Graveyard Keeper vs Potion Permit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Graveyard Keeper
Manage a medieval graveyard and expand your business through various ventures. Gather resources, craft items, and face ethical dilemmas to build a thriving enterprise. Explore dungeons and complete quests in this darkly humorous simulation.
- Graveyard management
- Resource gathering and crafting
- Ethical dilemma choices
- Questing and corpse utilization
- Dungeon exploration
- Business expansion
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Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of all time. Build and manage your own graveyard, and expand into other ventures, while finding shortcuts to cut costs. Use all the resources you can find. After all, this is a game about the spirit of capitalism, and doing whatever it takes to build a thriving business. And it’s also a love story. - Face ethical dilemmas. Do you really want to spend money on that proper burger meat for the witch-burning festival, when you have so many resources lying around? - Gather valuable materials and craft new items. Expand your Graveyard into a thriving business. Help yourself -- gather the valuable resources scattered across the surrounding areas, and explore what this land has to offer. - Quests and corpses. These dead bodies don't need all those organs, do they? Why not grind them up and sell them to the local butcher? Or you can go on proper quests, you roleplayer. - Explore mysterious dungeons. No medieval game would be complete without those! Take a trip into the unknown, and find discover new alchemy ingredients -- which may or may not poison a whole bunch of nearby villagers.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Potion Permit at 4.4 against Graveyard Keeper's 3.2. Potion Permit also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). Graveyard Keeper's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#88 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
Graveyard Keeper costs $9.99 and Potion Permit $6.99 up front. Graveyard Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Potion Permit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Potion Permit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 376 and 519 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 39% and 40% positive.
Graveyard Keeper ships an update every 4 days, Potion Permit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Graveyard Keeper | Potion Permit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (376 ratings) | 4.4 (519 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | 40.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 376 | 519 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #88 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 652 MB | 477 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | tinyBuild LLC | Playdigious |
Customer experience
Graveyard Keeper
Potion Permit
User reviews
Graveyard Keeper
From 376 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Unique and engaging concept
- 🔍 Detailed and immersive world
- 💡 Interesting progression system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loss of progress
- 🎮 Awkward and unresponsive controls
- 🕰️ Repetitive and grindy gameplay
- 🔌 Unstable performance on older devices
Potion Permit
From 519 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Great atmosphere and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Cute and charming visuals
- 🎨 Enjoyable story and characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 UI/UX problems on mobile devices
- ⏱️ Lack of frequent autosave
Bugs and requests
Graveyard Keeper
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when trying to save or sleep
- Certain mechanics and features are broken or non-functional
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
Requested features
5 requests- Add cloud save functionality
- Improve controller support
- Streamline the UI and navigation
- Introduce more variety in quests and activities
- Optimize the game for mobile devices
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
Graveyard Keeper
- Breaking Dead DLC$2.99
Potion Permit
No in-app purchases
Questions
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