Comparison

Sorcery! vs Seedship

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

Head to head
About

Sorcery!

Embark on an epic four-part adventure across a land filled with monsters, traps, and magic. Make thousands of choices that dynamically rewrite your story and engage in unique touch-based sword duels. Master 48 magic spells with wondrous effects to shape your journey.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn 3D world map
  • Thousands of interactive choices
  • Dynamically rewritten story
  • Unique touch-based sword dueling
  • 48 magic spells with story effects
  • Outwit monsters with weaknesses
Features
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An epic four-part adventure through a land of monsters, traps, and magic. Start your story here! FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! *** Rock Paper Shotgun Best RPG of 2016 *** "You should choose to own this adventure" -- Eurogamer "Inkle's adaptation of Sorcery! takes the genre to a whole new level" -- Kotaku "This is some of 2013′s best interactive storytelling" -- IGN UK "Beautifully realised ... this gripping tale has us well and truly hooked" -- Pocket Gamer (Gold Award) "Incredibly impressed" -- Touch Arcade Top 10 Best Mobile Games of 2013, Mashable.com Top 20 of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 of 2013, Gamezebo + Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map + Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices + The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play + Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells + 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story "Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time writing a review when I should really just be pointing at a game and demanding that people play it. This is one of those times. Steve Jackson's Sorcery! is an absolutely marvellous fantasy storybook adventure. Lushly illustrated and expertly told, it should not be missed by anyone even remotely interested in the genre." -- Gamezebo "Let’s not mince words here... Sorcery’s unique blend of tabletop-like roleplaying (including an incredible combat system quite unlike anything I’ve seen before), and elaborate branching pathways with custom scripts preserving the feeling of Steve Jackson’s work make me now want to… no, HAVE TO acquire an iOS device" - Just Press Start From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone); and inkle, the studio behind the award-winning, App Store featured Frankenstein, Sorcery! is an interactive adventure like never before. The app uses inklewriter technology to tell your journey in real-time, shaping the story around your choices. The text itself changes based on how you play and what you do, and in combat, the action is description on the fly based on how you play. Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche, new character art by Eddie Sharam (DC Comics), an interactive map by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast) and music by David Wise (Donkey Kong Country). "The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is out now, and will load all of your completed Part 1 games to continue your adventure. Part 3 is coming later this year (but while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS).

About

Seedship

A text-based strategy game where you guide a colony ship to find a new home for humanity. Make critical decisions about settling planets and navigating random events to ensure your colonists' survival and achieve a high score.

Highlights
  • Text-based strategy gameplay
  • Randomly generated planets
  • Random in-game events
  • Push-your-luck mechanics
  • Colony survival simulation
  • High score tracking
Features
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An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race. A randomly-generated text-based strategy game. Push your luck: do you settle here, on this not-quite-ideal planet, or keep searching and risk your ship being damaged in the journey? The planets you encounter are randomly generated, and as you travel you encounter random events, so each playthrough is different. See the stories of the colonies you found, and keep trying for a higher score.

Screenshots

Sorcery!4 screens
Seedship1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Seedship at Free against Sorcery!'s $4.99. Seedship also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Sorcery!'s advantage is chart position (#112 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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

Seedship is free to download; Sorcery! costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seedship holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 701 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sorcery!'s written reviews are positive against 90% of Seedship's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, Seedship every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Sorcery! versus Seedship: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery!Seedship
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (188 ratings)4.7 (701 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews89.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings188701 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperinkleSpace Goblin Games

Customer experience

Sorcery!

All ratings188 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral10.6%
Negative16.7%

Seedship

All ratings701 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative3.9%

User reviews

Sorcery!

From 188 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Immersive story and gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and illustrations
  • 🔮 Unique spell casting mechanics
  • 🗺️ Interactive map and world exploration
  • 🔁 High replay value with multiple paths

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Short gameplay for the price
  • 💰 Expensive for a partial story
  • 🔁 Rewind feature cheapens decisions
  • 🤔 Simplistic combat system

Seedship

From 701 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 🚀 Extremely replayable
  • 👍 Charming and engaging
  • 👍 Thought-provoking decisions
  • 👍 Great for short bursts of gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some small bugs that don't spoil the experience
  • 🐛 Occasional UI issues on iOS
  • 🔋 Lack of updates in recent years

Bugs and requests

Sorcery!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes reported
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer and more expansive story
  • Multiple save slots
  • Deeper RPG mechanics
  • Improved combat with dice rolls

Seedship

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More random events and planet types
  • Ability to continue managing the colony after landing
  • Soundtrack or sound effects
  • Expanded post-landing gameplay

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery!

No in-app purchases

None

Seedship

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! free?
Sorcery! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seedship free?
Seedship is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! or Seedship?
Seedship is rated higher. Sorcery! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 188 ratings, while Seedship averages 4.7 from 701 ratings.
Do Sorcery! or Seedship have ads?
Neither Sorcery! nor Seedship shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! or Seedship?
Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Seedship every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sorcery! was updated on September 28, 2026 and Seedship on September 4, 2026.

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