Combo Critters vs Drop Wizard Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Combo Critters
Combine creatures to evolve them and conquer the universe. Explore planets, battle quirky inhabitants, and collect over 100 unique critters. Engage in a casual RPG battle system and test your strength against friends.
- Combine critters to evolve
- Explore 9 planets
- Collect over 100 critters
- Casual-RPG battle system
- Battle friends' profiles
- Pixel art graphics
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Combine to evolve your critters and get ready to conquer the universe! Explore planets to discover quirky inhabitants, and courageously go into battle against them. Collect these cute critters and get stronger by mashing them up in the combine-machine. Features: • Explore 9 planets to collect more than 100 critters • Casual-RPG battle system • Battle against your friends’ social media profiles • Gorgeous colorful pixel art • Groovy tunes by Maxo For best performances we recommend iPhone 5 or higher.
Drop Wizard Tower
Embark on an arcade-style platforming adventure to rescue captured wizards and an ancient egg. Battle enemies across diverse environments, unlock new characters with unique abilities, and overcome challenging boss fights. Enjoy randomized levels and a captivating storyline.
- Over 50 floors with traps and enemies
- Unlockable wizards with unique abilities
- 8 epic boss fights
- Hazard-filled environments
- Randomized levels for replayability
- Collect almanac pages for lore
- Leaderboards and achievements
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The Shadow Order have captured all the Wizards in the land and they have the ancient egg too. What is a lone Wizard to do? Break free, defeat the evil Shadow Order and find that egg of course ...Hmmm I wonder what's inside? Bring back the joy of arcades and join Teo and his wizard friends in this action packed, fun fueled platformer. Features: • Ascend over 50 floors jam packed with traps and enemies! • Unlock new wizards with unique stats, magic and abilities. • 8 Epic Boss fights! full of nasty surprises. • Experience hazard filled environments - Water temple, Frozen larder, Wizards Lab and many more! • Easy one handed controls. Perfect for on the go play! • Randomised levels for replay! No two playthroughs are ever the same. • Collect the missing pages from your almanac and gain insight into monsters and lore. Can you find them all? • Catchy head bopping chip tunes. You will be humming these for hours! • Uncover the mystery of the 'ancient egg'... I wonder what's inside? • Leader boards and Achievements for replayability -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other Nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Combo Critters at 87% against Drop Wizard Tower's 51%. Combo Critters also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 86). Drop Wizard Tower's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Combo Critters sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Drop Wizard Tower sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Combo Critters holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Combo Critters has 1.5K ratings behind it against 86, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Combo Critters's written reviews are positive against 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Combo Critters | Drop Wizard Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.3 (86 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better | 51.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 86 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Lucky Kat Studios | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Combo Critters
Drop Wizard Tower
User reviews
Combo Critters
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Unique critter fusion system
- 🎨 Charming pixel art style
- 🎶 Great soundtrack
Room to improve
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 💰 Grindy progression, need to watch ads for coins
- 🔍 Difficulty finding final boss in each world
Drop Wizard Tower
From 86 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Charming pixel art and visual style
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics
- 🎵 Great 8-bit music and sound effects
- 📖 Interesting story and character progression
- 👾 Multiple playable characters to unlock
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🎮 Unintuitive and difficult control scheme
- 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
- ⚙️ Poor character movement responsiveness
- 🔄 Repetitive level design
Bugs and requests
Combo Critters
Reported bugs
3 issues- Audio cuts out sometimes
- In-app purchases not working properly
- Freezing during special attacks
Requested features
4 requests- More worlds and critters to collect
- Ability to trade or sell critters
- Online multiplayer battles
- Critter stats and evolution history tracking
Drop Wizard Tower
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game freezes every 5 minutes during play
- Blank screen on launch preventing gameplay
- Achievement not unlocking for specific characters
- Progress restoration loop on level 51
- Game crashes when playing with secret character
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- Visual glitches after game pause
- Hitbox inconsistencies between platform types
- Ad close button too small and unresponsive
- Ads not available when needed for revival
- Character drifts in unintended direction
Requested features
10 requests- Landscape mode support
- Full-screen support option
- Save progress feature for longer sessions
- Endless arcade mode
- High score tracking and leaderboards
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- More playable characters between existing ones
- Ability to manually control shooting
- Drop-down level button for better control
- Game Center integration
- Sequel with expanded content
In-app purchases
Combo Critters
- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- Coin Pack 2$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Coin Pack 3$2.99
- Coin Pack 4$3.99
- Coin Pack 5$5.99
- Coin Pack 6$9.99
Drop Wizard Tower
- Bunch of Gems$1.99
- Pot of Gems$2.99
- Premium$3.99
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- Chest of Gems$4.99
Questions
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