Comparison

Ancient rune magic in practice vs Fidchell

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

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About

Ancient rune magic in practice

Explore the world of runes with this comprehensive guide. Learn meanings, cast spells for advice or future insights, and save your results. Offers exclusive interpretations and unique features like reversed rune positions.

Highlights
  • Rune studying
  • Four casting methods
  • Save cast results
  • Reversed rune positions
  • Exclusive interpretations
  • Configurable rune usage
Features
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Ultimate guide into the runes world: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV apps in one bundle! The application provides four types of runic divination with the detailed descriptions of rune meanings. The runes will tell you about the past, the present and the future, and also will give an advice about your problems. The application is also perfect for studying runes. A strict compliance with all magical rules makes application predictions highly accurate. Try it, you would be impressed! THE KEY FEATURES: – Runes studying – Casting runes in four different ways: you can ask the runes for an advise, you can foresee your future and find the solutions for your problems. – Save results of your rune casts. – Reversed rune positions; this feature is absent in the most of other applications. – Exclusive rune interpretations and descriptions. – Ability to configure the usage of inverted and repeated runes in casts.

About

Fidchell

Experience an ancient Celtic board game with strategic piece capturing. Play against AI or human opponents offline or online, with two distinct game variants.

Highlights
  • Ancient Celtic board game
  • Piece trapping capture mechanic
  • Two game variants (basic and advanced)
  • Offline play vs AI or human
  • Asynchronous online multiplayer
  • Ad-free option via IAP
Features
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Fidchell, which is also called Faery Chess or Celtic Chess, is an ancient celtic game which was mentioned in multiple Irish epics and chronicles. Under the name of Gwyddbwyll it also appears in the Welsh Mabinogion and seems to have been held in peculiar reverence throughout the British Isles. Faery Chess is what emerged from Nigel Suckling's investigations and speculations about the lost game. The game is played an a board consisting of circles and lines on which the game pieces are placed and can move along. Similar to games like the ancient abstract board game Nine Men's Morris the pieces are first placed onto the board in turn and moved afterwards once all of them have been placed. The capturing of pieces works differently though and is alike to Tafl games: a piece gets captured if a player traps it between two of his own pieces. This even grants him another move with which he may trap another one and so on. The app features two variants of the game: the basic edition which is easier to understand and where both players are treated equally and the advanced version which has different goals for both players. The general goal is to connect the central Naval stone with the border of the board by forming a connected line of stones. This app features both game modes for offline play against a human or the computer/AI and asynchronous online play against humans. The app is ad supported. These ads can be permanently deactivated through an one-time In App Purchase (IAP).

Screenshots

Ancient rune magic in practice4 screens
Fidchell2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fidchell at Free against Ancient rune magic in practice's $5.99. Fidchell also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 36%). Ancient rune magic in practice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Fidchell is free to download; Ancient rune magic in practice costs $5.99 up front. Fidchell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ancient rune magic in practice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ancient rune magic in practice holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient rune magic in practice has 61 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Ancient rune magic in practice's written reviews are positive against 80% of Fidchell's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancient rune magic in practice ships an update every 3 weeks, Fidchell every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

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Ancient rune magic in practice versus Fidchell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAncient rune magic in practiceFidchell
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (61 ratings) — better4.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings61 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB225 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMaxim OrlovskyPhilippe Schober

Customer experience

Ancient rune magic in practice

All ratings61 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative47.6%

Fidchell

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ancient rune magic in practice

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fidchell

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Ancient rune magic in practice free?
Ancient rune magic in practice costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fidchell free?
Fidchell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ancient rune magic in practice or Fidchell?
Ancient rune magic in practice is rated higher. Ancient rune magic in practice averages 4.4 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Fidchell averages 4.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Ancient rune magic in practice or Fidchell have ads?
Fidchell shows ads; Ancient rune magic in practice does not.
Which is updated more often, Ancient rune magic in practice or Fidchell?
Ancient rune magic in practice ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fidchell every 3 months. Most recently, Ancient rune magic in practice was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fidchell on November 3, 2026.

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