Reigns vs Magic Turtle Adventure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reigns
Experience the dark fantasy world of The Witcher through a unique swipe-based narrative. Make choices as Geralt of Rivia, guided by Dandelion the bard, to hunt monsters, manage relationships, and survive. Your decisions shape your legend and determine your fate.
- Swipe-based decision making
- Narrative-driven gameplay
- Explore The Witcher world
- Play as Geralt of Rivia
- Monster hunting
- Bard's epic composition
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Reigns: The Witcher is the latest mutation of the smash-hit swipe ‘em up Reigns series from Nerial and Devolver Digital, set this time in the merciless, dark-fantasy world of CD PROJEKT RED’s award-winning The Witcher series. As Geralt of Rivia, legendary monster slayer of the School of the Wolf, you will fight for survival within the drunken ballads of his dear friend, Dandelion the bard. Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Navigate the moral meanderings of the world through the eyes of the bard. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Compose an inspiring epic to perhaps, one day, claim immortality.
Magic Turtle Adventure
Navigate serene ocean depths in a vertical-scrolling adventure. Master one-handed controls to steer, dash, and avoid hazards across five unique biomes. Collect treasures and face ancient guardians in this peaceful, ad-free experience.
- One-handed vertical scrolling
- Five distinct biomes
- Touch and hold steering
- Dash ability
- Collect starfish and pearls
- Avoid ocean hazards
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MAGIC TURTLE ADVENTURE is a calm, vertical-scrolling drifting game built for one-handed play. Five hand-tuned biomes carry you from the sunlit shallows, through a coral reef, down into a deep trench, past bioluminescent caves, and finally into the ancient ruins guarded by a sleeping stone god. Each depth has its own palette, its own pace, and its own dangers. • Touch and hold to steer, the turtle banks and turns toward your finger. • Double-tap to dash through tight spots, a short burst of speed with a cooldown. • Avoid sharks, jellyfish, and drifting rocks. Heal on kelp. Collect starfish and rare pearls for treasure. • Take damage and your screen flashes, a brief invulnerability window gives you a moment to recover. • Reach the surface to complete a level. Beat all five to face the Ancient Guardian. FEATURES • Five biomes with distinct palettes, ambient particles, and god-ray lighting. • Smooth touch steering with momentum and drift. • Procedural sound and ambient music, synthesized in real time. • Game Center leaderboard for total treasure collected. • Progress saved between sessions. No accounts required. • No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. A gentle game for short sessions or longer drifts. Built for iPhone, in portrait, with one-hand controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Magic Turtle Adventure at Free against Reigns's $5.99. Magic Turtle Adventure also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Reigns's advantage is ratings volume (178 vs 1) and chart position (#33 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Magic Turtle Adventure is free to download; Reigns costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Turtle Adventure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reigns has 178 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Reigns | Magic Turtle Adventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (178 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | SFOLN LLC |
Customer experience
Reigns
Magic Turtle Adventure
In-app purchases
Reigns
No in-app purchases
Magic Turtle Adventure
No in-app purchases
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