Coffee Inc 2 vs Magic Research 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coffee Inc 2
Build a global coffee empire from a small cafe. Manage employees, develop products, run marketing campaigns, and expand into major cities worldwide. Compete with rivals and prove yourself as the ultimate coffee entrepreneur.
- Build a global coffee empire
- Manage employees and finances
- Develop new coffee products
- Expand into real-world cities
- Customize store interiors and exteriors
- Enter the plantation and investment business
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Coffee Inc 2 - Build Your Global Coffee Empire Coffee Inc 2 is the next generation of the hit business simulation game. Start as the founder of a small cafe and grow into a world-class coffee empire. From brewing your first blend to managing thousands of employees, every decision is in your hands. Hire and inspire great talent, develop new products, run marketing campaigns, manage your finances, and expand into major cities around the world. Compete with rival shops, dominate new markets, and prove yourself as the ultimate coffee entrepreneur. What’s New in Coffee Inc 2 • Expand into real-world cities: San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Sydney, and Seattle. • Play globally with multiple currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, and GBP. • Customize store interiors, exteriors, and equipment - or design your own layouts. • Set menus and pricing, and create brand-new coffee products. • Run smarter marketing campaigns, from local promotions to city-wide brand awareness drives. • Hire staff, keep them happy, and delegate daily operations to store managers. • Handle unexpected incidents from both employees and customers. • Build offices and create departments in HR, Finance, Marketing, Products, Engineering, Executive, and Investment. • Track detailed financials with income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports. • Develop online services and apps to expand beyond the cafe walls. • Hire C-level executives like COO, CFO, CTO, and CMO - and reward them with stock options. • Hold board meetings, set executive compensation, and decide on dividends. • Work with investment banks to pursue IPOs and acquisitions. • Enter the plantation business: grow your own coffee beans, manage harvests, and control quality from farm to cup. • Diversify into real estate and stock markets through your investment division. • Keep personal wealth separate from company wealth. • Save and sync your progress across devices with iCloud. • Always ad-free.
Magic Research 2
Embark on a magical quest as a rookie wizard to find or create the Philosopher's Stone. Utilize over 120 spells, transmute hundreds of items, and lead a team of wizards in a semi-automated combat system. Explore dozens of areas, uncover secrets, and experience over 60 hours of gameplay.
- Over 120 distinct spells
- Transmute over 250 items
- Control a team of wizards
- Semi-automated combat system
- Explore dozens of areas
- Discover secrets and storylines
- Retirement bonuses for faster progress
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Experience the long-awaited sequel to Magic Research! In Magic Research 2, you are a rookie wizard with a single ambition: to find or create the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary magical item that is said to be able to cure any illness. As you do so, you will learn more than you ever imagined about Magic and about the world around you. What kinds of adventures await you? * Use your arsenal of more than 120 distinct spells to make progress * Study the Elements! Learn new ways to use Magic in your path to mastery * Transmute (magically craft) over 250 different items to help you on your journey * Control a team of Wizards that will cast Spells for you * Enjoy a deep, semi-automated combat system as you make your way through dozens of areas to explore * Discover tons of secrets - many of which will change the way you play the game! * Encounter over a hundred distinct Storylines with powerful bonuses along your journey * Restart the game and make progress faster each time with retirement bonuses * Over 60 hours of addictive gameplay - with a clear ending! (Or perhaps more than one...?) * Optimized both for phones and tablet devices You do not need to have played Magic Research in order to enjoy Magic Research 2!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Magic Research 2 at none against Coffee Inc 2's 6. Magic Research 2 also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (82% vs 69%). Coffee Inc 2's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 118) and price ($2.99 vs $4.69). On rating, ads, chart position 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
Coffee Inc 2 costs $2.99 and Magic Research 2 $4.69 up front. Coffee Inc 2 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Magic Research 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Coffee Inc 2 against 4.8 for Magic Research 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Inc 2 has 2.5K ratings behind it against 118, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Coffee Inc 2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Magic Research 2's.
Coffee Inc 2 ships an update every 6 weeks, Magic Research 2 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee Inc 2 | Magic Research 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.69 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) | 4.8 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 118 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #22 | #11 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 412 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Side Labs LLC | Matias Ezequiel Colotto |
Customer experience
Coffee Inc 2
Magic Research 2
User reviews
Coffee Inc 2
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Brilliant game
- 🚀 Piece of art
- 👍 Great game but some improvements would be fantastic
- 👍 Great game just missing sound
- 👍 Love this game so much
Room to improve
- 🐛 Does not work
- 🐛 Terrible
- 🐛 Waste of $3
- 🐛 Forced bankruptcy
- 🐛 Terrible
Magic Research 2
From 118 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic sequel, better than the first
- 👍 Incredible sense of progression
- 💡 Fun build types, best in genre
- 👍 Incremental masterclass, gold standard
- 👍 True semi-idle masterpiece
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely complicated, tedious timers
- 🐛 UI is absolutely atrocious
- 🐛 Time pieces cap out at 100k
- 🐛 UI issues, not easy to navigate
- 🐛 Sorting doesn't sort exactly as wanted
Bugs and requests
Coffee Inc 2
Reported bugs
7 issues- Does not work
- Terrible
- Waste of $3
- Forced bankruptcy
- Terrible
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- Waste of $3
- Forced bankruptcy
Requested features
14 requests- Great game but some improvements would be fantastic
- AMAZING GAME, but Dev please read!
- Things to add in my opinion
- How to make it amazing
- I need a Chief Lobbying Officer
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- Great game but some improvements would be fantastic
- AMAZING GAME, but Dev please read!
- Things to add in my opinion
- How to make it amazing
- I need a Chief Lobbying Officer
- Suggestion
- Enjoyable but would love to see some updates
- Suggestion
- Enjoyable but would love to see some updates
Magic Research 2
Reported bugs
6 issues- App instantly crashes on open
- Game crashes on startup
- App started rapidly pushing buttons on its own
- Overheating phone
- Lags and gets choppy in the late game
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- Compendium doesn't unlock for bosses unless already beat
Requested features
9 requests- DLC or sequel news
- macOS version
- Better automation and convenience features
- Tweak familiar search time down
- Release the next one
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- More Please
- Auto fight boss button
- Compendium unlocks bosses before beating them
- Less dialogue and descriptions, more functional text
In-app purchases
Coffee Inc 2
- Private Jet$0.99
- Custom Interior$0.99
- Real Estate Expansion$1.99
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- Venture Expansion$1.99
- Sports Expansion$1.99
- Auction Expansion$1.99
Magic Research 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Coffee Inc 2 free?
Is Magic Research 2 free?
Which has better reviews, Coffee Inc 2 or Magic Research 2?
Do Coffee Inc 2 or Magic Research 2 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Coffee Inc 2 or Magic Research 2?
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