Comparison

Castle Raid! vs Parlor

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

Head to head
About

Castle Raid!

Control your army by cutting grass and conquer enemy castles. Engage in interactive battles with impressive 3D graphics and strategically upgrade your forces to dominate the battlefield. Experience a unique blend of strategy and action.

Highlights
  • Interactive cutting gameplay
  • Army control through grass cutting
  • Castle raiding mechanics
  • Enemy battles
  • Army upgrades
  • 3D graphics
Features
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Cut the grass to control your army and battle the enemies to raid their castles! - Interactive cutting gameplay - 3D graphics - Upgrade your army

About

Parlor

Features
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Parlor turns any group text into game night. Pick a game, make your move, and it lands in the chat as a message - your friend taps it to play theirs. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. The whole game travels inside your texts. FIVE GAMES AT LAUNCH CHAIN LETTER - A 90-second word duel. Drag through letters to chain words while the tiles stack up. Your rival gets the exact same board - and your junk-tile attacks land on their stack. YETI RUN - Ski the same mountain as your rival. Carve around trees, rocks, and snowmen at ever-increasing speed while the yeti closes in from behind. One wipeout ends the run. Ski past their flag to win. FLOTILLA - Naval battle, one salvo per text. Hide your fleet on an 8x8 grid, then hunt theirs shot by shot. Direct hits, sunken ships, and bragging rights. CORNHOLE - Eight bags, shared wind. Flick for the hole: 3 points in, 1 on the board. Your rival throws into the same gusts. TIC-TAC-TOE - The classic, one move per text. HOW IT WORKS Open the Messages app, tap the plus button, and pick Parlor. Choose a game and play your turn - it sends as a message. Timed games are fair by design: both players face the identical board, mountain, or wind. Turn games enforce whose move it is. Play a quick round with your group chat rival, your sibling, or that friend who thinks they are unbeatable at naval battle. The rematch is always one text away.

Screenshots

Castle Raid!4 screens
Parlor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Parlor at none against Castle Raid!'s 10. Parlor also leads on ads (none vs shown). Castle Raid!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Castle Raid! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Parlor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Castle Raid! versus Parlor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle Raid!Parlor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (80K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings80K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB4 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperVoodooRishi Madhok

Bugs and requests

Castle Raid!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes at level 119
  • Upgrade/purchase issues
  • Progress loss after updates
  • Inability to progress past certain levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level variety
  • Faster raid/battle speed option
  • Better progression system
  • Improved castle/upgrade functionality
  • More detailed graphics

Parlor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Castle Raid!

One-time10
  • Small pack of coins$0.99
  • Unlock Fire Power$1.99
  • Unlock Water Power$1.99
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  • Unlock Wind Power$1.99
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Medium Pack of Coins$4.99
  • Unlock all powers$9.99
  • Premium Pass$9.99
  • No Ads bundle$13.99
  • Large Pack of Coins$14.99
None

Parlor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Castle Raid! free?
Castle Raid! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Parlor free?
Parlor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Castle Raid! or Parlor have ads?
Castle Raid! shows ads; Parlor does not.

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