Comparison

Drop Wizard Tower vs Snow Kids

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

Head to head
About

Drop Wizard Tower

Embark on an arcade-style platforming adventure to rescue captured wizards and an ancient egg. Battle enemies across diverse environments, unlock new characters with unique abilities, and overcome challenging boss fights. Enjoy randomized levels and a captivating storyline.

Highlights
  • Over 50 floors with traps and enemies
  • Unlockable wizards with unique abilities
  • 8 epic boss fights
  • Hazard-filled environments
  • Randomized levels for replayability
  • Collect almanac pages for lore
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
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The Shadow Order have captured all the Wizards in the land and they have the ancient egg too. What is a lone Wizard to do? Break free, defeat the evil Shadow Order and find that egg of course ...Hmmm I wonder what's inside? Bring back the joy of arcades and join Teo and his wizard friends in this action packed, fun fueled platformer. Features: • Ascend over 50 floors jam packed with traps and enemies! • Unlock new wizards with unique stats, magic and abilities. • 8 Epic Boss fights! full of nasty surprises. • Experience hazard filled environments - Water temple, Frozen larder, Wizards Lab and many more! • Easy one handed controls. Perfect for on the go play! • Randomised levels for replay! No two playthroughs are ever the same. • Collect the missing pages from your almanac and gain insight into monsters and lore. Can you find them all? • Catchy head bopping chip tunes. You will be humming these for hours! • Uncover the mystery of the 'ancient egg'... I wonder what's inside? • Leader boards and Achievements for replayability -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other Nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.

About

Snow Kids

Embark on an arcade snowball fight adventure in this retro-inspired platformer. Explore diverse worlds, battle snow minions and bosses, and enjoy classic controls and chiptune music. Collect gems and uncover secrets in this fun-filled quest.

Highlights
  • Addictive action platformer
  • Cute pixel art graphics
  • Traditional platform controls
  • Epic boss fights
  • Gem collection
  • Explore 4 different worlds
Features
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Join the other kids on the block for the most epic arcade snowball fight. Snow Kids is a quality platformer game with pure arcade action and retro goodness. Mr. Penguin is sleeping inside his nice house until some pesky kids show up and throw snowballs at the window, waking up Mr. Penguin from his deserved rest. What is Mr. Penguin to do now? The answer is easy, fight back! This means to explore 4 different worlds and get ready to face an army of snow minions and epic bosses. Will you be able to reach the hot lava volcano? Snow Kids features many different stages, some nice snow plains, a snowy night environment, a mysterious cave, and a dangerous volcano. The snow plain is the easiest stage, with kids throwing snowballs at you and different snow plants and mountain sheep. The snowy night features some pesky minions dropping from the sky just to make your day harder. The mysterious cave is full of beetles and rolling rocks that you'll have to throw down a cliff by tossing a lot of snowballs at them. Finally you'll reach the volcano stage with a lot of fire and enemies ready to fight! The pixel art in this game is super cute, it resembles cute arcade games from the 90s like Super Mario or Kirby. The controls are also super easy and intuitive, you'll be able to jump, toss snowballs, and explore the level with simple directional keys like in most platformer games. The music are chiptune style and take inspiration from classic Nintendo games from the past. Don't miss Snow Kids, it's a super fun adventure and cute platformer game. Here's some of the features: • Addictive action platformer! • Cute pixel art graphics and music. • Traditional platform controls. • Epic boss fights • Can you find all the gems?

Screenshots

Drop Wizard Tower4 screens
Snow Kids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drop Wizard Tower at Free against Snow Kids's $1.99. Drop Wizard Tower also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). Snow Kids's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 51%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drop Wizard Tower is free to download; Snow Kids costs $1.99 up front. Drop Wizard Tower sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Snow Kids 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 Wizard Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 217 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's written reviews are positive against 60% of Snow Kids's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop Wizard Tower ships an update every 2 months, Snow Kids every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drop Wizard Tower versus Snow Kids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrop Wizard TowerSnow Kids
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (86 ratings) — better3.7 (217 ratings)
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews60.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86217 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB19 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNitromeGionathan Pesaresi

Customer experience

Drop Wizard Tower

All ratings86 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative38.6%

Snow Kids

All ratings217 ratings
Positive66.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative24.9%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative28.8%

User reviews

Drop Wizard Tower

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Charming pixel art and visual style
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics
  • 🎵 Great 8-bit music and sound effects
  • 📖 Interesting story and character progression
  • 👾 Multiple playable characters to unlock

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 🎮 Unintuitive and difficult control scheme
  • 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
  • ⚙️ Poor character movement responsiveness
  • 🔄 Repetitive level design

Snow Kids

From 217 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Charming retro pixel art graphics and aesthetics
  • 🎵 Enjoyable chiptune music and audio design
  • ⭐ Solid platformer mechanics and gameplay foundation
  • 🆓 Free-to-play with optional in-app purchases
  • 😊 Cute and adorable character design

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements throughout gameplay
  • 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
  • 🎮 Unresponsive and inconsistent controls on iPad
  • ⏱️ Very short game length (only 20 levels)
  • 🎯 Unfair level design with off-screen hazards

Bugs and requests

Drop Wizard Tower

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Game freezes every 5 minutes during play
  • Blank screen on launch preventing gameplay
  • Achievement not unlocking for specific characters
  • Progress restoration loop on level 51
  • Game crashes when playing with secret character
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  • Visual glitches after game pause
  • Hitbox inconsistencies between platform types
  • Ad close button too small and unresponsive
  • Ads not available when needed for revival
  • Character drifts in unintended direction

Requested features

10 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • Full-screen support option
  • Save progress feature for longer sessions
  • Endless arcade mode
  • High score tracking and leaderboards
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  • More playable characters between existing ones
  • Ability to manually control shooting
  • Drop-down level button for better control
  • Game Center integration
  • Sequel with expanded content

Snow Kids

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Level 11 softlock with ram/sheep section preventing progression
  • Rams/enemies escaping arena boundaries
  • Game freezes after finishing levels with music still playing
  • Game freezes when ads finish playing
  • Softlock when creatures pass arena barriers
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  • Moving platforms not synchronized (especially level 17)
  • Fire hitbox extends beyond visible flames
  • Game crashes on level 10 requiring reinstall
  • Unresponsive jump and attack buttons
  • Game freezes after completing ads at checkpoints
  • New update causing widespread freezing issues

Requested features

11 requests
  • More levels (100+ suggested by multiple users)
  • Level select/replay functionality
  • World map to tie levels together
  • Final boss fight or more boss variety
  • Adjustable control button placement
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  • Bluetooth controller support
  • Health recovery items like mushrooms
  • Sequel with improved controls and more content
  • Microsoft Store release
  • Reduced ad frequency
  • Ability to chain dodges for faster traversal

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Drop Wizard Tower

One-time4
  • Bunch of Gems$1.99
  • Pot of Gems$2.99
  • Premium$3.99
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  • Chest of Gems$4.99
1 purchases

Snow Kids

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Drop Wizard Tower free?
Drop Wizard Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snow Kids free?
Snow Kids costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drop Wizard Tower or Snow Kids?
Drop Wizard Tower is rated higher. Drop Wizard Tower averages 4.3 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Snow Kids averages 3.7 from 217 ratings.
Do Drop Wizard Tower or Snow Kids have ads?
Neither Drop Wizard Tower nor Snow Kids shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drop Wizard Tower or Snow Kids?
Drop Wizard Tower ships an update every 2 months, and Snow Kids every 4 months. Most recently, Drop Wizard Tower was updated on November 2, 2026 and Snow Kids on November 2, 2026.

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