Comparison

Magic Research vs Hamster Pouch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Hamster Pouch

A simple, one-touch clicker game where you aim to beat your own high scores by collecting unique hamsters. Enjoy quick or long play sessions with optimized performance and offline access.

Highlights
  • One-touch gameplay
  • 100+ unique hamsters
  • Endless high score challenges
  • Quick play sessions
  • Offline play
  • Optimized performance
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Hamster Pouch is a one-touch game about beating an ever-growing high score. Its a simple game that you can play when you're waiting in line, before your class or shift starts, in the bathroom, literally anywhere. (but not while driving, don't do that.) It's my first mobile game as an indie developer, so I do have to charge a bit of pocket change for it, but it'll be worth it. Why will it "be worth it"...? • Pure, satisfying one-touch gameplay • 100+ unique hamsters with their own high-score star values • Quick runs or long plays, there's endless “one more try”. You can literally play this game for 30 seconds. • No ads or in-app purchases, ever. You pay once, and thats that. • Play offline anytime • Optimized for butter smooth performance and low battery use How it works: • Each hamster has a star value (its personal high score) • Your pouch tracks each hamster type's star high score. • Tap to roll a hamster with a star value, and try to push past your best and win a better hamster • Miss the mark? Roll again instantly Got feedback? I’ll be listening: see the attached Support URL.

Screenshots

Magic Research4 screens
Hamster Pouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Magic Research at 186 against Hamster Pouch's 4. Magic Research also leads on chart position (#142 vs unranked). Hamster Pouch's advantage is price ($1.00 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Magic Research costs $3.99 and Hamster Pouch $1.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Magic Research against 4.8 for Hamster Pouch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Research has 186 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Magic Research's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hamster Pouch's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Magic Research versus Hamster Pouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic ResearchHamster Pouch
Price$3.99$1.00 — better
Rating4.7 (186 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB67 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMatias Ezequiel ColottoSam Washburn

Customer experience

Magic Research

All ratings188 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.9%

Hamster Pouch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Hamster Pouch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Magic Research

No in-app purchases

None

Hamster Pouch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Research free?
Magic Research costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hamster Pouch free?
Hamster Pouch costs $1.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic Research or Hamster Pouch?
Hamster Pouch is rated higher. Magic Research averages 4.7 out of 5 from 186 ratings, while Hamster Pouch averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Magic Research or Hamster Pouch have ads?
Neither Magic Research nor Hamster Pouch shows ads.

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