Comparison

Magic School Story vs AlienFarms

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

Head to head
About

Magic School Story

Design and manage your own magical academy. Expand facilities, upgrade classes, and enroll students. Engage in quests, adventures, and mini-games to gather resources and progress.

Highlights
  • Build and customize a magic school
  • Upgrade various classes and facilities
  • Enroll and graduate students
  • Play match-3 for materials
  • Go on quests and adventures
  • Cast magic for coins
Features
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Ever wanted to build and manage a magic school? Expand your school and upgrade classes. Enrol new students and watch them graduate. Do quests, fight dragons in adventures, go mining, and play match-3 to gather materials! Play with friends to help each other out! FEATURES - Build and customise your own dream magical school from the ground up! - Lots of classes, facilities and decos at your fingertips! Elements, Potions, Broom Flying, Totems, Kage Bunshin, take your pick! Upgrade them to change their looks, stats and effects! - Enrol new special students and watch them progress from new freshies into powerful professors after graduation! - Play match-3 to gather materials and upgrade your classes! - Cast magic on your school and earn loads of coins! - Go on quests and adventures to earn more resources! Contact us at ashley@happylabsfree.com if you need help! OTHER GREAT STUFF - Deco your magic school at your own pace offline - Backup your game using iCloud so that you won't lose it when you change devices - Available in English, Bahasa Indonesia, 中文, 日本語, ไทย, 한국어. - Remember to write a review to support us! This game is free to play but might include In-App Purchase. Please turn this off in device settings if you do not wish to use this feature. EULA : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://jeffreychee.github.io/happylabs/PrivacyPolicySubscriptionOnly.html

About

AlienFarms

A relaxed farming simulation game focused on planting and breeding. Automate tasks with various tools and experience dynamic weather and day/night cycles. Enjoy intuitive controls for movement and camera.

Highlights
  • Automated farming tools
  • Planting and breeding mechanics
  • Dynamic weather and day/night cycles
  • Intuitive joystick controls
  • Adjustable camera perspective
Features
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The game features a variety of flora and fauna; you can restore stamina by harvesting them, or by picking up apples. If you prefer not to farm manually, you can automate cultivation using seeders, sprinklers, harvesters, and transporters. Features day and night cycles, sunny and rainy weather, as well as snowy winters. Flora and fauna only grow while the game is running. The game autosaves every 1 minute. You can save manually at the door of the house. The screen is evenly divided into four buttons: 1. Top-left corner: Toggle sound button (On/Off). 2. Bottom-left corner: Joystick for character movement. 3. Top-right corner: Joystick for camera perspective control. 4. Bottom-right corner: Action button.

Screenshots

Magic School Story4 screens
AlienFarms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlienFarms at 100% against Magic School Story's 54%. AlienFarms also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Magic School Story's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 25 months). On ads and device support 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

Magic School Story is free to download; AlienFarms costs $4.99 up front. Magic School Story sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. AlienFarms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AlienFarms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic School Story has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Magic School Story's written reviews are positive against 100% of AlienFarms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic School Story ships an update monthly, AlienFarms every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Magic School Story versus AlienFarms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic School StoryAlienFarms
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (28 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappy Labs Pte Ltd钊恒 郑

Customer experience

Magic School Story

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive54.0%
Neutral20.4%
Negative25.5%

AlienFarms

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Magic School Story

Subscriptions1
  • VIP$0.991 Month
None

AlienFarms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic School Story free?
Magic School Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AlienFarms free?
AlienFarms costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic School Story or AlienFarms?
AlienFarms is rated higher. Magic School Story averages 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while AlienFarms averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Magic School Story or AlienFarms have ads?
Neither Magic School Story nor AlienFarms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic School Story or AlienFarms?
Magic School Story ships an update monthly, and AlienFarms every 25 months. Most recently, Magic School Story was updated on November 9, 2026 and AlienFarms on November 6, 2026.

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