Comparison

Once Upon a Tower vs Watame

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

Head to head
About

Once Upon a Tower

Break free from your tower prison in this adventure game. Armed with a war hammer, you'll battle enemies and escape a dragon. Your rescue is up to you!

Highlights
  • Tower escape adventure
  • Battle enemies
  • Fight a dragon
  • Princess protagonist
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Ever wanted to escape somewhere else? Ever felt like you were trapped in a high tower? Ever found yourself waiting for the valiant knight to save you? Wait no more! Cause he isn't coming -- No, really, he isn't. He was literally eaten by that guardian dragon over there. But fear no more, you have all you need to set yourself free. The brave knight left behind his war hammer, I'm sure you can put it to good use, right? You can beat the enemies. You can escape the dragon. YOU CAN DO THIS! Now let the adventure begin, once upon a tower.

About

Watame

Guide a cotton character on a relaxing journey through diverse worlds, collecting stars while overcoming physics challenges, puzzles, and avoiding traps. This game offers a visually minimalist experience with a calming soundtrack, perfect for on-the-go play.

Highlights
  • Physics-based challenges
  • Puzzle solving
  • Minimalist visual design
  • Relaxing soundtrack
  • Portrait mode gameplay
  • Collect stars
Features
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Helps to this lovely cotton on his journey to get the stars! Watame combines skill and puzzle in a game on that you'll control a little cotton character on a relaxing journey through different worlds. Get all stars avoiding traps, physics challenges, and solving different puzzles. Features: • Different levels with their unique physics challenges, puzzles, lethal traps and enemies. • Easy to learn, difficult to master on portrait mode, perfect to play on the go! • A visual experience to relax with beautifully minimalist visual design. • A wonderful and relaxing soundtrack. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE! Watame is free to play, but it contains items that can be purchased for real money.

Screenshots

Once Upon a Tower4 screens
Watame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Watame at none against Once Upon a Tower's shown. Watame also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Once Upon a Tower's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 79). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Once Upon a Tower sells 24 one-off in-app purchases and Watame sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Once Upon a Tower against 4.6 for Watame. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Once Upon a Tower has 3.3K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Once Upon a Tower's written reviews are positive against 83% of Watame's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Once Upon a Tower versus Watame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnce Upon a TowerWatame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better4.6 (79 ratings)
Positive reviews75.1% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better79
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB192 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPomelo GamesRuben Pecellin

Customer experience

Once Upon a Tower

All ratings3,248 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,167 reviews
Positive75.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative15.9%

Watame

All ratings79 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Once Upon a Tower

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes when watching ads
  • Progress resets after crashes
  • Challenges not tracking properly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More character/princess variety
  • Ability to save progress
  • Difficulty settings
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Level editor

Watame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

24 purchases

Once Upon a Tower

One-time24
  • Oscura$0.99
  • Sigrid$0.99
  • Noriko$0.99
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  • Lives Pack x10$0.99
  • Myrina$0.99
  • Loriel$0.99
  • Denise$0.99
  • Ali'i$0.99
  • Lilith$0.99
  • Dragon scales x20$0.99
  • Lives Pack x25$0.99
  • Rita$0.99
  • Linda$0.99
  • Muffin$0.99
  • Xochi$0.99
  • Nzinga$0.99
  • Draculina$0.99
  • Lives Pack x25$1.99
  • Lives Pack x60$3.99
  • Dragon scales x100$3.99
  • Lives Pack x200$4.99
  • Lives Pack x200$9.99
  • Lives Pack x1,500$49.99
  • Lives Pack x9,999$99.99
2 purchases

Watame

One-time2
  • Premium$1.99
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Once Upon a Tower free?
Once Upon a Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Watame free?
Watame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Once Upon a Tower or Watame?
Once Upon a Tower is rated higher. Once Upon a Tower averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Watame averages 4.6 from 79 ratings.
Do Once Upon a Tower or Watame have ads?
Once Upon a Tower shows ads; Watame does not.

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