings234 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETIEvrim Oztamur

In-app purchases

None

hocus.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Maginet

One-time1
  • All Access$1.99

Questions

Is hocus. free?
hocus. costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maginet free?
Maginet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do hocus. or Maginet have ads?
Neither hocus. nor Maginet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hocus. or Maginet?
hocus. ships an update every 5 weeks, and Maginet daily. Most recently, hocus. was updated on October 29, 2026 and Maginet on October 26, 2026.

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