Royal Match vs Candy Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Royal Match
Restore a royal castle by solving match-3 puzzles. Combine power-ups, overcome obstacles, and unlock new rooms and areas. Collect coins and rewards as you progress through challenging levels.
- Unique match-3 levels
- Amusing obstacles
- Bonus coin levels
- Powerful boosters
- Magnificent rewards from chests
- Castle restoration
- Explore new rooms and areas
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King Robert needs your help to restore Royal Castle’s former glory. Break the obstacles and combine amazing power-ups to beat joyful and challenging levels! Keep unlocking wonderful areas by playing fun match-3 levels! Come along now and join the fun! Once you play, you will come for Royal Match every day! Royal Match features: • A new unique taste in match-3 levels with amusing obstacles and fun levels! • Collect loads of coins in bonus levels! • Lots of powerful boosters await for you to unlock them! • Open amazing chests to win magnificent rewards! • Restore the Royal Castle into an amazing and wonderful place! • Explore the new rooms, royal chambers, splendid gardens, and many more exciting areas!
Candy Drop
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Welcome to Candy Drop! Control a candy ball falling non-stop down a spinning tower full of platforms. Dodge the red danger zones, land on green bonus zones, and get as far as you can through thousands of levels. FEATURES - Over 10,000 levels with increasing difficulty - Customize your ball with dozens of candy skins - Special power-ups: magnet, shield, x2 coins, slow motion and freeze - Achievements to unlock as you play - Add friends, join groups and compete in challenges - Daily rewards and chests - Level up and beat your high score An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master arcade game, perfect for quick sessions any time of day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Royal Match at none against Candy Drop's shown. Royal Match also leads on chart position (#2 vs unranked). Candy Drop's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Royal Match sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Drop sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Royal Match ships an update fortnightly, Candy Drop daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Royal Match | Candy Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.9M ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 319 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dream Games | Cristina Duart Alvarez de Cienfuegos |
Bugs and requests
Royal Match
Reported bugs
3 issues- Coins disappearing without explanation
- Game freezing/crashing on certain levels
- Inconsistent power-up behavior
Requested features
4 requests- More 'save the king' type levels
- Option to save/use power-ups for later
- Ability to earn more coins through gameplay
- Faster lives regeneration or more ways to get lives
Candy Drop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Royal Match
- Tiny Concept Offer$0.99
- Mini Coin Package$1.99
- Mini Offer$2.99
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- Mini Concept Offer$2.99
- Small Offer$4.99
- Duke's Treasure$5.99
- Normal Concept Offer$6.99
- Royal Favor$6.99
- Small Coin Package$7.99
- Prince's Treasure$9.99
- Royal Pass$9.99
- Queen's Treasure$19.99
Candy Drop
- Extra Life$0.99
- Pack of 5 · Magnet$0.99
- Pack of 5 · Shield$0.99
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- Pack of 5 · x2 Coins$0.99
- Pack of 5 · Slow Motion$0.99
- Pack of 5 · Freeze$0.99
- 30-day pass$4.99







