Magic Research vs WidgetEgg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Research
Lead a new magic institution to discover the secrets of magic and achieve fame. Research spells, build your campus, manage staff, and uncover hidden storylines to win the Tournament of Magic. Enjoy a complete game experience with no ads.
- Cast over 100 spells
- Research magic in various schools
- Build and manage campus
- Manage researchers and apprentices
- Discover hidden features and storylines
- Retirement bonuses for faster progress
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In Magic Research, you are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic with one goal: to learn as much as possible about this power and get enough fame to be able to compete, and win, the prestigious competition of schools: the Tournament of Magic. But what will you discover along the way? * Cast over a hundred different spells with various effects * Research magic in various magical schools to discover new, surprising ways to use this power * Accumulate resources and build the school campus * Manage a team of researchers and apprentices to lead your school to fame * Discover tons of hidden new features - when will you unlock the next one? * Find over eight dozen secret storylines with permanent, game-altering effects * Restart the game and make faster progress each time with retirement bonuses * Optimized both for iPhone and iPad * No ads! This is the full, complete game. You can transfer save data from the demo by using the Export / Import Save feature available in both the demo and in the full game.
WidgetEgg
Monitor your Egg, Inc. progress with convenient widgets. See active missions, fueling status, contract stats, and your profile at a glance. Receive launch notifications to avoid missing opportunities.
- View active and fueling missions
- Home screen widgets
- Launch notifications
- Contract stats and goals
- Profile and stats overview
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View your Egg, Inc.¹ stats at a glance! - Check active and fueling missions on home and virtue farms - Get notified when you've forgotten to hit launch - View your contracts' stats and goals - Get an overview of your own profile and stats [1]WidgetEgg is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Auxbrain, Inc. All trademarks, service marks, and logos pertaining to Egg, Inc are the exclusive property of Auxbrain, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WidgetEgg at Free against Magic Research's $3.99. WidgetEgg also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Magic Research's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#128 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
WidgetEgg is free to download; Magic Research costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WidgetEgg holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Magic Research's written reviews are positive against 100% of WidgetEgg's.
Magic Research ships an update every 4 days, WidgetEgg every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Research | WidgetEgg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (188 ratings) | 5.0 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #128 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matias Ezequiel Colotto | Tyler Smith |
Customer experience
Magic Research
WidgetEgg
Bugs and requests
Magic Research
Reported bugs
8 issues- On new iPhones, switching away and back causes UI unresponsiveness
- Text running off the page, preventing interaction with buttons
- Wood resource counting backwards
- Becoming stunned for a full minute, unable to act
- Bosses running away from fights
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- Exploration difficulty jump
- UI layout issues on iPad Pro (long scrolling panels, cut-off inventory views, difficult spell favorite scrolling, useless event panel)
- Text pages not scrolling, making discoveries unreadable
Requested features
12 requests- Add background music
- Add Chinese language support
- Make monsters pixelated
- Adjustable times for apprentice auto-casting
- Display monstium collection counter during exploration
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- Allow apprentices to auto-craft potions
- Make the game accessible to the blind
- Add a way to start further into dungeons
- Automate crafting
- Improve quality of crafted items (armor, weapons)
- Add a 'Magic Smithing' school
- Allow players to avoid or cure silence effects
WidgetEgg
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Research
No in-app purchases
WidgetEgg
No in-app purchases
