Swag and Sorcery vs Potion Permit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swag and Sorcery
Build a fantasy village, train heroes, and equip them for adventure. Send your heroes out to collect valuable loot and progress through this streamlined RPG experience.
- Fantasy village building
- Hero training and equipping
- Loot collection
- Streamlined RPG mechanics
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Welcome to Swag and Sorcery, a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper! Build your own fantasy village, train and equip your heroes and send them out to collect Swag!
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 4.5 against Swag and Sorcery's 3.4. Potion Permit also leads on chart position (#65 vs unranked) and ratings volume (553 vs 64). Swag and Sorcery's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Swag and Sorcery costs $6.99 and Potion Permit $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Potion Permit holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Permit has 553 ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Swag and Sorcery's written reviews are positive against 40% of Potion Permit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swag and Sorcery ships an update weekly, Potion Permit every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Swag and Sorcery | Potion Permit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $6.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (553 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.8% of reviews — better | 40.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 553 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #65 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 269 MB | 477 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | tinyBuild LLC | Playdigious |
Customer experience
Swag and Sorcery
Potion Permit
User reviews
Swag and Sorcery
From 64 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Good art style
- 👍 Enjoyable in short bursts
- 👍 Supports cross-save
- 👍 No microtransactions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Grindy gameplay
- 🐛 Repetitive tasks
- 🐛 Poorly balanced difficulty
- 🐛 Generic RPG elements
- 🐛 Clunky UI
Potion Permit
From 553 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
Swag and Sorcery
Reported bugs
31 issues- Fights freezing up
- Fighters stuck with negative health
- Spells not working
- Potions stuck on screen
- Review prompt leads to error page
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- Pretty Kitty III weapon bug causing freezes
- Quest clear conditions not displayed
- Interface is inconvenient
- Cannot change to landscape format on iPad
- Game not full screen on iPad
- Only rotates during cutscenes on iPad
- Cannot progress due to spells not working
- Quest 'Cast Fire Power 1' not completing
- Fourth exploration location not appearing
- Characters don't heal when app is closed
- Pretty Kitty 3 weapon causes game to freeze
- Weapon graphic disappears during attack
- Cannot equip 4th adventurer
- Game crashes repeatedly upon opening
- UI elements with no way to exit
- Quest log issues
- Dungeons flashing 'new' after completion
- Mystical Ent always appearing first monster
- Menu remains blank when clicking equipment during fight
- Health potion description page cannot be exited
- Game crashes on first boot
- Fire arrow spell quest bug
- Unlimited spells bug
- Refined resources not used anywhere
- Refined resources cannot be manually refined
- Game freezes when asking for review
Requested features
8 requests- Update mobile app
- More content updates
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Optimize for iPad aspect ratio
- Add Arabic language support
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- Auto-equip potions after use
- Option to remove equipment
- Rework game mechanics
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
Swag and Sorcery
No in-app purchases
Potion Permit
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Swag and Sorcery free?
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