Comparison

Little Big Workshop vs Potion Permit

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

Head to head
About

Little Big Workshop

Build and manage your own tabletop factory, creating a wide variety of products from simple to complex. Expand your workshop, unlock new machines, and optimize production lines to satisfy clients and grow your business.

Highlights
  • Build and manage tabletop factories
  • Create over 50 unique product types
  • Design efficient production lines
  • Expand workshop space and unlock machines
  • Manage and care for workers
  • Day/Night cycle simulation
Features
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Imagine a magical factory, appearing right in your living room. A carefully planned masterpiece, where diligent workers throw together anything customers want. Rubber ducks and dressers, drones and electric guitars, scooters and other wonderful goods can be created from many different materials and sold for hard cash – cash you invest right back into your factory to get more machines, more workers and grow your business. In Little Big Workshop you become a factory tycoon! Real factories - made FUN You are the Big Boss and it’s time to take charge of your very own tabletop factory. Organize the factory floor, manage your workers, purchase machinery, and design efficient production lines - all within the time-limit and to your client's satisfaction! An open-ended sandbox-experience Take it easy, it’s a sandbox-experience where you think, ponder and poke at things until you get it to work the way you’d like. Supply products to clients and an ever-changing market, as you produce over 50 unique product types, built from multiple parts and pieces - all of which can be created with different materials and production methods. No two factories should ever look the same. Tiny hands, big dreams Start out with just a small workshop and expand to a desk-filling factory. Unlock ever fancier machines, add even more production methods, and most of all, more room. Soon enough you’ll be running multiple production lines, producing hundreds of advanced products each day, and watching with joy as your cute workers do the actual work. Features: - Varying industries and a wide range of products - Focus on practical problems, not on values, economics, or logistics - Organize all steps of the production on a blueprint - Factories grow as you unlock more desk space - Fully simulated Day/Night-cycle - Take care of your workers! Work them too hard and they drop like flies - Cute model-town art-style

About

Potion Permit

Step into the role of a chemist tasked with healing a town that distrusts modern medicine. Diagnose illnesses, gather ingredients, and brew potions to cure the townsfolk. Build relationships, upgrade the town, and live the life of an apothecary in a charming, colorful world.

Highlights
  • Diagnose and cure illnesses
  • Gather ingredients and brew potions
  • Upgrade buildings and expand areas
  • Build relationships with townsfolk
  • Find love with a sweetheart
  • Team up with a loyal dog
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The town of Moonbury has always been wary of the outside world's medical advances, preferring to rely on its traditional healing methods. However, when the mayor's daughter falls ill and the local witch doctor can do nothing to help her, they are forced to look outside their small community for help. The Medical Association decides to send their most accomplished chemist - you - to help cure the mayor's daughter and convince the residents of Moonbury of the wonders of modern alchemy. Gain their trust and tend to each person when they fall ill in this open-ended sim RPG! FEATURES - Take care of Moonbury’s inhabitants: diagnose their illnesses, gather ingredients and brew potions to cure them. - Heal the town : Upgrade buildings, expand your gathering area and transform the townsfolk’ lives in many ways. - Build relationships with Moonbury’s inhabitants, earn their trust and eventually find love with your chosen sweetheart! - Team up with your loyal dog that follows you wherever you go and helps you in your work. - Relax in a wholesome, colourful world and live the apothecary life you want! CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including pro max) If you run into a problem, please contact us at https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/12-playdigious/ with as much information as possible on the issue.

Screenshots

Little Big Workshop4 screens
Potion Permit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Potion Permit at 4.4 against Little Big Workshop's 4.1. Potion Permit also leads on ratings volume (549 vs 23) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). Little Big Workshop's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and review sentiment (60% vs 40%). On update cadence, 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

Little Big Workshop costs $1.99 and Potion Permit $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Potion Permit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Permit has 549 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Little Big Workshop's written reviews are positive against 40% of Potion Permit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Little Big Workshop versus Potion Permit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittle Big WorkshopPotion Permit
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.1 (23 ratings)4.4 (549 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better40.3% of reviews
Number of ratings23549 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#143 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB477 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHPlaydigious

Customer experience

Little Big Workshop

All ratings23 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Potion Permit

All ratings519 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews402 reviews
Positive40.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative43.0%

Bugs and requests

Little Big Workshop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Potion Permit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to exit certain menus
  • Fishing mini-game not functioning properly
  • Potion quests not triggering correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more customization options for player character
  • Implement a manual save feature
  • Improve performance and reduce crashes

In-app purchases

None

Little Big Workshop

No in-app purchases

None

Potion Permit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Little Big Workshop free?
Little Big Workshop costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potion Permit free?
Potion Permit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Little Big Workshop or Potion Permit?
Potion Permit is rated higher. Little Big Workshop averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Potion Permit averages 4.4 from 549 ratings.
Do Little Big Workshop or Potion Permit have ads?
Neither Little Big Workshop nor Potion Permit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Little Big Workshop or Potion Permit?
Little Big Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Potion Permit every 3 weeks. Most recently, Little Big Workshop was updated on October 25, 2026 and Potion Permit on October 24, 2026.

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