DoodleBack vs Pokermancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DoodleBack
Transform iMessage into a fun drawing and guessing game. Pick a word, draw it, and send it to a friend to guess. Continue the drawing chain, earn points, and enjoy a unique way to connect.
- Play directly in iMessage
- Thousands of word prompts
- Custom prompt creation
- Smart hint system
- Undo/redo drawing tools
- Score and streak tracking
- Drawing history view
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Turn iMessage into an easy to play drawing game! HOW IT WORKS • Pick a word prompt (or create your own!) • Draw it with your finger • Send to your friend to guess • They guess your drawing, then draw something back • Keep the streak going and rack up points! FEATURES • Play right in iMessage - no separate app needed • Choose from thousands of prompts across 4 difficulty levels • Custom prompts for inside jokes and personal challenges • Smart hint system to help when you're stuck • Undo/redo while drawing for perfect doodles • Track your score and streak • View your drawing history together • Beautiful dark mode support • Live message bubbles with drawing animations SCORING SYSTEM • Easy words: 2 points • Medium words: 3 points • Hard words: 4 points • Very Hard words: 5 points • Custom prompts: 1 point • Use hints to get unstuck (reduces points earned) No ads. Just pure drawing fun with the people you care about. Send your first DoodleBack today!
Pokermancer
Engage in a strategic roguelite poker-puzzle experience by tracing card paths on a 4x4 grid to form poker hands and achieve target scores. Collect items and trinkets to enhance your build and overcome escalating challenges and boss encounters across multiple floors.
- Strategic card path tracing
- Poker hand formation
- Roguelite progression
- Item and trinket collection
- Boss battles with unique rules
- Escalating difficulty modes
- One-handed play
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Pokermancer is a roguelite poker-puzzle game built for quick, strategic runs. Trace paths through a 4x4 grid of cards to create poker hands and reach the target score. Cleared cards disappear, new cards fall in from your deck, and every path you draw can matter as much as the hand you form. Between rounds, spend your gold in the Break Room on trinkets and items that change how you score. Discover powerful synergies, shape your build, and turn modest hands into massive results. Each floor adds new hazards that change the board, including frozen, burning, and statically charged cards. Every fifth round, a boss changes up the rules. Adapt your strategy or lose the run! Beat all five tables to unlock Overtime, an escalating difficulty mode with ten ranks that remove resources, add challenges, and push your builds even further. Play for free through the first three floors. One purchase unlocks the full game! Features: * 100+ trinkets and 30+ items to collect * 11 unique starting packs each with their own perks and spells * 25+ boss conditions * 7 hazard types to contend with * 10 Overtime difficulty ranks per pack * Keep playing in an endless mode beyond floor 5 * Portrait orientation and one-handed play * No ads, no loot boxes, no pay-to-win; one purchase unlocks the entire game and all future content
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pokermancer at every 3 days against DoodleBack's every 9 days. Pokermancer also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (147 vs 45). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. DoodleBack sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Pokermancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for DoodleBack against 4.7 for Pokermancer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 147 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of DoodleBack's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pokermancer's.
DoodleBack ships an update every 9 days, Pokermancer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoodleBack | Pokermancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (45 ratings) — better | 4.7 (147 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 87.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | BERG LLC | Adam Bray |
Customer experience
DoodleBack
Pokermancer
In-app purchases
DoodleBack
- Handful (75 Coins)$0.99
- Pouch (600 Coins)$4.99
- Chest (1500 Coins)$9.99
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- Cart (3500 Coins)$19.99
- Vault (10000 Coins)$49.99
- Pirate Ship (25000 Coins)$99.99
Pokermancer
- Full Game Unlock$4.99









