Comparison

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile 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

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile

Embark on an adventure as a settler on a newly discovered continent, balancing exploration with daily life in a bustling city. Grow your character through various jobs and manage resources carefully to overcome challenges in dungeons and battles.

Highlights
  • Character growth through daily work
  • Over 20 job classes
  • Over 100 types of work
  • Dungeon exploration and management
  • Innovative Three CHAs battle system
  • Resource management for expeditions
Features
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■Story In the year 211 of the Imperial Era, a new continent was discovered. Explore its every last corner as a settler of Antoecia, while living your life to the fullest in the city of Erebia. ■Features • Character growth through everyday work VARIOUS DAYLIFE features over 20 job classes and more than 100 types of work for those jobs to perform. Since you’ll be able to increase your strength through physical labor or improve your magic with more mentally taxing tasks, you can shape your character how you see fit depending on your choice of work. • Overcome dungeons with skilled management Choose what limited rations, items and camping gear you can pack in your bags as you leave the safety of the city to confront the unknown. You'll battle monsters, bad weather, and food spoilage out on the various frontiers of Antoecia. When the going gets tough, will you press onward, or retreat to explore another day? You’ll have to make these kinds of decisions as you trailblaze a way across the continent, where none have trod before. • Innovative Battle System – The Three CHAs Introducing a twist to the traditional job-and-ability, turn-based battle, with a unique system that relies heavily on working together with your allies. CHANGE your foes' conditions, build up a CHAIN of attacks and seize your CHANCE at inflicting heavy damage!

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

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile4 screens
Potion Permit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Potion Permit at $6.99 against VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile's $19.99. Potion Permit also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (548 vs 14). VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile costs $19.99 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

Potion Permit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Permit has 548 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile's written reviews are positive against 40% of Potion Permit's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile versus Potion Permit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVARIOUS DAYLIFE MobilePotion Permit
Price$19.99$6.99 — better
Rating3.1 (14 ratings)4.4 (548 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews40.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14548 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#179 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB477 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.Playdigious

Customer experience

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral28.6%
Negative35.7%

Potion Permit

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

Bugs and requests

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Potion Permit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile free?
VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potion Permit free?
Potion Permit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile or Potion Permit?
Potion Permit is rated higher. VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile averages 3.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Potion Permit averages 4.4 from 548 ratings.
Do VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile or Potion Permit have ads?
Neither VARIOUS DAYLIFE Mobile nor Potion Permit shows ads.

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