Drop Wizard Tower vs Shovel Pirate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Shovel Pirate
Embark on a pirate adventure to find hidden treasures. This cute platformer features fun puzzles, charming characters, and clever traps across 15 action-packed levels. Discover secret collectibles and enjoy delightful music as you progress.
- 15 action-packed levels
- Clever puzzles
- Secret collectibles
- Intuitive controls
- Charming music
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Follow the map, search for hints, and collect all the treasures! Play as a pirate on a quest to gather all the wackiest treasures. Shovel Pirate is a cute platformer game with fun puzzles, adorable characters, and clever traps to avoid. Game features: • 15 levels packed with action • Intuitive and easy controls • Clever puzzles • Secret collectibles • Charming music tracks Important information: • This game comes with no ads and features a paywall to unlock the full game.
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Verdict
Drop Wizard Tower and Shovel Pirate both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Shovel Pirate's written reviews are positive against 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's. Drop Wizard Tower's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Drop Wizard Tower sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Shovel Pirate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drop Wizard Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 37 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's written reviews are positive against 72% of Shovel Pirate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Drop Wizard Tower | Shovel Pirate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (86 ratings) — better | 4.1 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Drop Wizard Tower
Shovel Pirate
User reviews
Drop Wizard Tower
From 86 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Shovel Pirate
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 👍 Satisfying mechanics
- 👍 Good for killing time
- 👍 Nice characters and graphics
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid to unlock levels
- 💰 Misleading free-to-play model
- 💰 Game is too short
- 💰 Poor value for money (for some)
- 👎 Controls can be frustrating
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
Shovel Pirate
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezes after purchase
- Cannot play past a certain level without paying
Requested features
6 requests- Separate buttons for ladder and shoveling controls
- More levels or a sequel
- Longer games
- Make more levels free in the future
- Updates to design
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- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Drop Wizard Tower
- Bunch of Gems$1.99
- Pot of Gems$2.99
- Premium$3.99
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- Chest of Gems$4.99
Shovel Pirate
- Premium$1.99
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