Potion Permit vs The Reeve
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.
The Reeve
Manage a medieval town during a challenging probationary period. Make critical decisions to overcome crises like famines, cultists, and plagues, impacting your town's reputation, order, military, and supplies. Your choices determine the town's fate and your own.
- Administrator role in a medieval town
- Decision-making affecting town stats
- Deal with crises like bandits and plagues
- Branching narrative with unexpected events
- Multiple endings based on strategy
- Town simulator mechanics
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You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town! [Details] Long, long ago, there was a large island south of a kingdom. You are an Administrator tasked with running one of its towns. Your 4-week probationary period will be riddled with adversities. Economic crises, bandits, a dreadful plague and a hostile indigenous religion all threaten to dismantle your little town. You will have to make decisions in the face of each hardship. Your choices will decide your fate after 4 weeks. Choose wisely. Each decision will affect stats including reputation, order, military and supplies. Low numbers on any of these may indicate your town's eventual demise. Predict which stats will be affected by how much before making your decision using your best judgment. The island's Governor is a very impatient man. He will not hesitate to strip you of your power if he disapproves of your policies. Gain the peoples favor and make the most of troops and supplies to get through your probationary period. You won't be alone. Work together with allies to overcome various hardships. [Features] - Unexpected Crises: New events await you with each playthrough. The narrative branches out in multiple different ways depending on your choices. - Town Simulator: Your actions must be based on your town's various stats. Stats are what shape your town and the events that unfold within it. - 11 Endings: There is more than one way to overcome each hardship. Your strategies employed during your probationary period will lead to vastly different endings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Reeve at 60% against Potion Permit's 40%. The Reeve also leads on price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Potion Permit's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Potion Permit costs $6.99 and The Reeve $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Potion Permit ships an update every 3 weeks, The Reeve every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Potion Permit | The Reeve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (519 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.4% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 519 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 477 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Playdigious | Gray Muscat |
Customer experience
Potion Permit
The Reeve
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
The Reeve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Potion Permit
No in-app purchases
The Reeve
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is The Reeve free?
Do Potion Permit or The Reeve have ads?
Which is updated more often, Potion Permit or The Reeve?
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