Comparison

Speed Dating for Ghosts vs Witch Arcana

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

Head to head
About

Speed Dating for Ghosts

Engage in unique conversations with a variety of ghosts, exploring their past lives and deaths. Help them find peace through dialogue choices that can lead to romantic connections or unsettling encounters. This narrative-driven game blends horror, comedy, and heartfelt moments.

Highlights
  • Converse with diverse ghosts
  • Explore afterlife relationships
  • Learn ghost backstories
  • Make dialogue choices
  • Experience horror and comedy
  • Minimalist art style
Features
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Best Indie Game 2018 - Rue Morgue Magazine Excellence in Narrative 2019 (Honorable Mention) - Independent Games Festival Have you ever wanted to have deep, meaningful conversations with a smoldering poltergeist who terrorizes rich men in Vegas? How about a ghost dog looking for his owner? Or maybe you'd rather rob a bank? Ghosts are into all sorts of things. Part horror, part comedy, and kinda sorta heartbreaking, Speed Dating for Ghosts is a game like no other about finding companionship and closure in the afterlife. Meet more than a dozen ghosts of oh so many backgrounds, genders, and time periods, drawn in a minimalist style to complement the wide range of conversations these wayward souls bring to the table. Learn how each ghost died, as well as how they lived, then help them find peace... if they like you enough to open up first. Based on what you say and how you say it, some dates may turn ugly. Not everyone gets along, even in the afterlife. For the first time on iOS, you can date Gary, Hattie, Kyo, and so many other spooky customers on the bus, on the couch, in a library, wherever you take your device!

About

Witch Arcana

Embark on a magical journey in a world threatened by darkness. Engage in strategic combat, recruit powerful heroes, and build your arcane kingdom. Make choices that shape your story and rise to become a legend in this blend of adventure and real-time strategy.

Highlights
  • Choose your House and unlock unique powers
  • Explore an open world with magical creatures
  • Recruit and ally with diverse characters
  • Complete quests and build your campus
  • Engage in real-time strategy PvP battles
  • Master magic cards and summon beasts
  • Participate in tournaments and raids
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A portal opens - forbidden darkness spills forth. The magical world of Witch Arcana awakens, needing your power. Embark on an unforgettable journey full of enchanting characters, choices and stories - not to forget strategy! Adventure games meets RTS Strategy with just the right amount of witchcraft and wizardry! Meet exciting characters with unique personalities that match their unique narrative storylines as much as their retro chic outfits! It's sorcery meets style or vintage fashion meets fantasy! Become part of their next chapter by joining forces against your enemies in this visually stunning adventure game. The world of Dwimmer and Wake Hollow is, after all, where Heroes come to survive - we mean play! Definitely play...or maybe slay. Solve the mystery of the dark rift portals and who is behind their nefarious schemes to engulf the vast world of the Arcane in darkness! Start the day with spells or potion class and end with becoming champion of a witch or wizard's war! Did someone say spell royale..? The Arcane possibilities are endless. FEATURES of Witch Arcana - Magic School CHOOSE your House sprung from the great Chimera. Awaken yourself to your House specific powers - unlocking your House's forbidden secrets to your advantage! DISCOVER an enchanted realtime, open world map filled with magical rift beasts, mythical monsters and dark rift creatures. RECRUIT witches, wizards, sorcerers, summoners and every form of hero or heroine in the book! Forge immortal friendships and heroic alliances with these characters to learn their unique stories. COMPLETE perilous Quests to gain mystic realm treasures issued by a powerful yet shadowy headmaster who runs the school with an unknown, mystery agenda. BUILD up your Campus to be the best arcane kingdom or sorcerers castle in the entire Magic School. Run your enchanted empire to one day rule above all! RISE to the challenge and through the Leaderboard ranks with dynamic Event schedules! Your strategy game better be as elite as your grades to rise above the competition. We're talking SLG style Events combined with 4x level of gameplay! MASTER the might and magic of the Arcana! Upgrade your magic card game - SUMMON powerful, mythical rift beasts to aid you in your Quests as you battle enemy classmates, forming rivalries in a vast, worldwide multiplayer PvP arena map. DUEL other players in intense wand versus wand showdowns or form powerful classmate Clubs and Alliances to upgrade your PvP battle tactics. ENTER Tournaments with evolving PVP mechanics such as magical Lethality ensuring this magic wizard MMO will constantly challenge your skills! BATTLE fantastic beasts inspired by dark forbidden myths then experience challenging RAIDS, clashing with dangerous Fury titans for magical treasure loot! MEET people from around the world, full of character, to form real relationships! Who knows, maybe LOVE spells aren't needed if you form romances with allies... Become a student of LEGEND! May they write YOUR immortal name upon the scrolls of Witch Arcana for an eternity! Join our Discord for support and to share feedback! Discord - https://discord.gg/pvB7stxJ5M Instagram - Coming Soon! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WitchArcana Website - https://www.witcharcana.com For more information: Terms of Use: https://www.witcharcana.com/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://www.witcharcana.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Speed Dating for Ghosts4 screens
Witch Arcana4 screens

Verdict

The call

Speed Dating for Ghosts and Witch Arcana both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Speed Dating for Ghosts's written reviews are positive against 42% of Witch Arcana's. Speed Dating for Ghosts also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Witch Arcana's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 133). On rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Witch Arcana is free to download; Speed Dating for Ghosts costs $2.99 up front. Witch Arcana sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Speed Dating for Ghosts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Speed Dating for Ghosts against 4.7 for Witch Arcana. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Witch Arcana has 1.9K ratings behind it against 133, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Speed Dating for Ghosts's written reviews are positive against 42% of Witch Arcana's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speed Dating for Ghosts ships an update every 2 weeks, Witch Arcana every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Speed Dating for Ghosts versus Witch Arcana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeed Dating for GhostsWitch Arcana
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (133 ratings)4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better42.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1331.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB627 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCopychaser Games Inc.A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd.

Customer experience

Speed Dating for Ghosts

All ratings133 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.5%

Witch Arcana

All ratings1,870 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative44.4%

User reviews

Speed Dating for Ghosts

From 133 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Heartwarming and emotional stories
  • 🎨 Unique and cute art style
  • 😂 Fantastic comedy and humor
  • 🎭 Well-written and deep characters
  • 💡 Original and unique gameplay concept

Room to improve

  • 😴 Boring for some users
  • 💰 Too expensive for the content
  • ⏳ Too short, finished quickly
  • 🤷‍♀️ Unclear objectives or strategy for some
  • 🤏 Lacking substance for some

Witch Arcana

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful art style
  • 🤝 Friendly and supportive community
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 💰 Heavily pay-to-win
  • 🕰️ Slow progression for free-to-play players
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🗣️ Toxic chat/player behavior

Bugs and requests

Speed Dating for Ghosts

Requested features

6 requests
  • Make a part 2 or add more content
  • Allow dating one of the ghosts
  • More things to do with ghosts for longer
  • More dialogue and dates with characters
  • Updates with more characters and dates
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  • Design your own ghost, story, etc.

Witch Arcana

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Glitches with map and UI elements
  • Issues with resource gathering and progression

Requested features

3 requests
  • More customization options
  • Improved tutorial and onboarding
  • Better balance between free-to-play and paid content

In-app purchases

None

Speed Dating for Ghosts

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Witch Arcana

One-time9
  • Witch Arcana Ultra Value Pack2 variants$1.99
  • Handful of Gems$4.99
  • Glittering Gold Level 1$4.99
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  • Wondrous Wood Level 1$4.99
  • Energy Magica!$4.99
  • Pile of Gems$9.99
  • Small Downday Promo$9.99
  • Grand Slaying Energy$9.99
  • Cache of Gems$19.99

Questions

Is Speed Dating for Ghosts free?
Speed Dating for Ghosts costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Witch Arcana free?
Witch Arcana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speed Dating for Ghosts or Witch Arcana?
Witch Arcana is rated higher. Speed Dating for Ghosts averages 4.6 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Witch Arcana averages 4.7 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Speed Dating for Ghosts or Witch Arcana have ads?
Witch Arcana shows ads; Speed Dating for Ghosts does not.
Which is updated more often, Speed Dating for Ghosts or Witch Arcana?
Speed Dating for Ghosts ships an update every 2 weeks, and Witch Arcana every 5 weeks. Most recently, Speed Dating for Ghosts was updated on November 7, 2026 and Witch Arcana on November 7, 2026.

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