Comparison

Apprentice Witch Match 3 vs Magic Maker!

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

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About

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure as a beginner witch collecting enchanted ingredients. This game features unique match-3 mechanics with distinct rules for day, night, and graveyard levels, offering hundreds of challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Unique match-3 mechanics for different times of day
  • Hundreds of unique puzzle levels
  • Variety of boosters and powerups
  • Challenging obstacles like frozen items and spellbooks
  • Social features with Facebook connect and leaderboards
  • Bewitched graphics and sounds
Features
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Who said becoming a witch was easy? Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus! Let's go for the magic broom! Help Ursula, the beginner witch to pick up her witchery stuff before the supreme sorcerer notice the mess. It seems that Aura the cat messed up all the potions and ingredients! If Ursula does not find out what happened, she will not be able to win her magic broom. This is not another match 3 game. It has a lot of levels, with different game mechanics. Very... bewitched game modes! * The daylight levels run under the match3 classic rules. Match 3 or more stuff to collect it. Matching more than three will you a witchery booster. At night levels, you need to connect the witchcraft stuff to collect it, Connect more than seven stuff to collect all same color items at once. Finally, the graveyard has it's own rules, you need to touch a witchcraft piece to pick up this one and its same color adjacents. Collecting more than three will give you amazing powerups. Each game mode, has its own boosters and powerups: * Vertical and horizontal cleaners * Skull Bombs * Explosive Crystall balls * Toad, will paint stuff * Full moon, use as wildcard Also, these game modes have each one their own troubles: * Crystal slots you need to break * Frozen witchcraft stuff you need to defrost before collecting them. * Spellbooks you have to vanish * White spiders to collect Same way, you have some boosters to make it easier: * Magic Broom to sweep same color witchcraft stuff * Claws to pick up a single bewitched piece * Tornado to shuffle it all Win gems to get free lives, boosters and other additional witchery. FEATURES; * Very fun, very easy but hard to master * Bewitched graphics and sounds. * Witchcraft elements for a scary experience. * Hundreds of puzzle levels each one is very unique * Free, so download now * Multiple difficulty levels * Play with your friends & Family. * Facebook connect, so you can share your goals and scores. * Ranks for all levels, so you can check your friends scores and defeat them. * Fun for all ages What are you waiting for? Play this amazing match3 and give Ursula the chance to win her magic broom and become the best witch ever. Fun to play, you will love this bewitched adventure, collecting witchery. Each level is an amazing puzzle to solve.

About

Magic Maker!

Features
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The world is falling apart. Forests drying up, volcanoes erupting, the sun losing its flame, an entire kingdom trapped in a single repeating second. And the only solution? Potions. You are the new apprentice of Merliny, a retired wizard (and slightly dramatic) who knows the recipe for EVERY potion in the world. The catch: he needs someone with quick fingers to do the mixing. HOW IT WORKS Match 3 identical essences to create the next one. White becomes black. Black becomes Tear of the Seas. And so on, all the way up to the rarest and most powerful potions in the universe. 30 LEVELS, 30 DELIVERIES, 1 WORLD TO SAVE Each level is a mission. Each mission is a potion. And each potion solves a different disaster: bringing dawn back to a village, reigniting the hearts of Guardian Dragons, saving the last Phoenix, and more. All leading to the final delivery: the Root of the World, the potion that holds EVERYTHING together. SECRET RECIPES Mix essences in unexpected ways and discover special combinations: magic bombs that clear the board, bonus crystals that skyrocket your score. Everything recorded in your Spell Book. MAGIC RUNES Unlock 3 runes throughout your journey: Fire: destroy any piece on the board Ice: freeze time and keep playing Twister: shuffle everything and create new opportunities A WIZARD WITH PERSONALITY Merliny shows up, comments, teaches, and encourages. He celebrates your victories, mourns your exploded cauldrons, and swears he knew you were the right one from day one. HIGHLIGHTS Addictive match puzzle, easy to learn Original story with dialogue and a charming character Power system with mana and strategy Game Center leaderboard No pay-to-win: everything can be earned by playing Download now. The cauldron is already warm.

Screenshots

Apprentice Witch Match 34 screens
Magic Maker!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Apprentice Witch Match 3 at every 2 weeks against Magic Maker!'s every 36 months. Apprentice Witch Match 3 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Apprentice Witch Match 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Magic Maker! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apprentice Witch Match 3 ships an update every 2 weeks, Magic Maker! every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Apprentice Witch Match 3 versus Magic Maker!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApprentice Witch Match 3Magic Maker!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (89 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 36 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOne Up Games StudioLeonardo Amora

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Apprentice Witch Match 3

One-time4
  • 30 Magic Gems$1.99
  • 100 Magic Gems$3.99
  • 300 Magic Gems$9.99
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  • 1000 Magic Gems$25.99
1 purchases

Magic Maker!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Apprentice Witch Match 3 free?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Maker! free?
Magic Maker! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Apprentice Witch Match 3 or Magic Maker! have ads?
Both Apprentice Witch Match 3 and Magic Maker! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Apprentice Witch Match 3 or Magic Maker!?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Magic Maker! every 36 months. Most recently, Apprentice Witch Match 3 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Magic Maker! on October 29, 2026.

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