Magical Creatures vs Craft the Potion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magical Creatures
Run a magical laboratory to craft potions and heal mythical creatures. Travel through portals to discover new magical places and encounter diverse beings. This fantasy adventure game offers a unique healing experience.
- Craft magical potions
- Heal mythical creatures
- Run a magical laboratory
- Travel through portals
- Discover magical places
- Encounter diverse creatures
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Become a healer for magical creatures around the world. Start running a magical laboratory and learn to craft magical potions for your patients. Later in the game, travel through portals, meet different magical creatures and magical places as well. Adventure awaits. If you like fantasy and idle games, you will enjoy Magical Creatures!
Craft the Potion
Brew magical potions for customers by mixing various ingredients. Earn money to unlock new recipes and solve a range of fantastical problems. Experience the life of a witch in this engaging simulator.
- Mix ingredients to brew potions
- Serve customers with magical cures
- Earn money and unlock new recipes
- Solve magical problems
- Experience being a witch
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In Craft the Potion game, you will mix a variety of ingredients to brew the potions for your customers! Earn money and unlock new recipes to cure the variety of magical problems of your customers: from Unrequited Love to Lycanthropy. Feel yourself the real Witch! (please do not try to repeat the recipes at home)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magical Creatures at 70% against Craft the Potion's 0%. Magical Creatures also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (22 vs 5). Craft the Potion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Magical Creatures sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Craft the Potion asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magical Creatures holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Magical Creatures's written reviews are positive against 0% of Craft the Potion's.
Magical Creatures ships an update every 3 months, Craft the Potion monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magical Creatures | Craft the Potion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Juhani Paaso | IDEYA, OOO |
Customer experience
Magical Creatures
Craft the Potion
In-app purchases
Magical Creatures
- 250 Blue Mana$1.99
- 62 Red Mana$1.99
- 10 Purple Mana$1.99
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- 200 Yellow Mana$1.99
- 4K Gold$1.99
- Double Profits$1.99
- 12K Gold$4.99
- Healer's Kit$4.99
- 240K Gold$44.99
- 1 Million Gold$99.99
Craft the Potion
No in-app purchases
Questions
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