Comparison

Magic Golf vs SparkMagic Minigolf

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
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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

SparkMagic Minigolf

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SparkMagic is a game of minigolf that appears in Augmented Reality at specific locations. Players will know where to go to play a round of minigolf. When they get to the location such as a public park, they start the game and click on the "Play Local Course' button. The game will interrogate the cloud database of locations and will spawn the appropriate layout at the closest location. Players can they play a round of minigolf by flicking their fingers to push the ball towards the hole.

Screenshots

Magic Golf4 screens
SparkMagic Minigolf1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SparkMagic Minigolf at none against Magic Golf's 10. SparkMagic Minigolf also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Magic Golf's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price and device support 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 10 one-off in-app purchases. SparkMagic Minigolf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Golf ships an update fortnightly, SparkMagic Minigolf weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magic Golf versus SparkMagic Minigolf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic GolfSparkMagic Minigolf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB240 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQwiboo LtdThe Archemist Company

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
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  • More character customization options

SparkMagic Minigolf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Magic Golf

One-time10
  • Glasses$0.99
  • Red Glasses$0.99
  • Pirate$0.99
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  • Axe$0.99
  • Mustache$0.99
  • Bowtie$0.99
  • Bag of Gems$1.99
  • Box of Gems$4.99
  • Barrel of Gems$9.99
  • Pile of Gems$49.99
None

SparkMagic Minigolf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Golf free?
Magic Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SparkMagic Minigolf free?
SparkMagic Minigolf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Magic Golf or SparkMagic Minigolf have ads?
Magic Golf shows ads; SparkMagic Minigolf does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Golf or SparkMagic Minigolf?
Magic Golf ships an update fortnightly, and SparkMagic Minigolf weekly. Most recently, Magic Golf was updated on September 20, 2026 and SparkMagic Minigolf on September 9, 2026.

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