Castle Pals vs Tricky Castle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Castle Pals
Embark on an adventure through a haunted castle, guiding two friends through challenging levels. Utilize unique abilities to defeat enemies, explore hidden areas, and overcome formidable bosses in a charming retro world.
- 40 action-packed levels
- Character-specific attacks
- Propeller hat exploration
- Unlockable extra levels
- Boss battles
- Retro art and music
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One night, Kylee and Owen stumbled upon creepy Castle Pookapick and decide to uncover its secrets! Nothing could possibly go wrong, could it? Features include: • Guide the Pals through 40 action packed levels! • Smash bad guys with Kylee's powerful attacks! • Float around and explore using Owen's propeller hat! • Unlock fun extra levels! • Battle fearsome bosses! • Cute retro art and music! Note: This game is supported by advertising. Ads can be removed with a one-time purchase.
Tricky Castle
Embark on an adventure to rescue a princess from a castle filled with challenging puzzles and traps. Navigate mysterious corridors, solve riddles, and overcome obstacles to find the key and escape.
- 120 unique escape puzzle levels
- Unusual room escape mechanics
- Hundreds of doors to open
- Logic puzzles and 2D platforming
- Light humor
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Escape from the castle, full of tricks and mysterious puzzles. This escape room game will challenge your ability to solve puzzles! The Terrible Villain grabbed the Princess and set traps on the way to her rescue. A brave knight can save the princess hidden in the tower of the castle! Forward to adventure! Wander the mysterious corridors of the castle, solve puzzles, and avoid traps to find the faraway tower. There'll be hundreds and hundreds of doors, spikes, platforms to jump on, and all this in order to find the treasured key. Take a close look at the room and read the clues (or riddles?) to figure out how to escape the room. - 120 unique levels, packed with escape puzzles - unusual ways to escape the room - hundreds of doors you'll have to open in your way to saving the princess - excellent combination of logic games and relaxing 2d platformer games - light humor will make you smile :) You won't want to stop solving puzzles! Explore the castle that holds more tricks and secrets than it appears on the surface, and enjoy this fun puzzle game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tricky Castle at 4.5 against Castle Pals's 4.0. Tricky Castle also leads on ratings volume (6.4K vs 112) and review sentiment (85% vs 66%). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Castle Pals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tricky Castle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tricky Castle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Castle has 6.4K ratings behind it against 112, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Castle Pals's written reviews are positive against 85% of Tricky Castle's.
Castle Pals ships an update every 3 months, Tricky Castle every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Castle Pals | Tricky Castle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (112 ratings) | 4.5 (6.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 112 | 6.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brad Erkkila | AI Games FZ |
Customer experience
Castle Pals
Tricky Castle
User reviews
Castle Pals
From 112 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and challenging gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and animation
- 💡 Unique character abilities and mechanics
- 🎮 Good for killing time
- ✨ Well-polished and designed
Room to improve
- 😩 High difficulty on some levels
- 😠 Frustrating trial-and-error gameplay
- 😵 Poor camera zoom
- 🕹️ Unresponsive or inconsistent controls
- ⚠️ Deceptive hitboxes
Tricky Castle
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and creative puzzles
- 👍 Unique and interactive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenges the mind
- 🎨 Cute and polished graphics
- 💰 Reasonable one-time purchase option
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads between levels
- 🔒 Frustrating level unlock system
- 🤔 Unintuitive solutions to some puzzles
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 🏁 Disappointing or abrupt ending
Bugs and requests
Castle Pals
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes frequently
- Controls sometimes don't work
- Ads glitch or appear in portrait mode
- Camera zooms in too close
- Hitboxes are inconsistent
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- Flying controls are unresponsive
- Level 12 is impossible to beat
- Gold medal timer resets to 0 after checkpoint
- Attacks don't always connect
- Game freezes or lags
Requested features
10 requests- More levels or acts
- Hints or tutorials for difficult levels
- Character customization/costumes
- Add a crouch button
- Make level 12 easier
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- More unique gimmicks for levels
- Add underwater traversal or antigravity sections
- Option to disable ads permanently (paid)
- Fix gold medal timer glitch
- Adjust button size settings
Tricky Castle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not loading properly
- Controls becoming unresponsive
- Progress or data being lost
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip or bypass the level unlock system
- Improved hint system with less direct solutions
- Proper ending or conclusion to the story
In-app purchases
Castle Pals
- Remove Adverts$1.99
Tricky Castle
- Mysterious Premium$1.99
- Mysterious Premium$2.99
- Heroic Skins$2.99
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- Mysterious Premium$4.99
Questions
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