Comparison

Lucky Cauldron vs Four Crowns

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lucky Cauldron

Features
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Gather materials, stir the pot, and let adjacent ingredients spark alchemy reactions. Brew mana, deliver ever-pricier potion orders — or the cauldron explodes. HOW IT WORKS · Each stir drops your bag into a 5x4 cauldron · Adjacent reactions: flames burn herbs, dew condenses moonlight, frogs eat flies... 41 materials across 5 factions · Deliver an order every 5 stirs; survive 12 to graduate · Draft a new material after every stir — focused builds get better offers THREE ARTIFACTS · Clamp: lock a column, re-stir the rest · Nudge: shift a row to line up reactions · Distill: purify your bag WHY YOU'LL STAY · A run takes 5-8 minutes — perfect for a break · Full-moon beats, chain explosions, coin fountains · 3 difficulties + a daily seeded challenge + a collectible codex · No ads. No data collection.

About

Four Crowns

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Turn a deck of cards into your royal court. Four Crowns is an offline deck-building roguelike where poker hands govern a kingdom. Spades, Diamonds, Hearts, and Clubs are more than suits: they sustain your Army, Treasury, Popular Support, and Granary. Every hand decides which pillar survives the next crisis. RULE WITH POKER HANDS Choose one to five cards to form pairs, straights, flushes, full houses, and stronger hands. Each suit restores its matching pillar. Concentrate on one urgent need or spread strength across the realm—every play is a political choice. FOUR ACTS, TWELVE CRISES Travel through the Verdant Fields, Gilded Reach, Crimson Court, and Iron March. Harvest failures, raids, deflation, rebellion, and sieges reshape each run, while four rival monarchs impose rules that force new strategies. BUILD YOUR COURT Choose from four monarchs, recruit 24 advisors, issue 13 edicts, and refine your deck. Defeat still earns lasting prestige, achievements, and new options for the next campaign. FROM UNIFICATION TO ASCENSION After uniting the four realms, challenge ten Ascension levels, daily expeditions, and an endless campaign. Progress stays on your device. No account, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no internet connection required. Supports English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Landscape play. Card artwork: Pixel Plebes — greebles (Vinh JD).

Screenshots

Lucky Cauldron4 screens
Four Crowns3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Four Crowns at none against Lucky Cauldron's 4. Four Crowns also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lucky Cauldron sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Four Crowns asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucky Cauldron ships an update every 3 months, Four Crowns every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Lucky Cauldron versus Four Crowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucky CauldronFour Crowns
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB154 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer武跃 方尚勇 董

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lucky Cauldron

One-time4
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • Potion Tip$0.99
  • 1800 Coins · Popular$2.99
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  • 3500 Coins · Best Value$4.99
None

Four Crowns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucky Cauldron free?
Lucky Cauldron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Four Crowns free?
Four Crowns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lucky Cauldron or Four Crowns have ads?
Neither Lucky Cauldron nor Four Crowns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucky Cauldron or Four Crowns?
Lucky Cauldron ships an update every 3 months, and Four Crowns every 5 weeks. Most recently, Lucky Cauldron was updated on November 6, 2026 and Four Crowns on November 6, 2026.

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