Comparison

Potion Explosion vs Super Mega Lucky Box

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

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About

Potion Explosion

This is a digital adaptation of an award-winning puzzle board game where players collect magical ingredients to brew powerful potions. Engage in tactical gameplay, trigger chain reactions, and compete against AI or players worldwide to score the most points.

Highlights
  • Official adaptation of award-winning board game
  • Solo mode against AI
  • Online multiplayer with worldwide leaderboard
  • Tactical gameplay with strategic depth
  • The Fifth Ingredient expansion available
  • Magical universe with enhanced digital elements
Features
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"Voted best 50 mobile games of 2017" ** The Fifth Ingredient expansion is now available! You'll meet the Professors, concoct unbelievable new Potions and unleash a new ingredient, the Ghost Ectoplasm, in this madcap expansion! The Fifth Ingredient also adds Reward and Scolding tokens. ** The official adaptation of Potion Explosion, the award-winning puzzle board game. Play this game solo or against players from all over the world with Solo, Online and Local Pass & Play modes! In Potion Explosion, you will explode ingredients, trigger chain reactions and gather it all in your caldron. You will then use your hard-earned unicorn tears, fairy dandruff and other magical ingredients to craft powerful mixtures with wacky effects! May the best wizard win! HOW TO PLAY At the beginning of the game, each player is given potions to complete with specific effects and ingredients. You will have to select ingredients in the dispenser; once your selected ingredient is removed, the ingredients above will slide down. If two ingredients of the same nature collide, they explode and you get them too! You can then use your ingredients to cook up your potions. You only have a limited tank space to store remaining ingredients from one turn to another, so choose carefully! Once a potion is completed, you score points, get to use its powerful effect and pick another potion to craft. The wizard with the most points wins! PREPARE FOR THE POTIONS EXAM IN SOLO Play against up to 3 adjustable AIs to sharpen your potion crafting skills! OR PROVE YOUR MASTERY IN MULTIPLAYER MODE! Play against wizards from all over the world online and get to the top of the worldwide leaderboard! To sum up, the game features include: • The magical universe of the board game, fleshed out and digitally enhanced • A tactical gameplay, allowing for different playstyles and strategies • A Solo mode against up to 3 adjustable AIs • An online Multiplayer Mode with a worldwide leaderboard • The Fifth Ingredient expansion: new rules and even more challenges with the arrival of Professors, new Potions and the new Ghost Ectoplasm ingredient. Available from the game shop! To find more information about Asmodee Digital, please go to http://www.asmodee-digital.com/potionexplosion Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/potion-explosion/ You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and You Tube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmodeedigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmodeedigital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmodeedigital/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital Languages available: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese. *IMPORTANT* Potion Explosion requires an iPhone 5 (or newer), iPad 4th Generation (or newer), iPad Mini 2 (or newer), or iPod Touch 6th Generation (or newer)

About

Super Mega Lucky Box

A digital board game where players reveal numbers to mark squares on their cards, aiming to complete grids for points and bonuses. Compete globally in weekly challenges or play solo to collect achievements.

Highlights
  • Mark numbers on cards
  • Complete 3x3 grids
  • Unlock bonuses
  • Use special tokens
  • Weekly single-user challenges
  • Global highscore lists
  • Collect achievements
Features
Currently charting
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In this spectacular game of colossal fun, reveal numbers one-by-one and close a corresponding square on one of your cards. Your goal is to score as many points as possible, and you'll do that mostly by crossing off the nine numbers printed in a 3x3 grid. Get three-in-a-row to unlock bonuses, which can help you close more squares and trigger even more bonuses. Use Lightning tokens to nudge numbers to your liking, but don’t forget about Moon tokens to avoid an end-game penalty. At the end of a round, you score points for each card that you've completely marked off, with the points diminishing each round from 15 in round one to 8 in round four. After four rounds, you score 1 point for each two spaces Xed on unfinished cards. Together with your points from completed cards, stars and moons, this determines your total score. The App offers you weekly single-user challenges in 3 game modes with varying degrees of randomness, so you can compete with players from all over the world in the highscore lists. But of course you also can just play for yourself and collec tg various achievements. Awards 2022 Tric Trac Nominee 2022 Mensa Recommended 2021 Cardboard Republic Socializer Laurel Nominee

Screenshots

Potion Explosion4 screens
Super Mega Lucky Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Mega Lucky Box at none against Potion Explosion's 1. Super Mega Lucky Box also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 40%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). Potion Explosion's advantage is ratings volume (273 vs 11). On ads, chart position, device support and iOS requirement 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

Potion Explosion costs $3.99 and Super Mega Lucky Box $2.99 up front. Potion Explosion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Super Mega Lucky Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Mega Lucky Box holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Explosion has 273 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Potion Explosion's written reviews are positive against 63% of Super Mega Lucky Box's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Potion Explosion versus Super Mega Lucky Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotion ExplosionSuper Mega Lucky Box
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.0 (273 ratings)4.2 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.2% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings273 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#73 — better#196
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHorrible GuildBrettspielWelt

Customer experience

Potion Explosion

All ratings273 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews239 reviews
Positive40.2%
Neutral18.8%
Negative41.0%

Super Mega Lucky Box

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Potion Explosion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to complete online games
  • Incorrect scoring and game state displayed
  • Potions and ingredients not functioning as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Notification system for online games
  • Ability to undo moves
  • Random selection of professors
  • More challenging AI opponents

Super Mega Lucky Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Potion Explosion

One-time1
  • The Fifth Ingredient$1.99
None

Super Mega Lucky Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potion Explosion free?
Potion Explosion costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Super Mega Lucky Box free?
Super Mega Lucky Box costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potion Explosion or Super Mega Lucky Box?
Super Mega Lucky Box is rated higher. Potion Explosion averages 4.0 out of 5 from 273 ratings, while Super Mega Lucky Box averages 4.2 from 11 ratings.
Do Potion Explosion or Super Mega Lucky Box have ads?
Neither Potion Explosion nor Super Mega Lucky Box shows ads.
Which is more popular, Potion Explosion or Super Mega Lucky Box?
Potion Explosion currently peaks at #73 in the App Store charts, and Super Mega Lucky Box at #196. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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