Comparison

Sorcery! 2 vs Maginary. Adventure text book.

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

Head to head
About

Sorcery! 2

Embark on an epic interactive adventure in a city filled with danger and magic. Explore a hand-drawn 3D map, cast spells, and make choices that shape your unique story. Engage in strategic combat and try your luck at a new gambling game.

Highlights
  • Interactive story with branching choices
  • Hand-drawn 3D city map exploration
  • 3D spell-casting system with 48+ spells
  • Strategic combat against monsters
  • New gambling game: Swindlestones
  • Over 300,000 words of content
Features
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An epic adventure in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Begin your adventure here! (Part 1 not required.) *** Rock Paper Shotgun's best RPG of 2016 *** "Another spectacular rendition of classic interactive fiction" - (Kotaku) "Fantastic, and you should buy it" - 5/5 (Gamezebo) "Bigger, better, stronger" - 4.5/5, Editor's Choice (148Apps) Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013, Gamezebo "I love this app... It’s better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" - 5/5, Interactive Fiction Game of the Year (Pocket Tactics) "With a seemingly endless number of outcomes, Sorcery 2 offers hours upon hours of gameplay... one of the best games of 2013, and adventure fans, you can't afford to miss it" - 5/5 (Examiner.com) Dare you journey into the Kharé: the Cityport of Traps, a town of thieves and murderers on the brink of destruction? + Fully interactive story written on fly around on your actions and choices + Plot your own path down every street of the hand-drawn 3D city map + Go down into the sewers, aboard ship, or inside buildings with new interior maps + 3D spell-casting system: cast over 48 spells, with weird and wonderful story-changing effects + New gambling game: can you outwit the citizens of Kharé at Swindlestones? + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Over thirty different monsters to fight with our unique strategic combat + More than double the content of Part 1: over 300,000 words, with 10,000 choices, and every one is remembered + Play as a male or female hero + Start your adventure from here - or load your characters from Part 1 "A terrific adventure - one fraught with danger, rich in atmosphere, and pleasingly flexible in terms of how you shape its twisting, twisted narrative" - 8/10 (Pocket Gamer) "Wonderful for genre fans and novices alike" - 4.5/5 (TouchArcade) "An excellent experience" - 90% (4Players.de) Kharé is brimming with things to do and creatures to meet. Visit the Festival of Thieves, battle a ghost, escape from slavers, gamble your fortune at the Halls of Vlada, drink at the tavern, worship strange Gods, and much much more. Will you uncover the secrets of the city, overthrow the Council, destroy an invading army, or leave Kharé to burn? From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone), and designed and adapted by inkle, 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. In combat, the action is described on the fly based on how you play. Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche and maps by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast). "Kharé: Cityport of Traps" is Part 2 of 4. Part 1 is out now and Part 3, "The Seven Serpents", is coming later this year. (But while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS.)

About

Maginary. Adventure text book.

Experience a unique interactive novel where you communicate with a protagonist aware of your presence. This app blurs the lines between fiction and reality, requiring you to use your device's hardware features to help the character survive a surreal and dangerous world.

Highlights
  • Break the fourth wall communication
  • Physical device interactivity
  • Explore a surreal world
  • Protagonist relies on player
  • Unique hardware feature usage
Features
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What if the character in your book knew you were reading about him? Meet Michael Sterry. A few hours ago, he fell asleep in his home in England. Now, he has woken up in a strange, deadly place called the Anomaly Zone, or Anzo. He has no idea how he got there, but he knows one thing: he is holding a mysterious medallion that connects his world directly to your smartphone. Maginary is not just a text quest; it is a groundbreaking interactive novel where the boundary between fiction and reality disappears. Michael knows you exist. He will talk to you, beg for your help, and completely rely on you to survive. To help Michael escape the bizarre and dangerous world of Anzo, reading is not enough. You will have to use every hardware feature of your device! KEY FEATURES: - Break the Fourth Wall: Communicate with a protagonist who is fully aware that he is a character in a story being read by you. - Physical Interactivity: Reading is not enough. To keep Michael alive, you will need to use the hardware features of your iPhone in ways the story will reveal — and you won't see coming.Shake your device, walk with it, use most of its features. - A Bizarre, Captivating World: Explore Anzo, a surreal landscape filled with rusty rescue robots , deserts made of yellow autumn leaves , and a sarcastic ex-smuggler who has been turned into a talking conch shell. Are you ready to turn the page? Michael is waiting for you

Screenshots

Sorcery! 24 screens
Maginary. Adventure text book.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maginary. Adventure text book. at Free against Sorcery! 2's $4.99. Maginary. Adventure text book. also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 84). Sorcery! 2's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Maginary. Adventure text book. is free to download; Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 2 against 4.8 for Maginary. Adventure text book.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maginary. Adventure text book. has 5.5K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Sorcery! 2's written reviews are positive against 85% of Maginary. Adventure text book.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sorcery! 2 versus Maginary. Adventure text book.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 2Maginary. Adventure text book.
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (84 ratings)4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better85.3% of reviews
Number of ratings845.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size262 MB209 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperinkleSemyon Polyakovskiy

Customer experience

Sorcery! 2

All ratings84 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.8%

Maginary. Adventure text book.

All ratings5,519 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews544 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.3%

User reviews

Sorcery! 2

From 84 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Exceptional story and gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and art
  • 📚 Faithful adaptation of classic gamebooks
  • 🔁 High replayability
  • 🕹️ Engaging mini-games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (text color issues, crashes)
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay in some areas
  • 🕹️ Swindlestones mini-game can be frustrating
  • 🗺️ Limited ability to backtrack and explore

Maginary. Adventure text book.

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Immersive and interactive experience
  • 🎨 Excellent visuals and animations
  • 🎶 Captivating sound effects
  • 📚 Engaging and unique storytelling
  • 🤖 Innovative use of device features

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall after initial chapters
  • ⏱️ Short story length for price
  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues
  • 🤔 Confusing or unclear instructions

Bugs and requests

Sorcery! 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sun stone not appearing in inventory after acquiring
  • Swindlestones game crashing during play
  • Clues getting stuck on screen and unable to remove

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to delete saved games
  • Cloud sync support for cross-device play
  • More frequent updates and new content

Maginary. Adventure text book.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing or crashing on certain devices
  • Inconsistent page turning and interaction
  • Sync issues between chapters

Requested features

5 requests
  • More story content and chapters
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Expanded character and world-building
  • Support for more languages
  • Accessibility options for disabled users

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 2

No in-app purchases

None

Maginary. Adventure text book.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! 2 free?
Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maginary. Adventure text book. free?
Maginary. Adventure text book. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 2 or Maginary. Adventure text book.?
Maginary. Adventure text book. is rated higher. Sorcery! 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Maginary. Adventure text book. averages 4.8 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 2 or Maginary. Adventure text book. have ads?
Neither Sorcery! 2 nor Maginary. Adventure text book. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 2 or Maginary. Adventure text book.?
Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Maginary. Adventure text book. every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sorcery! 2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Maginary. Adventure text book. on November 3, 2026.

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