Comparison

Alchemy Dungeon vs Riddle Zen

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

Head to head
About

Alchemy Dungeon

Merge items to discover new recipes and explore procedurally generated dungeons. Battle monsters, collect treasures, and use your progress to unlock new characters and powers in this challenging roguelike puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Item merging and recipe discovery
  • Endless dungeon exploration
  • Monster slaying and treasure hunting
  • Unlockable characters, powers, and levels
  • Offline gameplay
  • One-hand operation
Features
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Alchemy Dungeon is a mix of puzzle and roguelike. Your goal is to merge items, discover new recipes, explore endless dungeons, slay monsters and find treasures. Your best scores are used to unlock unique characters, powers, and levels, and the loot you find is used for upgrades. The game is simple to learn but hard to master. It is offline and is designed for one-hand operation.

About

Riddle Zen

Engage your mind with hundreds of unique riddles and brain teasers. Progress through different difficulty levels, unlock plants for your Zen garden, and enjoy a peaceful gameplay experience. Test your knowledge in a timed challenge mode.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of unique riddles
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Zen garden with plant collection
  • Detailed riddle explanations
  • Timed 'Quick Play' mode
  • Peaceful and relaxing theme
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Ready to become the next riddle master? Join Neve in solving a game of riddles and brain teasers. There are hundreds of unique and challenging riddles. It is a good word guessing game for every age group. Features of Riddle Zen: One of nine: - Each riddle comes with 9 possible options with their respective image. - Only 1 of them is correct - After each riddle you get Zen necessary for upgrades Explanations: - Got an answer but unsure why it is that one? - An explanation for all the riddles is provided - At the end of a riddle you have an option to understand why! Modes for everyone: - If you are a veteran with riddles, then there are different options for you. - Each difficulty will affect the way the game is played (Easy, Medium, Hard). Zen garden: - As you progress you will unlock plants that will be required to complete various collections. - Rewards are granted as you get more plants and upgrade them with Zen. Peaceful theme: - The game focuses on peaceful and relaxing tasks like solving riddles and collecting plants. - There's no competition, it's all about savoring the process and finding your own state of Zen while keeping your brain active. Quick Play: - Answer as many riddles as you can within the time limit. - Each correct answer gets you extra time! - One wrong answer and you are done! - Unlocked after solving riddle 40! Additional information: - The game is free to play; however, in-app purchases are available for additional content and in-game currency. - Other than watching rewarded videos no internet or logins are necessary to play the game.

Screenshots

Alchemy Dungeon4 screens
Riddle Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Riddle Zen at 5.0 against Alchemy Dungeon's 4.2. Riddle Zen also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Alchemy Dungeon's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Alchemy Dungeon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Riddle Zen sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Riddle Zen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alchemy Dungeon has 42 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Alchemy Dungeon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Riddle Zen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alchemy Dungeon ships an update every 4 months, Riddle Zen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Alchemy Dungeon versus Riddle Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlchemy DungeonRiddle Zen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (42 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB249 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIvan KhokhlenkovAdmurin Arts

Customer experience

Alchemy Dungeon

All ratings42 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative21.9%

Riddle Zen

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Alchemy Dungeon

One-time4
  • 1000 gold$1.99
  • Turn off ads$2.99
  • 5000 gold$7.99
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  • 15000 gold$19.99
11 purchases

Riddle Zen

One-time11
  • 10 Hearts$0.99
  • Bamboo Plant$0.99
  • Helpful Bundle$1.99
Show 8 more
  • No ads$2.99
  • Ario's Mushy$4.99
  • Calming Bundle$4.99
  • Focused Bundle$9.99
  • Mindful Bundle$19.99
  • Neve's Bundle$19.99
  • Sensei Bundle$39.99
  • Enlightened Bundle$49.99

Questions

Is Alchemy Dungeon free?
Alchemy Dungeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Riddle Zen free?
Riddle Zen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alchemy Dungeon or Riddle Zen?
Riddle Zen is rated higher. Alchemy Dungeon averages 4.2 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Riddle Zen averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Alchemy Dungeon or Riddle Zen have ads?
Both Alchemy Dungeon and Riddle Zen show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alchemy Dungeon or Riddle Zen?
Alchemy Dungeon ships an update every 4 months, and Riddle Zen weekly. Most recently, Alchemy Dungeon was updated on October 29, 2026 and Riddle Zen on October 22, 2026.

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