Comparison

Candy Champions vs Kaamos

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

Head to head
About

Candy Champions

Engage in real-time PvP match-3 battles with unique candy heroes. Unleash powerful combos and special abilities to outsmart opponents in fast-paced duels. Collect heroes, join tournaments, and team up with friends for endless puzzle-strategy fun.

Highlights
  • Real-time PvP match-3 duels
  • Unlockable candy heroes with unique abilities
  • Power-ups and combo system
  • Tournaments and seasonal events
  • Team play and social features
  • Fast-paced, short matches
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Think you know match-3 games? Candy Champions changes the rules. Enter a sweet match-3 puzzle game built for competitive online PvP multiplayer. Swap and match candy, crush tiles, build massive combos and chain reactions, and charge candy heroes to unleash Special Blocks, skills, and power-ups. Win with strategy, tactics, and perfect timing in fast turn-based battles. MULTI-SWAP MATCH-3 On your turn, you can make more than one swap before time runs out. Every successful match resets the timer, letting you extend combos, trigger longer chain reactions, and charge the right heroes for a crushing attack. The bigger the combo, the harder your team hits. Battle in fast, turn-based multiplayer matches that last only a few minutes. Each player fights on their own board, so you can plan ahead, shape your next turn, and win through timing, setup, and tactical play. BUILD YOUR TEAM Create a team of 4 candy-powered heroes and fight your way to glory. Every hero has a unique role and a unique skill, so your lineup changes the way you play. Learn your team, time your activations, and outplay your opponent with the right skill at the right moment. MASTER THE BOARD • Make multiple swaps in a single turn • Build huge clusters and long chain reactions • Create powerful Special Blocks through huge combos • Rearrange the board at the end of your turn to prepare an even stronger next move • Win through planning, not blind luck TURN MATCHES INTO BATTLES Matching does more than clear the board. Your combos deal damage, charge heroes, heal allies, and help bring fallen champions back into the fight. Match Mana Blocks to fill your mana bar, then activate hero skills to attack, defend, heal allies, or disrupt enemy plans. Strong matching and smart skill timing can wipe out an enemy team in just a few turns. RISE THROUGH THE CANDY EMPIRE Your journey begins in the outskirts of the Candy Empire, in the world of Cakery, where local challenges set fighters on the road to the Imperial Tournaments and the legendary Cake Throne. Along the way, Tiramisus — son of Emperor HugeBelly — bears witness to your rise. Fight well, win big, and the Empire shall hear of this. WHY CANDY CHAMPIONS STANDS OUT • Live PvP turn-based match-3 battles • Multiple swaps per turn for deeper combo strategy • Tactical hero skills powered by mana • Fast matches built for short sessions • Team building, healing, resurrection, and counters • A fun candy-fantasy world with an imperial story and glorious arena battles Enter the arena, crush your rivals, and earn your place on the road to the Cake Throne.

About

Kaamos

Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tile matching combat
  • Character and deck building
  • Looting equipment from foes
  • Dark medieval world exploration
  • Roguelike progression
Features
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.

Screenshots

Candy Champions4 screens
Kaamos4 screens

Verdict

The call

Candy Champions and Kaamos both sit at 3.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Kaamos's written reviews are positive against 17% of Candy Champions's. Kaamos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Candy Champions's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Candy Champions is free to download; Kaamos costs $3.99 up front. Candy Champions sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Kaamos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kaamos holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Candy Champions's written reviews are positive against 71% of Kaamos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Candy Champions ships an update every 2 weeks, Kaamos weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Candy Champions versus Kaamos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy ChampionsKaamos
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.8 (9 ratings)3.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings916 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB134 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNo Six Five EOODFreedom Games, LLC

Customer experience

Candy Champions

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Kaamos

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Candy Champions

One-time3
  • Get 10 Gems$0.99
  • Get 45 Gems$2.99
  • Get 140 Gems$6.99
None

Kaamos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Candy Champions free?
Candy Champions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kaamos free?
Kaamos costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Candy Champions or Kaamos?
Kaamos is rated higher. Candy Champions averages 3.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Kaamos averages 3.9 from 16 ratings.
Do Candy Champions or Kaamos have ads?
Neither Candy Champions nor Kaamos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Candy Champions or Kaamos?
Candy Champions ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kaamos weekly. Most recently, Candy Champions was updated on November 2, 2026 and Kaamos on October 30, 2026.

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