Idle Rancher vs Witch Makes Potions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Rancher
Become a wealthy alpaca rancher by starting your own farm. Discover new crops, earn coins, and build a vast ranch empire. Manage your farm to produce delicious treats and upgrade your facilities.
- Start your own alpaca ranch
- Discover and plant various crops
- Earn coins and upgrade your ranch
- Produce delicious ice cream and treats
- Build the biggest ranch empire
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Are you ready to become the wealthiest rancher in the farming games world? In Idle Rancher you are a super cute alpaca rancher. Start your own ranch, discover new crops, earn coins and build the biggest ranch empire in the universe! Manage your ranch and plant a variety of funny crops to make delicious ice cream, improve your productivity and upgrade your ranch. What do you feel like planting today? Yummy avocados? Fluffy cats? Scrumptious macaroons? Find all of them and many more and become the wealthiest rancher!
Witch Makes Potions
Embark on a magical journey as a budding witch establishing her potion business. Cultivate herbs, craft mystical brews, and serve eager customers to earn coins. Use your profits to enhance your shop with charming decorations and expand your entrepreneurial dreams.
- Grow herbs
- Brew potions
- Sell to customers
- Earn money
- Unlock shop decorations
- Upgrade shop
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A little witch dreams of opening a potion shop and expanding her potion business. This simple, time-killing game lets you grow herbs, brew potions, and sell them to customers. Earn money to unlock and upgrade decorations for your shop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Witch Makes Potions at 4.9 against Idle Rancher's 3.3. Witch Makes Potions also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 42%) and ratings volume (526 vs 60). Idle Rancher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Witch Makes Potions sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Rancher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Witch Makes Potions holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Witch Makes Potions has 526 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Idle Rancher's written reviews are positive against 84% of Witch Makes Potions's.
Idle Rancher ships an update every 5 days, Witch Makes Potions every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Rancher | Witch Makes Potions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (60 ratings) | 4.9 (526 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 526 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | REALITY SQUARED GAME CO., LIMITED | Tle7 |
Customer experience
Idle Rancher
Witch Makes Potions
User reviews
Idle Rancher
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Adorable art style
- 😊 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💡 Interesting trivia questions
- ✨ Cute food designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads not working
- 🐛 Videos not playable
- 🐛 Chest screen unclosable
- 🐛 Game softlocks
- 🐛 Progress lost after crash
Witch Makes Potions
From 526 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute and simple game
- 🚀 Relaxing gameplay loop
- 💡 Optional ads for boosts
- 🔒 No forced ads
- 👍 Affordable in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Progression issues (recipes not unlocking, bugs with potion making)
- 💡 Lack of customization options (witch, shop)
- 💡 Slow progression and tedious grind
- 💡 Limited storage space and upgrades
Bugs and requests
Idle Rancher
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot watch ads to get rewards
- Videos for rewards are not playable
- Cannot exit chest screen after opening
- Game softlocks when opening chests
- Progress lost after app crash/reinstall
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- Lag and performance issues
- Christmas event progression blocked
- Offline earnings feature removed
- Duplicate puzzle pieces issue
- Screen not sized correctly on some devices
- White screen after making ice cream
- Game freezes when using potions/upgrading
- Money display incorrect
- Ice cream making stuck
Requested features
9 requests- Fix ads not working
- Fix chest screen bug
- Add more crops
- Add in-app purchases
- Allow ad rewards without ads
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- Fix potion usage display
- Fix duplicate puzzle pieces
- Fix Christmas event progression
- Fix offline earnings
Witch Makes Potions
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recipes not unlocking
- Issues with potion making
- Pauses and movement problems
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize witch and shop
- More content and updates
- Offline progress or idle mode
- Improved progression and pacing
- More storage space and upgrades
In-app purchases
Idle Rancher
No in-app purchases
Witch Makes Potions
- Chao Miam, the cat.$1.99
- The Mole, Herb keeper.$1.99
- No more ads$2.99
Questions
Is Idle Rancher free?
Is Witch Makes Potions free?
Which has better reviews, Idle Rancher or Witch Makes Potions?
Do Idle Rancher or Witch Makes Potions have ads?
Which is updated more often, Idle Rancher or Witch Makes Potions?
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