Spellers vs Pocket Panzers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spellers
Engage in a chaotic roguelike deckbuilding defense game with real-time strategy elements. Make critical decisions about unit deployment and skill unlocks to achieve victory. Experience massive battles with hundreds of 3D units clashing on the battlefield.
- Roguelike deckbuilding strategy
- Real-time unit deployment
- Massive 3D unit battles
- Skill and unit progression
- Strategic decision-making
- Tower defense gameplay
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A Chaotic Roguelike Deckbuilding Tower Defense with Real-Time Strategy ◆ Play the most intense and chaotic defense game in mobile gaming history! Make precise decisions. Summon at the perfect moment. Which units will you grow, and which skills will you unlock? Will you choose an elite squad or swarm tactics? Victory or defeat—all depends on your strategy. ◆ From the creators of "Lost Pages," the award-winning deck-building hit Developed by Jiffycrew, winners of Google Indie Game Festival Korea 2022, Spellers mixes the best of deck-building strategy and tower defense gameplay. It’s still in early access, with more relics and units to come, but this is the game that real gamers have been waiting for. ◆ A Cutting-Edge Tower Defense Game Powered by Advanced Tech Spellers harnesses the power of modern game engine technology to deliver massive real-time battles. Hundreds of 3D units move, pathfind, and deploy in real time, with layered abilities and complex interactions. Experience dynamic formations and intense combat as 500 units clash on the battlefield—fluid, strategic, and spectacular. Experience the undeniable fun for yourself. --- By downloading, you agree to our Terms of Service. ◆ Discord: https://discord.gg/wUE3PX69bX ◆ Contact: lostpages@jiffycrew.com ◆ Privacy Policy: https://jiffycrew.com/privacy_en ◆ Terms of Service: https://jiffycrew.com/eula_en
Pocket Panzers
Engage in turn-based tank strategy, commanding diverse historical troops and recreating battles from WWII to modern conflicts. Expand your nation, manage resources with new features like railroads and trains, and utilize advanced units including missiles and airplanes. Explore a global map with a detailed map editor and community-created content.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- Historical battle scenarios
- Modern and historical units (tanks, artillery, ships, missiles)
- Resource management (railroads, trains)
- Global map with air units
- Map editor and user-generated content
- 3D graphics with new terrain
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The sequel to Armchair Commander is here! Pocket Panzers is a turn-based strategy game where you control troops to expand your nation and re-create historical scenarios. Revisit historical battles — experience scenarios from the early days of World War 2 to the conflicts of the modern era! Lead your troops to victory, with tanks, artillery, ships, and missiles! Now including exciting new features, like: - Railroads and supplies - Trains - Global map - Airplanes and airports as custom units - Special historical troops - Fortresses - Fog of war - All new 3D graphics, with new terrain and models! Featuring content from the following factions: - Allies - Axis - Comintern - Chinese United Front - NATO - Warsaw Pact - And many more! There is also a detailed map editor in-game and a community uploads section with user-generated content!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Panzers at 4.7 against Spellers's 4.2. Pocket Panzers also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 54%) and ratings volume (353 vs 5). Spellers's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Spellers sells 45 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Panzers sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Panzers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Panzers has 353 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Spellers's written reviews are positive against 86% of Pocket Panzers's.
Spellers ships an update every 4 days, Pocket Panzers every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spellers | Pocket Panzers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (353 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 353 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 388 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jiffycrew | Segment Games |
Customer experience
Spellers
Pocket Panzers
Bugs and requests
Spellers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Panzers
Reported bugs
2 issues- Can't control units in first Daily Challenge level
- Game keeps crashing
Requested features
4 requests- Allow creating custom alliances, not just historical mode
- Add chance to get chests after completing scenarios, not just using gold
- Add button to dismiss events like in HOI4 to help map makers
- Improve AI, it's too easy to dominate as Germany in 1939
In-app purchases
Spellers
- Today Epic Rune$0.99
- Today Fire Unit$0.99
- Today Ice Unit$0.99
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- Today Earth Unit$0.99
- Energy +50$0.99
- Key x 100 (1+1)$0.99
- Game Speed$1.99
- No Ads$1.99
- Limited Key Pack I$1.99
- Rune Slot Pack I$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
- No Ads Pack$2.99
- Skill Slot$2.99
- Fire Continent Pass (Normal)$2.99
- Ice Continent Pass (Normal)$2.99
- Air Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
- Ice Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
- Fire Continent Pass (Infinite)$2.99
- Spellers Package 2$2.99
- Skill Slot$3.99
- Battle Reward Booster 2.5X$3.99
- Air Continent Pass$3.99
- Ice Continent Pass$3.99
- Energy Saver$3.99
- Energy Production +1$3.99
- Energy Tank$3.99
- Key x 500 (1+1)$3.99
- Skill Slot$4.99
- Earth Continent Pass (Normal)$4.99
- Earth Continent Pass Infinite$4.99
- Air Continent Pass (Normal)$4.99
- Skill Slot$5.99
- Game Speed Pack (2.5X)$5.99
- Battle Reward Booster 3.0X$5.99
- Spellers Package 1-2$5.99
- Spellers Package 3-2$5.99
- Spellers Package 2-2$5.99
- Today Legendary Rune$6.99
- Game Speed Pack (3.0X)$9.99
- Key x 1200 (1+1)$9.99
- Excavate Package IV$12.99
- Key x 2500 (1+1)$17.99
- Key x 6600 (1+1)$39.99
- Excavate Package V$69.99
- Key x 15000 (1+1)$89.99
Pocket Panzers
- 2000 Gold$1.99
- Eisenhower$2.99
- 5000 Gold$3.99
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- Guderian$3.99
- Zhukov$3.99
- Yamamoto$3.99
- Manstein$4.99
- 20000 Gold$8.99
Questions
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