Magic World vs Moonshades
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic World
Embark on a 2D side-scrolling adventure as tiny medieval characters. Explore exotic locations, battle monsters, collect coins, and rescue a captured fairy from the Skull Boss. Unlock new characters and defeat challenging bosses.
- 2D Side-scrolling platformer RPG
- Multiple tiny characters (Wizard, Witcher, Priest, Fairy)
- Explore exotic locations (Pine Hills, Temple, Dungeon, Volcano)
- Battle monsters and defeat bosses
- Collect coins and unlock characters
- Ranking stage
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Magic World is a 2D Side-scrolling platformer RPG with medieval tiny characters. A game that you will excited with new adventures by tiny characters. Help me! Help me! The Skull Boss have invaded the magic world and capture a little fairy. Explore new adventures a world filled with many dangers, slay monsters, collect coins, unlock new tiny characters, and defeat bosses. There are many exotic locations, such as Pine Hills, Temple, Dungeon, Mine, Volcano, Lava Cave and others. Can you defeat the bosses and help little fairy. What are you waiting for ? Try it yourself. Features + Multiple monsters. + Multiple Super Tiny characters such as Wizard, Witcher, Priest and Fairy. + Multiple Exotic locations. + Excellent 2D Side-scrolling graphics. + Free to play. Easy to play. + Ranking stage for show all your friends!
Moonshades
Embark on an epic dungeon-crawling adventure reminiscent of classic RPGs. Explore a dark fantasy realm, battle mythical beasts, and uncover ancient magic. Upgrade your gear, master spells, and solve riddles to restore lost wisdom and glory.
- Dungeon crawling adventure
- Deep, captivating story
- Mythical beasts and fantasy creatures
- Thousands of upgradable items
- Real-time combat
- Devastating spells and skills
- Magic Forge for crafting and enchanting
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Moonshades is a dungeon crawler RPG to restore the immersive atmosphere and experience of the old-school role playing games. Recall the fun of the genuine adventure games inspired by D&D - embedded in 3D surroundings with a deep, captivating story. Discover an enigmatic realm loaded with ancient magic and myths - grand legends are reborn as you venture into the epic journey! The conquer's tale leads you beneath the ruined towns - toward grim, eerie dungeons and nesting monsters in the ghostly light. Some descendants of Harten still resist with all their might, enshrining the secrets of the ancestors' magic. Join the mission to bring the liberty and the radiant, lost wisdom back for these rich and mystic lands! The Crown's glory and treasures are buried, many kingdoms of darkness has invaded the realm, but the hope for changing the threads of the history has not been forlorn in the deepness of the dungeons. Finally, the reward for your efforts will be fabulous! Essences of the Moonshades RPG: - Mythic beasts and other fantasy creatures come to life in a massive, cryptic dungeon environment. - Armour yourself for the battles, and find your best strategy to attack their enemies' weaknesses. - The adventures provide you thousands of upgradable items (weapons, armors, accessories); use miraculous artifacts to make them stronger! - Action and story-telling both play vital roles during achieving quests and puzzles. - Fight in real-time combats for fabulous loots, magical items and otherworldly abilities! - Learn plenty of devastating, protective or remedial spells & skills, and master the status effects for advance! - Roam around the fantasy RPG realm, follow your insight, and keep an observing attitude - the help would arise sometimes by surprising sources to solve the riddles and puzzles - don't leave a path unexplored! - Discover other wanderers traces; talk and trade with NPC's through your quests; search for meaningful hints to find out the puzzles. - Envision the fairy past by the haunting memories of the fallen heroes! Find the scrolls of Harten and Aesthirya to unearth legendary episodes from the greatest empires' history. - Be aware of the crafty & deadly traps! - Experiment the wonder of Magic Forge: make powerful potions, craft epic, legendary or even relic items, and enchant your gear! - Dive into the challenge of Arcane Dungeon's grim labyrinth for marvelous treasures, when the hallowed Moons let you enter! - Try your luck: dicey deals await you with the vendor of the bewitched chests. Join the community: https://www.facebook.com/moonshadesgame/ Step into the teleport, and have a lots of fun in this nostalgic fantasy rpg!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moonshades at 91% against Magic World's 40%. Moonshades also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months). Magic World's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Magic World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Moonshades sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Moonshades holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonshades has 11K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Magic World's written reviews are positive against 91% of Moonshades's.
Magic World ships an update every 10 months, Moonshades fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic World | Moonshades |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 635 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wipoo Chatwaranon | Viktor Domonyi |
Customer experience
Magic World
Moonshades
Bugs and requests
Magic World
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Moonshades
Reported bugs
3 issues- Quests resetting progress
- Detect skill not functioning properly
- Crashes after recent updates
Requested features
4 requests- More detailed map system
- Ability to mark/annotate the map
- Expanded character customization options
- Clearer quest tracking and objectives
In-app purchases
Magic World
- Remove ADS$0.99
Moonshades
- Moonshades Pack$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 200 gems$2.99
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- 600 gems$5.99
- Moonshades Pack$5.99
- 1300 gems$11.99
- Moonshades Pack$11.99
- 3000 gems$22.99
- Moonshades Pack$22.99
- 7000 gems$35.99









