Comparison

Apprentice Witch Match 3 vs Yams Challenge

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

Yams Challenge

Experience a strategic twist on the classic dice game with a unique 4-column layout. Master special rules, a risk-reward validation system, and compete globally. Enjoy a premium interface with optional ad removal.

Highlights
  • Unique 4-column gameplay
  • Strategic Plus/Minus validation
  • Dry column for high-risk rolls
  • 28 Game Center achievements
  • Light & Dark themes
  • Haptic feedback
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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The four-column Yams, now free with no ads! ONE SHEET, FOUR CHALLENGES • Descending, Ascending, Any Order and Dry: each column has its own rule • Plus and Minus to settle in every column • The Dry column rewards bold single-roll attempts • 28 Game Center achievements to unlock (945 points total) CRAFTED WITH CARE • Three textured themes, Bistro, Riso and Walnut, switchable mid-game • The whole sheet on screen, totals included, from iPhone SE to iPad • On iPad in landscape, the dice sit beside the sheet • Tapped the wrong box? Undo it until your next roll • Dark mode that follows your device, haptic feedback, confetti • Game Center leaderboard to challenge your friends and the world COMPLETELY FREE • No ads, no in-app purchases • The whole game is yours from the first launch Join thousands of players mastering this strategic dice game!

Screenshots

Apprentice Witch Match 34 screens
Yams Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Yams Challenge at none against Apprentice Witch Match 3's shown. Yams Challenge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Apprentice Witch Match 3's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Yams Challenge 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

Yams Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apprentice Witch Match 3 has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apprentice Witch Match 3 ships an update every 2 weeks, Yams Challenge every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Apprentice Witch Match 3 versus Yams Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApprentice Witch Match 3Yams Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (89 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOne Up Games StudioJulien,Jean-Christophe HAVEZ

Customer experience

Apprentice Witch Match 3

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Yams Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Yams Challenge

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 Yams Challenge free?
Yams Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Apprentice Witch Match 3 or Yams Challenge?
Yams Challenge is rated higher. Apprentice Witch Match 3 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Yams Challenge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Apprentice Witch Match 3 or Yams Challenge have ads?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 shows ads; Yams Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Apprentice Witch Match 3 or Yams Challenge?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Yams Challenge every 10 days. Most recently, Apprentice Witch Match 3 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Yams Challenge on October 30, 2026.

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