Comparison

Farm Story™ vs Spellbinders

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

Head to head
About

Farm Story™

Cultivate a vibrant farm by planting over 150 varieties of crops, raising animals, and designing your dream landscape. Connect with friends, visit their farms, and share your creations. Enjoy regular free updates with new content.

Highlights
  • Plant over 150 varieties of fruits, veggies, and flowers
  • Design and decorate farm with trees, fences, and buildings
  • Visit and interact with neighbors' farms
  • Share farm photos on social media
  • Receive weekly free content updates
  • Raise farm animals
Features
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** Farm Story™ reached Top 1 in the App Store. ** Welcome to Farm Story™ where you and your friends can grow fruits, raise farm animals, and decorate the most beautiful farms! Farm Story™ includes FREE updates with new fruits, decorations, animals, and more every week! FEATURES: - Plant over 150 varieties of delicious fruits, veggies, and beautiful flowers. - Design and decorate your farm with trees, fences, and buildings. - Visit real neighbors to watch their crops grow. - Take pictures of your farm and share them with your friends on Facebook. - FREE updates with new fruits, flowers, trees, buildings, decorations, animals, and more every week! - It's FREE! Please note: Farm Story™ is an online game. Your device must have an active internet connection to play. Please note that Farm Story™ is free to play, but you can purchase in-app items with real money. To delete this feature, on your device go to Settings Menu -> General -> Restrictions option. You can then simply turn off In-App Purchases under "Allowed Content". In addition, Farm Story™ may link to social media services, such as Facebook, and Storm8 will have access to your information through such services. Follow Storm8 www.storm8.com facebook.com/storm8 twitter.com/storm8

About

Spellbinders

Engage in real-time strategy battles as a Spellbinder, commanding armies and casting spells. Choose a Titan, deploy minions, and awaken ancient units to defeat opponents. Climb weekly leagues for ultimate glory.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy MOBA for mobile
  • Command armies of minions and sorcery
  • Battle with a roster of mighty Titans
  • Awaken powerful Ancient units
  • Compete in weekly leagues
Features
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For eons, the Titans have fought for fame, glory, and bragging rights in an eternal struggle. As a Spellbinder, YOU control the battlefield. Choose a Titan, command an army of fearless minions and dust off your favorite spell book. Awaken powerful Ancient units from their slumber to tip the scales of war. Devise the perfect strategy and lay siege to your opponent’s base. The lines are drawn, the cannons are loaded and the battle has begun. Lead your Titan to victory - by any spells necessary! Features: - MOBA made for mobile: Short and intense strategy bursts in real-time - Battle with an ever-expanding roster of mighty Titans - Command an army of minions and game-changing sorcery - Dive into deceptively deep gameplay that rewards practice and tactical skill - Climb the ranks in the weekly leagues and take home the grand trophy By Kiloo and Funday Factory An internet connection is required to play.

Screenshots

Farm Story™4 screens
Spellbinders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Farm Story™ at none against Spellbinders's shown. Farm Story™ also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 62%) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 754). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Farm Story™ sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spellbinders sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spellbinders holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farm Story™ has 4.8K ratings behind it against 754, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Farm Story™'s written reviews are positive against 62% of Spellbinders's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farm Story™ ships an update every 2 months, Spellbinders monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Farm Story™ versus Spellbinders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarm Story™Spellbinders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4.8K ratings)4.2 (754 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better62.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.8K — better754
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB180 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStorm8 StudiosKiloo

Customer experience

Farm Story™

All ratings4,845 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews1,983 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.2%

Spellbinders

All ratings756 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews1,035 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative28.2%

User reviews

Farm Story™

From 4.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💗 Enjoyable and relaxing
  • 🌍 Ability to interact with players globally
  • 🌱 Creativity in farm design

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🛑 Lack of updates and new content
  • 🔍 Difficulty in obtaining resources (gems, coins)

Spellbinders

From 754 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive
  • 💎 Unique strategy elements
  • 🎨 Great graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and disconnections
  • 🤖 Suspected bot opponents
  • 🤑 Progression feels grindy
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Bugs and requests

Farm Story™

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Connectivity issues causing lost progress
  • Unintended in-app purchases due to UI issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update the game to be compatible with newer iOS versions
  • Add more crops, animals, and decorative items
  • Improve the harvesting and planting process (e.g., batch planting/harvesting)

Spellbinders

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when collecting first ancient token
  • Resolution not optimized for newer devices
  • Frequent connection timeouts and errors

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode to play against friends
  • Improve matchmaking and ranking system
  • Introduce more variety in units and titans
  • Provide offline play option
  • Increase rewards and currency earn rates

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Farm Story™

One-time10
  • 24 Gems$3.99
  • 24 Gems$4.99
  • 50 Gems$6.99
Show 7 more
  • 50 Gems$7.99
  • 50 Gems$9.99
  • 105 Gems$11.99
  • 105 Gems$13.99
  • 105 Gems$15.99
  • 105 Gems$19.99
  • 275 Gems$49.99
8 purchases

Spellbinders

One-time8
  • Stack of Coins$4.99
  • Stack of Runes$4.99
  • Bag of Coins$19.99
Show 5 more
  • Bag of Runes$19.99
  • Pot of Coins$49.99
  • Pot of Runes$49.99
  • Chest of Coins$99.99
  • Chest of Runes$99.99

Questions

Is Farm Story™ free?
Farm Story™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spellbinders free?
Spellbinders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Farm Story™ or Spellbinders?
Spellbinders is rated higher. Farm Story™ averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4.8K ratings, while Spellbinders averages 4.2 from 754 ratings.
Do Farm Story™ or Spellbinders have ads?
Spellbinders shows ads; Farm Story™ does not.
Which is updated more often, Farm Story™ or Spellbinders?
Farm Story™ ships an update every 2 months, and Spellbinders monthly. Most recently, Farm Story™ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spellbinders on October 22, 2026.

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