Comparison

Cat vs Apprentice Witch Match 3

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

Head to head
About

Cat

Guide a cat through magical lands, collecting treats to unlock new feline friends and vibrant environments. Experience a charming adventure with simple, engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Cat climbing gameplay
  • Treat collection
  • Unlockable cats
  • New Dreamlands to explore
  • Simple controls
Features
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Help your cat climb through Dreamlands and collect as many treats as you can along the way! As you earn treats, you can unlock new cats with different abilities and new Dreamlands! Play Cat-Climb today!

About

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure as a beginner witch collecting enchanted ingredients. This game features unique match-3 mechanics with distinct rules for day, night, and graveyard levels, offering hundreds of challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Unique match-3 mechanics for different times of day
  • Hundreds of unique puzzle levels
  • Variety of boosters and powerups
  • Challenging obstacles like frozen items and spellbooks
  • Social features with Facebook connect and leaderboards
  • Bewitched graphics and sounds
Features
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Who said becoming a witch was easy? Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus! Let's go for the magic broom! Help Ursula, the beginner witch to pick up her witchery stuff before the supreme sorcerer notice the mess. It seems that Aura the cat messed up all the potions and ingredients! If Ursula does not find out what happened, she will not be able to win her magic broom. This is not another match 3 game. It has a lot of levels, with different game mechanics. Very... bewitched game modes! * The daylight levels run under the match3 classic rules. Match 3 or more stuff to collect it. Matching more than three will you a witchery booster. At night levels, you need to connect the witchcraft stuff to collect it, Connect more than seven stuff to collect all same color items at once. Finally, the graveyard has it's own rules, you need to touch a witchcraft piece to pick up this one and its same color adjacents. Collecting more than three will give you amazing powerups. Each game mode, has its own boosters and powerups: * Vertical and horizontal cleaners * Skull Bombs * Explosive Crystall balls * Toad, will paint stuff * Full moon, use as wildcard Also, these game modes have each one their own troubles: * Crystal slots you need to break * Frozen witchcraft stuff you need to defrost before collecting them. * Spellbooks you have to vanish * White spiders to collect Same way, you have some boosters to make it easier: * Magic Broom to sweep same color witchcraft stuff * Claws to pick up a single bewitched piece * Tornado to shuffle it all Win gems to get free lives, boosters and other additional witchery. FEATURES; * Very fun, very easy but hard to master * Bewitched graphics and sounds. * Witchcraft elements for a scary experience. * Hundreds of puzzle levels each one is very unique * Free, so download now * Multiple difficulty levels * Play with your friends & Family. * Facebook connect, so you can share your goals and scores. * Ranks for all levels, so you can check your friends scores and defeat them. * Fun for all ages What are you waiting for? Play this amazing match3 and give Ursula the chance to win her magic broom and become the best witch ever. Fun to play, you will love this bewitched adventure, collecting witchery. Each level is an amazing puzzle to solve.

Screenshots

Cat4 screens
Apprentice Witch Match 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Apprentice Witch Match 3 at 4.6 against Cat's 4.0. Apprentice Witch Match 3 also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Cat's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Cat sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Apprentice Witch Match 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Apprentice Witch Match 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apprentice Witch Match 3 has 87 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cat versus Apprentice Witch Match 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatApprentice Witch Match 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.6 (87 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings487 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB257 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin GyurkoOne Up Games Studio

Customer experience

Cat

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Apprentice Witch Match 3

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cat

One-time2
  • 2500 Treats$0.99
  • 10000 Treats$1.99
4 purchases

Apprentice Witch Match 3

One-time4
  • 30 Magic Gems$1.99
  • 100 Magic Gems$3.99
  • 300 Magic Gems$9.99
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  • 1000 Magic Gems$25.99

Questions

Is Cat free?
Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apprentice Witch Match 3 free?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 is rated higher. Cat averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Apprentice Witch Match 3 averages 4.6 from 87 ratings.
Do Cat or Apprentice Witch Match 3 have ads?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 shows ads; Cat does not.
Which is updated more often, Cat or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, and Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cat was updated on October 14, 2026 and Apprentice Witch Match 3 on October 10, 2026.

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