Magical Creatures vs Moving Animals
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!
Moving Animals
This game allows children to interact with various creatures by making them move with a simple touch. It offers different animal types and terrains, designed to enhance hand-eye coordination in young players.
- Interactive animal movement
- Multiple creature types
- Varied terrains
- Hand-eye coordination development
- Kid-friendly interface
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Moving Animals lets kids play with different creatures! These animal friends move with just the touch of your finger. Enjoy many different types of creatures on different terrains. Great for helping kids improve their hand-eye coordination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moving Animals at 5.0 against Magical Creatures's 4.3. Moving Animals also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Magical Creatures's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Moving Animals sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Moving Animals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magical Creatures has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Magical Creatures's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moving Animals's.
Magical Creatures ships an update every 3 months, Moving Animals every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magical Creatures | Moving Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juhani Paaso | Richard van der Dys |
Customer experience
Magical Creatures
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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
Moving Animals
- Tiger$0.99
- Caterpillar$0.99
- Cow$0.99
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- Map of USA$0.99
- Map of Europe$0.99
- Farm$0.99
- Race Track$0.99
Questions
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