Miracle Merchant vs Widgle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miracle Merchant
Become an alchemist's apprentice in this solitaire-style card game. Mix and combine ingredient cards to brew potions for adventurers. Enjoy a unique, randomly generated challenge with each game and collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions.
- Solitaire style gameplay
- 41 collectable potions
- Daily tasks
- Daily game with global highscores
- Mix and combine puzzle gameplay
- 2-3 minute playtime per game
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Miracle Merchant is a solitaire style potion brewing card game. In Miracle Merchant you become the apprentice of a master alchemist who creates potions for thirsty adventurers. By mixing and combining different ingredient cards you create powerful potions based on the needs of your customers. Each game has a unique, randomly generated set of cards that will test your skills. By successfully completing games you can collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions. Daily tasks will keep you busy and you can compete with other players via online leaderboards. Features + Solitaire style gameplay + 41 collectable potions + Daily tasks + Daily game with global highscores + Mix and combine puzzle gameplay + 2-3mins playtime per game Visit www.tinytouchtales.com & www.miracle-merchant.com
Widgle
Enjoy interactive puzzle games directly within your home screen widgets. These bite-sized games offer quick bursts of fun and restart daily with a fresh challenge. Customize puzzle backgrounds with your own photos to reveal them as you solve.
- Play games in home screen widgets
- Daily fresh puzzles
- Customize puzzle backgrounds with photos
- Tile Slide puzzle
- Lights On puzzle
- Maze Master puzzle
- Match Up puzzle
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Play interactive puzzle games directly inside widgets on your home screen! Get a bite-size dose of gameplay whenever you need it, and a quick burst of fun to help get through a hectic day. Puzzles restart automatically every morning so you’ll start each day with a fresh puzzle to solve. CUSTOMIZE YOUR PUZZLES Customize the puzzle backgrounds with your own photos or images. Solve the puzzle to reveal the photo! Use your favorite photos, or any image that matches your home screen aesthetic. SEVERAL PUZZLES TO CHOOSE FROM Choose from several classic puzzles: • Tile Slide - slide the tiles into the correct order • Lights On - toggle the squares until they are all revealed • Maze Master - navigate the maze to reach your goal • Match Up - find all the pairs of objects COMPLETELY FREE TO PLAY All the puzzles in Widgle are completely free to play! Photo customization can be unlocked with a one-time in app purchase. Privacy Policy: https://widgle.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Miracle Merchant at 4.4 against Widgle's 3.8. Miracle Merchant also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Widgle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). 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. Miracle Merchant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Widgle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Miracle Merchant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miracle Merchant has 1.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Miracle Merchant's written reviews are positive against 100% of Widgle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Miracle Merchant ships an update monthly, Widgle every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Miracle Merchant | Widgle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.7K ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| 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, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Kabuki Vision, LLC |
Customer experience
Miracle Merchant
Widgle
Bugs and requests
Miracle Merchant
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when completing potions
- Daily tasks and challenges not working properly
- Inability to restore purchases on reinstall
- Compatibility issues on newer iOS devices
Requested features
5 requests- More game modes and progression systems
- Ability to customize or upgrade potion shop
- Clearer tutorial and in-game explanations
- Synchronization of progress across devices
- Expanded potion and ingredient variety
Widgle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Miracle Merchant
- Character Unlock 5$0.99
- Character Unlock 6$0.99
- Unlock Character 1$0.99
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- Unlock Character 3$0.99
- Unlock Character 2$0.99
- Unlock Character 4$0.99
- Unlock Miracle Merchant$1.99
Widgle
- Unlock custom photos$1.99
