Swipe Casters vs Machinal Instinct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swipe Casters
Engage in a fantasy drawing game where you cast spells by drawing gestures with your finger. Battle creatures, upgrade your magicians, and compete to recover a stolen prize.
- Cast spells with finger gestures
- Intuitive gesture drawing gameplay
- Upgrade casters with coins
- Unlock special sets and staffs
- Choose from 4 unique casters
- Use 'Soul Strike' special attacks
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Test your skills on Swipe Casters! Use your finger to draw gestures and cast powerful spells against nasty creatures on this new title by Ogre Pixel! Located in the same universe as Warcher Defenders and Black Tower Enigma, on Swipe Casters you will take the role of one of the four magicians chosen to compete on the magicians tournament… But… The prize has been stolen! The Magician’s Chalice has been stolen! - We must get it back! * Game features * - Cast powerful spells with a single finger! - Simple and intuitive gesture drawing gameplay - Earn heaps of coin to upgrade your casters! - Unlock full silver set to get an extra life! - Unlock staffs and improve your casters power! - Up to 4 unique and different casters to choose! - Defeat as many enemies as you can with “Soul Strike” special attacks! - Compete to be the best caster in the world! * Please review the game so we can continue to improving it! Visit us at ogrepixel.com *
Machinal Instinct
Engage in fast-paced mech battles in a global tournament where animal pilots command powerful machines. Customize your fighting style with various weapons and upgrade your mech with unlockable parts to climb the global leaderboard.
- Select from 6 mech pilots
- Customize melee and ranged weapons
- Win supply boxes for rewards
- Unlock and combine upgradable mech parts
- Battle in 3 different arenas
- Climb the global leaderboard
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Fight your way to the top of the food chain, and watch your enemies become the prey! Machinal Instinct is a fast-paced fighting game, set in a world where animals pilot powerful mechs to compete against each other in a worldwide tournament. Unleash your inner beast and reach the top of the global leaderboard! Features: * Select from 6 cute but fearless mech pilots!. * Customize your fighting style: ** 3 different types of melee weapons: ax, fist, or chain. ** 2 different types of ranged weapons: grenade or rocket. ** And more coming soon! * Win supply boxes and get rewards to pump up your mech. * Unlock and combine dozens of upgradable mech parts. * Play in 3 different astonishing battle arenas. * Fight, loot, upgrade and climb that leaderboard! Join more than 22 million players from all over the world who enjoy our games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Machinal Instinct at 4.6 against Swipe Casters's 4.1. Machinal Instinct also leads on ratings volume (706 vs 55). Swipe Casters's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Swipe Casters sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Machinal Instinct sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Machinal Instinct holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machinal Instinct has 706 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Swipe Casters's written reviews are positive against 51% of Machinal Instinct's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swipe Casters ships an update every 3 days, Machinal Instinct every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swipe Casters | Machinal Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (55 ratings) | 4.6 (706 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better | 51.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 706 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Esteban Duran | Pomelo Games |
Customer experience
Swipe Casters
Machinal Instinct
User reviews
Swipe Casters
From 55 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique and original concept
- 👍 Easy to learn and pick up
- 🎨 Amazing art and graphics
- 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay
- ✨ Polished and well-done execution
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔄 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🐌 Slow progression without ads/purchases
- 😩 Frustrating difficulty
Machinal Instinct
From 706 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth animations
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🕹️ Accessible controls
- 💎 Great fighting game fundamentals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent attack targeting
- 🔧 Buggy mechanics and controls
- 🕰️ Short match duration
- 🤖 Mostly playing against bots
- 📺 Excessive ads and monetization
Bugs and requests
Swipe Casters
Reported bugs
10 issues- Haptics not turning off
- Blank pattern card at start of level
- Sequence not being displayed
- Time not resetting each round
- Ads not removed by purchase
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- Cannot watch videos for coins
- Lines sometimes stay after Soul Swipes
- Tiles show up empty
- Finger swipes not registering correctly
- Soul swipes not registering properly
Requested features
9 requests- Add more features and adventure
- Add checkpoints or a stage system
- Add pentagrams
- Add multiplayer mode
- Add more variety in enemies and bosses
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- Add story mode or race mode
- More time to study patterns
- Add different difficulty levels from the start
- Expand on other continents and lore
Machinal Instinct
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Freezing at loading screens
- Matchmaking issues
- Inconsistent performance
Requested features
5 requests- Longer match duration
- Real-time multiplayer mode
- More character and weapon variety
- Customizable controls
- Additional game modes (e.g. endless, team battles)
In-app purchases
Swipe Casters
- Bunch of gems$0.99
- Small Bag of coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Double Coin Drops$1.99
- Get Full Silver Set$1.99
- Remove Ads & Double Coin Drop$2.99
- Get Full Gold Set$2.99
- First Buyers Promotion$2.99
- Medium Bag of coins$4.99
- Big Bag of coins$9.99
Machinal Instinct
- Gems x80 pack$0.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Gems x500 pack$4.99
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- Starter Pack$5.99
- Starter Pack$7.99
- Gems x1,200 pack$9.99
- Gems x2,500 pack$19.99
- Gems x6,500 pack$49.99
- Gems x14,000 pack$99.99
Questions
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