Catapult King vs hocus.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catapult King
Unleash your inner catapult master in this 3D fantasy adventure. Destroy forts, castles, and a dragon to rescue a kidnapped princess. Utilize powerful upgrades and over 100 challenging levels to defeat the Nasty Knights.
- 3D fantasy adventure
- Castle destruction gameplay
- Over 100 challenging levels
- Catapult power-ups
- Rescue the princess
- Defeat enemy knights and dragon
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Become the catapult! Take down forts, castles and even a fire-breathing dragon in the award-winning Catapult King—the King of castle crushers! Rescue the princess and defeat the enemy in this beautiful, 3D fantasy adventure. This app offers in-app purchases. You may restrict in-app purchasing using your device settings. • ONCE UPON A TIME Princesses are constantly getting themselves kidnapped by dragons and this one is no different. Now it's up to you to get her back using your arsenal of cannonballs and power-ups. • SMASH THE NASTY KNIGHTS The Nasty Knights are helping the dragon keep the princess captive. Teach them a lesson in over 100 fun and challenging levels. • POWER-UP YOUR 'PULT Complete levels to earn magic, then use this to enchant your catapult. You can give your catapult a line of sight for accuracy, use the Earth Shock to blast the bad guys away, or call in a devastating Lunar Strike!
hocus.
Engage with a collection of mind-bending puzzles featuring impossible shapes. Create and share your own levels, or get assistance from AI when you're stuck. Explore both handcrafted challenges and an endless mode.
- 120 mind-bending handcrafted levels
- Create and share custom levels
- Load levels from pictures
- Endless mode
- AI-assisted gameplay
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year; Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck. Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes. Features: • 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels • Create/share your own levels • Load / take picture of levels cards • Endless mode • Shortest path algorithm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hocus. at none against Catapult King's 11. hocus. also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Catapult King's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and chart position (#32 vs #133). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
Catapult King costs $0.99 and hocus. $1.99 up front. Catapult King sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. hocus. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catapult King holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 586 and 234 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Catapult King's written reviews are positive against 87% of hocus.'s.
Catapult King ships an update every 4 months, hocus. every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Catapult King | hocus. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (586 ratings) — better | 4.3 (234 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 87.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 586 — better | 234 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | #133 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 328 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glinda Games PTY LTD | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Catapult King
hocus.
Bugs and requests
Catapult King
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on level completion
- Saved progress and magic disappearing after updates
- Inconsistent physics and collision detection
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Level editor or creator
- Multiplayer or competitive modes
- Additional power-ups and enchantments
hocus.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Catapult King
- Unlocks All Levels$0.99
- 200 Magic Pack$0.99
- 600 Magic Pack$0.99
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- 500 Magic Pack$1.99
- 2500 Magic Pack$1.99
- Aiming Goggles$1.99
- Magic Wand$1.99
- 2000 Magic Pack$2.99
- 5000 Magic Pack$4.99
- 10000 Magic Pack$4.99
- 60000 Magic Pack$14.99
hocus.
No in-app purchases
