Comparison

Magical Creatures vs Dragon Simulator

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Craft magical potions
  • Heal mythical creatures
  • Run a magical laboratory
  • Travel through portals
  • Discover magical places
  • Encounter diverse creatures
Features
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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!

About

Dragon Simulator

Embark on a thrilling adventure as a fire-breathing dragon. Battle enemies, explore magical worlds, and customize your dragon with epic skins. Improve your fighting skills to become a legend and rule the skies.

Highlights
  • Fly a fire-breathing dragon
  • Battle enemies and other animals
  • Explore mysterious worlds
  • Customize dragon with epic skins
  • Collect coins and mana
  • Unlock more powerful dragons
Features
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Are you excited to fly your fire-breathing dragon, defeat enemies and rule the sky? The best dragon simulator is already here. If you have the necessary qualities to become a dragon legend let’s start the adventure. Experience battles with evil dragons and other animals, improve your dragon fighting skills with each new battle and get rewards. Raise your dragon during the time, win dragon battles and make your dragon immortal! Go through magic portals to explore mysterious worlds, fly through skies, and collect as many coins as you can to customize your dragon character with all kinds of epic skins. Unleash your power in this simulator by flying over mountains, diving into seas, jumping over obstacles, and running to catch animals. Breath fire and even shoot fireballs to make stronger attacks and win battles. Don’t forget to collect mana bottles to fill fire supply and take a rest to restore stamina. What are you waiting for? Play the best dragon simulator game and test your strength! You can use the minimap to find your opponents, enemies and food, defeat enemies in battles to unlock more powerful dragons. The more you compete, the more rewards you will get. There are 3 dragon models in this game: - Baby dragon - Young dragon - Alpha dragon And of course a lot of exclusive skins. Prove you’re the best, start the battle against other animals, and enjoy the new dragon simulator with - HD graphics - Powerful music - Stunning 3D worlds Worlds are really massive with premium graphics to make your simulation on the top level. Navigate with a map and get to other worlds through magic portals. Be careful with baby dragon, and with young dragon you will get more strength but alpha dragon will be a game changing! Dragon Simulator: Ice & Fire is free to download and free to play. Start your magic adventure now! Join this ultimate dragon adventure and have fun.

Screenshots

Magical Creatures4 screens
Dragon Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Magical Creatures at 4.3 against Dragon Simulator's 3.3. Magical Creatures also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months) and review sentiment (70% vs 48%). Dragon Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magical Creatures sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Dragon Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magical Creatures holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Magical Creatures's written reviews are positive against 48% of Dragon Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magical Creatures ships an update every 3 months, Dragon Simulator every 17 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magical Creatures versus Dragon Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagical CreaturesDragon Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (22 ratings) — better3.3 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better48.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2238 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB271 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJuhani PaasoVahagn Sargsyan

Customer experience

Magical Creatures

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

Dragon Simulator

All ratings32 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral21.9%
Negative28.1%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral17.2%
Negative34.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Magical Creatures

One-time10
  • 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
None

Dragon Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magical Creatures free?
Magical Creatures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dragon Simulator free?
Dragon Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magical Creatures or Dragon Simulator?
Magical Creatures is rated higher. Magical Creatures averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Dragon Simulator averages 3.3 from 38 ratings.
Do Magical Creatures or Dragon Simulator have ads?
Both Magical Creatures and Dragon Simulator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Magical Creatures or Dragon Simulator?
Magical Creatures ships an update every 3 months, and Dragon Simulator every 17 months. Most recently, Magical Creatures was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dragon Simulator on October 24, 2026.

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