Comparison

7Days vs Potion Permit

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

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About

7Days

Engage in a mystery visual novel where your decisions shape the narrative and relationships. Navigate a unique story set between life and death over seven days, with multiple endings based on your choices.

Highlights
  • Choice-based interactive storyline
  • Mystery narrative with branching paths
  • Graphic novel style artwork
  • Unique life and death setting
  • Multiple endings and achievements
  • Text adventure gameplay
Features
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Are you bored of the same old novels? Are you interested in interactive story games, visual novel, choice based storyline, and indie games, but you're tired of the same old? Try our Adventure Game, a Mysterious Novel where choices do matter! We are offering our interactive storytelling game named ‘7Days: Mystery Visual Novel, Adventure Game’. All our stories, mysterious novels are written by diligently selected authors. Here we come a story game, filled with mystery, touching, innocent episodes, storyline and chat stories! '7Days!: Mystery Visual Novel, Adventure Game' is an amazing mystery story game and choice based game. It is a unique choice based, storytelling game where the user can create their unique story based on the choices they make. We will provide the best story game experience with a great mystery storyline via the chat based adventure game, designed to suit mobile devices. It is a strongly recommended game for you. ■ Game explained Every choice you make will change your story. Every small choice will change your relationships with comrades, and change your fate and those of your comrades at critical moments. You may be the villain, or a trustworthy comrade. Everything depends on your choices. ■ Mystery Storyline There are dead spirits who have been put to test for resurrection in the world of death. The messenger of death has assigned them each with a task and they must either attack one another or work together. Your character, Kirell, must also complete the choice-based tasks that she has been assigned. But her tasks requires others to die.... You only have 7 days What choice will you make? Experience this imagination-provoking story right now. ■ '7Days: Mystery Visual Novel, Adventure Game' features - Graphic Novel style artwork with stunning graphics - Unique game setting that switches between life and death - Mystery storyline that changes according to your choices - Various achievements and hidden challenges - Different episodes and endings based on the story - Text adventure with a mysterious feeling - Exciting storytelling game - Choice based game in mystery ■ We recommend this Adventure Game, Story Game for… - Who Like Visual Novel, Mystery Games, Adventure Game or Story Games, Opus, Innocent - Want to kill time while playing Adventure Games or reading a Visual Novel - Love to be in World of Ghosts, or like to play Mystery Games, Interactive Storyline - Love light novels, Masterpiece Storyline, Mysterious Novel or Adventure Games - Those who want to move from the old stories & old templates of adventure game - Love interactive mystery story, Masterpiece Novel, Storytelling game - Those who get tired of playing regular novel story - Who Like Adventure Games | Best Storytelling | Mystery Storyline | Thriller Storyline | Innocent Storyline | Indie Games ■ We guarantee that it'll be fun. Download and experience it right now We bring new adventure game storyline! Now, you have the opportunity to enjoy our Thriller, Mystery Story Adventure Games! If you see any issues or have good suggestions, please send them to help@buffstudio.com. We will work hard make better Choice based story games, Mystery storytelling, Indie games, Thriller storyline, Adventure games, Choice based game. ■ We need your support to make better story games, adventure games, visual novel games. Please recommend this storytelling game to your family and friends. It will be of great help to us.

About

Potion Permit

Step into the role of a chemist tasked with healing a town that distrusts modern medicine. Diagnose illnesses, gather ingredients, and brew potions to cure the townsfolk. Build relationships, upgrade the town, and live the life of an apothecary in a charming, colorful world.

Highlights
  • Diagnose and cure illnesses
  • Gather ingredients and brew potions
  • Upgrade buildings and expand areas
  • Build relationships with townsfolk
  • Find love with a sweetheart
  • Team up with a loyal dog
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The town of Moonbury has always been wary of the outside world's medical advances, preferring to rely on its traditional healing methods. However, when the mayor's daughter falls ill and the local witch doctor can do nothing to help her, they are forced to look outside their small community for help. The Medical Association decides to send their most accomplished chemist - you - to help cure the mayor's daughter and convince the residents of Moonbury of the wonders of modern alchemy. Gain their trust and tend to each person when they fall ill in this open-ended sim RPG! FEATURES - Take care of Moonbury’s inhabitants: diagnose their illnesses, gather ingredients and brew potions to cure them. - Heal the town : Upgrade buildings, expand your gathering area and transform the townsfolk’ lives in many ways. - Build relationships with Moonbury’s inhabitants, earn their trust and eventually find love with your chosen sweetheart! - Team up with your loyal dog that follows you wherever you go and helps you in your work. - Relax in a wholesome, colourful world and live the apothecary life you want! CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including pro max) If you run into a problem, please contact us at https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/12-playdigious/ with as much information as possible on the issue.

Screenshots

7Days4 screens
Potion Permit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 7Days at 88% against Potion Permit's 40%. 7Days also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). Potion Permit's advantage is ratings volume (519 vs 36) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

7Days costs $4.99 and Potion Permit $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

7Days holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Permit has 519 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of 7Days's written reviews are positive against 40% of Potion Permit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
7Days versus Potion Permit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter7DaysPotion Permit
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.9 (36 ratings) — better4.4 (519 ratings)
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews — better40.4% of reviews
Number of ratings36519 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#95 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB477 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBuff Studio Co.Ltd.Playdigious

Customer experience

7Days

All ratings36 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.2%

Potion Permit

All ratings519 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews399 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral16.5%
Negative43.1%

Bugs and requests

7Days

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Potion Permit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to exit certain menus
  • Fishing mini-game not functioning properly
  • Potion quests not triggering correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more customization options for player character
  • Implement a manual save feature
  • Improve performance and reduce crashes

In-app purchases

None

7Days

No in-app purchases

None

Potion Permit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 7Days free?
7Days costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potion Permit free?
Potion Permit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 7Days or Potion Permit?
7Days is rated higher. 7Days averages 4.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Potion Permit averages 4.4 from 519 ratings.
Do 7Days or Potion Permit have ads?
Neither 7Days nor Potion Permit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 7Days or Potion Permit?
7Days ships an update every 3 weeks, and Potion Permit every 3 weeks. Most recently, 7Days was updated on September 24, 2026 and Potion Permit on September 28, 2026.

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