Potion Permit vs Cavern Adventurers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Cavern Adventurers
Assemble a team of adventurers to explore, secure, and develop a sprawling underground cave network. Manage your team, build infrastructure, and defend against monsters and thieves to uncover treasures and establish a thriving subterranean settlement.
- Team assembly and management
- Cave exploration and expansion
- Infrastructure building (torches, bridges)
- Monster combat and taming
- Trap laying for defense
- Merchant settlement and profit generation
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In a faraway fantasy kingdom, everything was peaceful... Until monsters started pouring out of a hole in the ground! Put together a team of adventurers to secure, explore, and develop a vast underground network of caves in this cavern management simulator. Your adventurers will face all kinds of challenges in the underground, but there's no obstacle you can't deal with if you know how. Place torches to light up the darkness, build bridges to traverse gorges, and use explosives to clear away large rocks! To create a truly great cave, you'll have to stay on your toes and pay attention to the time of day. When the sun's up, organize your miners to discover new areas and build new fixtures. And when night falls, send in your adventurers to show those monsters who's boss! The deeper you dig, the better the treasure you'll find - just how deep can you go? All that fame can come at a price. As your cave becomes more popular, thieves will appear to try and make off with its treasures. Keep your booty safe by laying devious traps around the entrance! Not all monsters are bad. Some of them might even become your friends and fight alongside you! Once you make an entire floor safe, merchants will be able to move in and set up shop there. With a cut of the profits for you, of course! Keep developing the space and earning gold, and pretty soon you'll have the finest cave in all the land! In this quirky management sim, fun, adventure, and riches are lurking right under your nose... Or should we say, right under your boots? -- Supports drag to scroll and pinch to zoom. Search for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at http://kairopark.jp Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and paid games! Kairosoft's pixel art game series continues! Follow us on X (Twitter) for the latest Kairosoft news and information. https://twitter.com/kairokun2010
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Cavern Adventurers at free against Potion Permit's paid. Cavern Adventurers also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (67% vs 40%). Potion Permit's advantage is chart position (#60 vs unranked) and ratings volume (519 vs 117). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Potion Permit costs $6.99 and Cavern Adventurers $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Potion Permit against 4.4 for Cavern Adventurers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 519 and 117 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Potion Permit's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cavern Adventurers's.
Potion Permit ships an update every 3 weeks, Cavern Adventurers every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Potion Permit | Cavern Adventurers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (519 ratings) | 4.4 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.4% of reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 519 — better | 117 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 477 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Playdigious | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Potion Permit
Cavern Adventurers
User reviews
Potion Permit
From 519 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Cavern Adventurers
From 117 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💎 Generous in-game currency
- 🕰 Engaging time-sink
- 🔍 Lots of content to explore
- 🎨 Charming retro-style graphics
Room to improve
- 🤔 Confusing or unclear mechanics
- 🕹 Clunky user interface
- ⏱ Slow progression at times
- 🌐 Lack of language support
- 🕯 Lighting/visibility issues
Bugs and 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
Cavern Adventurers
Reported bugs
3 issues- Traps not functioning properly
- Adventurer AI getting stuck
- Crashes or freezes at higher levels
Requested features
5 requests- Add Thai language support
- Improve tutorial and onboarding
- Streamline UI and menus
- Introduce faster progression options
- Enhance lighting and visibility
In-app purchases
Potion Permit
No in-app purchases
Cavern Adventurers
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Potion Permit free?
Is Cavern Adventurers free?
Which has better reviews, Potion Permit or Cavern Adventurers?
Do Potion Permit or Cavern Adventurers have ads?
Which is updated more often, Potion Permit or Cavern Adventurers?
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