Comparison

Oh! Edo Towns vs Potion Permit

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

Head to head
About

Oh! Edo Towns

Build your own samurai town in Edo period Japan. Strategically place buildings to create combos and boost your town's yield. Rewrite history with your unique medieval marvels.

Highlights
  • Build Edo period towns
  • Strategic building placement
  • Create building combos
  • Boost town yield
  • Rewrite history
  • Screen rotation and zoom
Features
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Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan! Your ideal samurai town awaits you! Erect houses, castles, and all manner of medieval marvels with a touch of the finger--rewriting the pages of history as you see fit! Strategically place compatible buildings to make "combos," boosting your Yield to become the best castle town in all the land! ---- Turn your device to rotate the screen, touch to scroll, and pinch to zoom in and out. Supports iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Note: Screen rotation and zoom are only available on iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch 2nd generation and later, and iPad. The game now lets you switch between English and Japanese. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games!

About

Potion Permit

Step into the role of a chemist tasked with healing a town that distrusts modern medicine. Diagnose illnesses, gather ingredients, and brew potions to cure the townsfolk. Build relationships, upgrade the town, and live the life of an apothecary in a charming, colorful world.

Highlights
  • Diagnose and cure illnesses
  • Gather ingredients and brew potions
  • Upgrade buildings and expand areas
  • Build relationships with townsfolk
  • Find love with a sweetheart
  • Team up with a loyal dog
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The town of Moonbury has always been wary of the outside world's medical advances, preferring to rely on its traditional healing methods. However, when the mayor's daughter falls ill and the local witch doctor can do nothing to help her, they are forced to look outside their small community for help. The Medical Association decides to send their most accomplished chemist - you - to help cure the mayor's daughter and convince the residents of Moonbury of the wonders of modern alchemy. Gain their trust and tend to each person when they fall ill in this open-ended sim RPG! FEATURES - Take care of Moonbury’s inhabitants: diagnose their illnesses, gather ingredients and brew potions to cure them. - Heal the town : Upgrade buildings, expand your gathering area and transform the townsfolk’ lives in many ways. - Build relationships with Moonbury’s inhabitants, earn their trust and eventually find love with your chosen sweetheart! - Team up with your loyal dog that follows you wherever you go and helps you in your work. - Relax in a wholesome, colourful world and live the apothecary life you want! CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including pro max) If you run into a problem, please contact us at https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/12-playdigious/ with as much information as possible on the issue.

Screenshots

Oh! Edo Towns4 screens
Potion Permit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oh! Edo Towns at 87% against Potion Permit's 40%. Oh! Edo Towns also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). Potion Permit's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (519 vs 48). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Oh! Edo Towns costs $4.99 and Potion Permit $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oh! Edo Towns holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Permit has 519 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Oh! Edo Towns's written reviews are positive against 40% of Potion Permit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oh! Edo Towns ships an update every 20 months, Potion Permit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Oh! Edo Towns versus Potion Permit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOh! Edo TownsPotion Permit
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.7 (48 ratings) — better4.4 (519 ratings)
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews — better40.1% of reviews
Number of ratings48519 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#135 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB477 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKairosoft Co.,LtdPlaydigious

Customer experience

Oh! Edo Towns

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews259 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative5.8%

Potion Permit

All ratings519 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews401 reviews
Positive40.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative43.1%

User reviews

Oh! Edo Towns

From 48 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💜 Never gets old
  • 🎮 Love this game!
  • 🤩 So fun!
  • 🎉 Played 100 years!
  • 🇯🇵 Hoping for more Japanese-style games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 So many bugs?
  • 🤔 Combos
  • 💰 More land PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Potion Permit

From 519 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Great atmosphere and relaxing gameplay
  • 👍 Cute and charming visuals
  • 🎨 Enjoyable story and characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 UI/UX problems on mobile devices
  • ⏱️ Lack of frequent autosave

Bugs and requests

Oh! Edo Towns

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezes
  • Newspaper reporting new buildings when only unlocked
  • Game finishing in 6th year instead of 16th

Requested features

10 requests
  • More Japanese-style games
  • More land to build on
  • More buildings
  • Hotel game
  • Ninja game
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  • World War 2 style game
  • Airline/Airport management game
  • Hospital management game
  • Hotel management game
  • Business/product management game

Potion Permit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to exit certain menus
  • Fishing mini-game not functioning properly
  • Potion quests not triggering correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more customization options for player character
  • Implement a manual save feature
  • Improve performance and reduce crashes

In-app purchases

None

Oh! Edo Towns

No in-app purchases

None

Potion Permit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oh! Edo Towns free?
Oh! Edo Towns costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potion Permit free?
Potion Permit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oh! Edo Towns or Potion Permit?
Oh! Edo Towns is rated higher. Oh! Edo Towns averages 4.7 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Potion Permit averages 4.4 from 519 ratings.
Do Oh! Edo Towns or Potion Permit have ads?
Neither Oh! Edo Towns nor Potion Permit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oh! Edo Towns or Potion Permit?
Oh! Edo Towns ships an update every 20 months, and Potion Permit every 3 weeks. Most recently, Oh! Edo Towns was updated on October 19, 2026 and Potion Permit on October 18, 2026.

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