Table Trenches vs Alchemy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Table Trenches
Transform your surroundings into a tactical battlefield with this augmented reality game. Scan any surface to deploy units, capture objectives, and outmaneuver opponents in real-time combat. Choose from unique commanders and units to achieve victory.
- Augmented reality battlefield
- Local multiplayer battles
- Scan any surface to play
- 12 unique units with abilities
- 4 distinct commanders
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In Table Trenches, your table transforms into the battlefield! Grab a friend, scan your space, and battle it out, wherever you are. You’ll deploy your forces, capture towers, and fight to the last in this real-time tactics game, designed for AR. Smash the enemy with Logan's mighty walkers, or melt their towers to the ground with Mei's devastating flame tank - the choice is yours. The player with the most towers left standing will win the day! With Table Trenches, you’ll bring virtual tactics into your real world. FEATURES: • Scan your table, couch, or floor to put the game in your world • Battle against your friends in local multiplayer • 12 unique units, each with their own powerful abilities • 4 different commanders, each with their own special unit
Alchemy
Combine basic elements like air, water, fire, and earth to discover new ones. Each merge presents a unique puzzle, allowing you to create over 600 elements. Enjoy this offline puzzle game with beautiful design and intuitive one-handed gameplay.
- Discover over 600 elements
- Offline gameplay
- Beautiful design and effects
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Supports 12 languages
- Free hints available
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Start your journey with four basic elements: air, water, fire, earth. Each combination is a small puzzle of two or three elements. Feel like an alchemist and unlock all the elements! Game features: - Over 600 elements. - Play offline, without the internet. - Beautiful design and effects. - Intuitive one-handed gameplay. - Language selection. Play in one of the 12 available languages. - Get free hints every few hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alchemy at Free against Table Trenches's $1.99. Alchemy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Table Trenches's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Alchemy is free to download; Table Trenches costs $1.99 up front. Alchemy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Table Trenches asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alchemy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alchemy has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Table Trenches's written reviews are positive against 75% of Alchemy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Table Trenches ships an update every 5 weeks, Alchemy every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Table Trenches | Alchemy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 358 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DB Creations, Inc | Serhii Bobrovnik |
Customer experience
Table Trenches
Alchemy
In-app purchases
Table Trenches
No in-app purchases
Alchemy
- Pirates$0.99
- Myths & Gods$0.99
- Drinks$1.99
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- Sport$1.99
- 5 hints$1.99
- NO ADS$2.99
- 10 hints$2.99
- 30 hints$5.99
- 60 hints$8.99
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