Magic Mansion vs Mineblast!!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Mansion
Navigate challenging retro platformer levels by tapping to jump and avoid numerous traps and enemies. Unlock adorable characters in this pure 1-bit arcade experience.
- One-touch gameplay
- Retro 1-bit arcade experience
- Multiple traps and enemies
- Unlockable characters
- Challenging levels
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Tap to jump and avoid traps while climbing the challenging levels of the Magic Mansion, in this retro pocket-sized platform game by Nitrome and Sets And Settings. Features: • A multitude of traps and enemies • One-touch gameplay • Pure 1-bit retro arcade experience • Over 1 colour! • Many adorable characters to unlock Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off in-app purchase. We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
Mineblast!!
Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs in this platformer destruction game. Utilize the fully destructible environments to create paths, uncover gems, and find hidden secrets. Enjoy hours of creative fun with pixel art graphics and chiptune music.
- Fully destructible environments and physics
- Pixel art graphics and chiptune music
- Hidden secrets and levels
- Creative pathfinding with TNT
- Gem collection
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Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs. Mineblast!! is a platformer destruction game with fully destructible environments. Blast walls to open your way, blast soil and crates to find precious gems, blast wooden platforms to use them as a bridge, there is no limit to your creativity. Features: • Fully destructible environments and physics. • Quality pixel art graphics and chiptune music. • Lots of hidden secrets and levels. • Super Cat Tales characters. • Hours and hours of fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mineblast!! at 4.0 against Magic Mansion's 3.3. Mineblast!! also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 34%). Magic Mansion's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Magic Mansion sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mineblast!! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mineblast!! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Magic Mansion's written reviews are positive against 54% of Mineblast!!'s.
Magic Mansion ships an update every 5 days, Mineblast!! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Mansion | Mineblast!! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (181 ratings) | 4.0 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 153 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 8 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Magic Mansion
Mineblast!!
User reviews
Magic Mansion
From 181 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Cute and retro-style graphics
- 🎶 Catchy chiptune music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Coins reset to 20 when exiting the game
- 💸 Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay
- 🕹️ Challenging controls and unforgiving difficulty
Mineblast!!
From 153 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Cute and charming visuals
- 💡 Interesting story and background
- 🚀 Challenging and engaging levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🕹️ Unresponsive and clunky controls
Bugs and requests
Magic Mansion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some devices
- Glitches causing loss of control and audio issues
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety and enemy types
- Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
- Ability to save progress and coin count
Mineblast!!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels freezing or not loading properly
- Inability to progress past certain stages
- Saved data being lost after updates
- Ads causing the game to crash or become unresponsive
Requested features
4 requests- Add checkpoint system to avoid restarting levels
- Introduce more playable characters and customization options
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve level design to reduce frustrating dead ends
In-app purchases
Magic Mansion
- 250 coins$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Get 5000 coins$3.99
Mineblast!!
- Gate Ticket$0.99
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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