Comparison

Magic Golf vs Drop Ahead

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

Head to head
About

Magic Golf

Experience mini-golf with thousands of unique, player-created levels. Design and share your own courses, customize your character with wacky accessories, and compete in daily tournaments. It's a fun and creative twist on a classic game.

Highlights
  • Thousands of player-created courses
  • Create and share your own courses
  • Customize character with accessories
  • Complete challenging goals
  • Compete in daily tournaments
Read full description

Mini Golf like you never played before! Thousands of crazy courses are waiting for you. And once you're ready for something else, start creating your own and share them with the world! Don't forget to upgrade your character with tons of wacky accessories. And most importantly, have fun! - PLAY thousands of player created courses - COMPLETE challenging goals on each course - CREATE and SHARE your own courses - CUSTOMIZE your character with awesome acessories - COMPETE with your friends in daily tournaments

About

Drop Ahead

Design, play, and compete in custom game levels. Share your creations with a global community and test your skills against others. Enjoy endless challenges and express your style with unlockable skins.

Highlights
  • Create custom game levels
  • Share levels with players worldwide
  • Compete on leaderboards
  • Earn e-gift prizes
  • Play endless user-created levels
  • Customize character skins
Features
Read full description

Jump Into Fun with Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness, new game from the creators of the Parkour Go and Hot Lava Floor! Get ready for endless fun and cool challenges in Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness! It’s the perfect place to build, run, and jump in your very own game levels. Features: Create Your Levels: Make your own cool courses with easy tools and share them with friends or players around the world. See how they like jumping and running through what you've made! Compete and Win: Rise to the top of the leaderboards by mastering levels or being the fastest speedrunner. The best creators and speedrunners are rewarded with exclusive e-gift prizes. Play Non-Stop: With so many levels made by other players, you’ll never run out of new challenges. Try them all and have a blast! Keep Getting Better: We’re always adding new stuff to make the game more fun, like fresh features and awesome content. Choose Your Style: Pick the fun skins to make your character look just how you like! Cool Stuff Coming Soon: More Skins: Get ready for even more cool skins to change up your look. Play With Friends: We’re adding multiplayer so you can challenge your friends or team up to tackle levels together. Mystery and Fun: Look out for mysterious and super fun surprises that we’ll add to shake things up! Be Part of Our World: Join a great community of players who love creating, sharing, and competing. Whether you’re all about building or you’re a champ at racing through levels, Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness is your place to shine.

Screenshots

Magic Golf4 screens
Drop Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Drop Ahead at 5.0 against Magic Golf's 4.5. Drop Ahead also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Magic Golf's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Magic Golf sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Drop Ahead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drop Ahead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Golf has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Magic Golf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drop Ahead's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Golf ships an update fortnightly, Drop Ahead every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magic Golf versus Drop Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic GolfDrop Ahead
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB262 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperQwiboo LtdAndrew Kozlov

Customer experience

Magic Golf

All ratings1,304 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative28.1%

Drop Ahead

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Magic Golf

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Level 73 has a black screen bug
  • Level 417 is impossible after update
  • Disconnected notification issue
  • Inability to progress past level 225

Requested features

6 requests
  • More level pieces and obstacles
  • Ability to browse and play user-created levels
  • Option to rate difficulty of user-created levels
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to skip levels
Show 1 more
  • More character customization options

Drop Ahead

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Magic Golf

One-time11
  • Glasses$0.99
  • Red Glasses$0.99
  • Pirate$0.99
Show 8 more
  • Axe$0.99
  • Mustache$0.99
  • Bowtie$0.99
  • Tie$0.99
  • Bag of Gems$1.99
  • Box of Gems$4.99
  • Barrel of Gems$9.99
  • Pile of Gems$49.99
1 purchases

Drop Ahead

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Magic Golf free?
Magic Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drop Ahead free?
Drop Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Golf or Drop Ahead?
Drop Ahead is rated higher. Magic Golf averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Drop Ahead averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Magic Golf or Drop Ahead have ads?
Both Magic Golf and Drop Ahead show ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Golf or Drop Ahead?
Magic Golf ships an update fortnightly, and Drop Ahead every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic Golf was updated on October 23, 2026 and Drop Ahead on October 15, 2026.

Other comparisons