CLICKPOCALYPSE II vs Magic Research 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CLICKPOCALYPSE II
An idle RPG where you build a party to explore dungeons and defeat monsters. Progress by finding items, leveling up, learning spells, and upgrading abilities to earn achievements.
- Create a party
- Explore dungeons
- Exterminate monsters
- Find items
- Level up characters
- Learn spells
- Upgrade abilities
- Earn achievements
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CLICKPOCALYPSE II is an incremental game disguised as an idle RPG. Create a party to bravely explore terrible dungeons and mercilessly exterminate every monster in the world. Find items, go up levels, learn spells, upgrade abilities, and earn achievements.
Magic Research 2
Embark on a magical quest as a rookie wizard to find or create the Philosopher's Stone. Utilize over 120 spells, transmute hundreds of items, and lead a team of wizards in a semi-automated combat system. Explore dozens of areas, uncover secrets, and experience over 60 hours of gameplay.
- Over 120 distinct spells
- Transmute over 250 items
- Control a team of wizards
- Semi-automated combat system
- Explore dozens of areas
- Discover secrets and storylines
- Retirement bonuses for faster progress
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Experience the long-awaited sequel to Magic Research! In Magic Research 2, you are a rookie wizard with a single ambition: to find or create the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary magical item that is said to be able to cure any illness. As you do so, you will learn more than you ever imagined about Magic and about the world around you. What kinds of adventures await you? * Use your arsenal of more than 120 distinct spells to make progress * Study the Elements! Learn new ways to use Magic in your path to mastery * Transmute (magically craft) over 250 different items to help you on your journey * Control a team of Wizards that will cast Spells for you * Enjoy a deep, semi-automated combat system as you make your way through dozens of areas to explore * Discover tons of secrets - many of which will change the way you play the game! * Encounter over a hundred distinct Storylines with powerful bonuses along your journey * Restart the game and make progress faster each time with retirement bonuses * Over 60 hours of addictive gameplay - with a clear ending! (Or perhaps more than one...?) * Optimized both for phones and tablet devices You do not need to have played Magic Research in order to enjoy Magic Research 2!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CLICKPOCALYPSE II at Free against Magic Research 2's $4.69. CLICKPOCALYPSE II also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Magic Research 2's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (82% vs 62%). On ratings volume, 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
CLICKPOCALYPSE II is free to download; Magic Research 2 costs $4.69 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Research 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 203 and 118 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of CLICKPOCALYPSE II's written reviews are positive against 82% of Magic Research 2's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CLICKPOCALYPSE II | Magic Research 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.69 |
| Rating | 4.2 (203 ratings) | 4.8 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.6% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 203 — better | 118 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #11 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jim Hayes | Matias Ezequiel Colotto |
Customer experience
CLICKPOCALYPSE II
Magic Research 2
User reviews
CLICKPOCALYPSE II
From 203 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Truly idle with RPG strategy core
- 👍 Auto-save is pretty good
- 👍 Offline progress calculation
- 👍 Rogue, Thief, and CK are the best classes
- 👍 Addicting and fun to watch
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently, especially when upgrading or watching ads
- 🐛 Freezes and locks up often, especially when calculating offline progress
- 🐛 Crashes when reloaded from background
- 🐛 Crashes when selecting new skills
- 🐛 Offline progress calculation sometimes cuts short
Magic Research 2
From 118 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic sequel, better than the first
- 👍 Incredible sense of progression
- 💡 Fun build types, best in genre
- 👍 Incremental masterclass, gold standard
- 👍 True semi-idle masterpiece
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely complicated, tedious timers
- 🐛 UI is absolutely atrocious
- 🐛 Time pieces cap out at 100k
- 🐛 UI issues, not easy to navigate
- 🐛 Sorting doesn't sort exactly as wanted
Bugs and requests
CLICKPOCALYPSE II
Reported bugs
3 issues- Constant freezing and crashing issues
- Offline progress calculation often fails or gets cut short
- Ads frequently fail to load or crash the game
Requested features
5 requests- Update to fix crashes and freezes
- Longer offline progress timer
- More class options and customization
- Ability to play in landscape mode
- Support for more languages like Russian and Chinese
Magic Research 2
Reported bugs
6 issues- App instantly crashes on open
- Game crashes on startup
- App started rapidly pushing buttons on its own
- Overheating phone
- Lags and gets choppy in the late game
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- Compendium doesn't unlock for bosses unless already beat
Requested features
9 requests- DLC or sequel news
- macOS version
- Better automation and convenience features
- Tweak familiar search time down
- Release the next one
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- More Please
- Auto fight boss button
- Compendium unlocks bosses before beating them
- Less dialogue and descriptions, more functional text
In-app purchases
CLICKPOCALYPSE II
No in-app purchases
Magic Research 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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