Dungeon Scroll vs Molecano
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dungeon Scroll
Embark on a perilous journey through dungeons by forming words to defeat monsters. This award-winning game combines word puzzles with RPG elements, challenging your vocabulary and quick thinking.
- Form words to defeat monsters
- Journey through 25 dungeons
- Internet global highscores
- Automatic save/resume
- Discover secrets and magic words
- Multiple game modes (Kid, Normal, Wizard)
- Orchestral stereo soundtrack
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"BUY THIS GAME." - Eli Hodapp, admin of touchArcade "If you don’t like word games, this one may actually convert you" - Big Albie “Depending on how you look at it, Dungeon Scroll either takes adventuring/RPG games or Puzzle games where they haven't been before ... Puzzle game of the year” – Game Tunnel (PC version) “With a great combination of real-time play, fantasy motif, and excellent mechanics (and a competent dictionary, I might add), Dungeon Scroll becomes my new favorite word game… Two thumbs up, way up!” – The Underdogs (PC version) "Dungeon Scroll is an amazingly fun little game that really puts your vocabulary and quick-thinking skills through the wringer" - Gamespot (PC version) The award winning game Dungeon Scroll is now fully optimized for play on your iPhone! If a word game and a dungeon crawler had a baby, this would be it. Arrange tiles to create magic words and blast rats, spiders and skeletons. But beware, a great evil looms beneath the depths. Grab your wand and sharpen your intellect for you’re about to embark on a dangerous journey through twenty-five of the most vile dungeons in the realm! Features: • Internet Global Highscore feature including world flags and the most comprehensive game details ever in a word-game! • Automatic save/resume on exit • Secrets and ‘magic words’ for you to find • Kid Mode, Normal, and Wizard game modes • High quality orchestral stereo soundtrack • Created by award winning game designer Seth A. Robinson (Legend Of The Red Dragon, Dink Smallwood, Growtopia)
Molecano
Embark on a word-based adventure to help a mole navigate volcanic landscapes. String words together to create bridges and collect food across challenging lava-filled levels. This unique puzzle game offers a relaxing experience with a cool soundtrack and unlockable characters.
- Unique word puzzle gameplay
- 500+ levels
- Unlockable characters
- Chill soundtrack
- Word-based bridge creation
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Molecano is an all-new word puzzle game from the creator of Dadish! Help Molene the mole explore volcanoes using words as a bridge. String words together so Molene can cross safely and collect all the delicious food strewn across the lava loaded levels. • A unique and challenging word puzzle game • 500 levels, with more to come • From the creator of Dadish and Super Fowlst • Cool characters to unlock • Playing this game will make you smart, probably • A good game for people who know some words • A chill soundtrack • Relax and unwind... in a volcano!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dungeon Scroll at none against Molecano's 1. Dungeon Scroll also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Molecano's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (109 vs 9). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Molecano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dungeon Scroll asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Dungeon Scroll against 4.3 for Molecano. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Molecano has 109 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Dungeon Scroll's written reviews are positive against 85% of Molecano's.
Dungeon Scroll ships an update every 35 months, Molecano every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dungeon Scroll | Molecano |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (109 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 109 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | www.rtsoft.com | Thomas Young |
Customer experience
Dungeon Scroll
Molecano
Bugs and requests
Dungeon Scroll
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Molecano
Reported bugs
8 issues- Level 137 - character won't move after placing letters
- Level 311 - multiple reports of unsolvable/broken level
- Level 339 - reported as extremely difficult/possibly broken
- Level 480 - appears to have no solution
- Level 464 - reported as impossible to pass
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- Early levels (around level 5) - unresponsive words
- Word extension not working consistently
- Hint system not helpful for difficult levels
Requested features
15 requests- More levels beyond level 500
- Larger game map for mobile devices
- Ability to rotate words 360 degrees
- Replay previous completed levels
- Game Center/cloud save compatibility
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- Star rating system for level performance
- Coin rewards based on performance stars
- Cheaper character options (50-100 coins)
- Faster character movement speed
- In-game dictionary function
- Expanded word dictionary validation
- Ability to make intersecting words like Scrabble
- Hint system improvements
- Support for multiple languages
- Special interactive elements (fruits/vegetables)
In-app purchases
Dungeon Scroll
No in-app purchases
Molecano
- Remove Ads$5.99
