Pixel Hive vs Magic Fever
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Hive
Engage in a relaxing 3D puzzle game where you direct swarms of colored bees to deconstruct pixel sculptures. Plan your hive releases strategically to manage limited slots and clear each level.
- Harvest matching pixel blocks with colored bee swarms
- Deconstruct 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece
- Manage limited hive waiting slots
- Rotate sculptures to find colors
- Plan with upcoming hive queue
- Utilize power-ups like magnet and freeze
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Welcome to Pixel Hive, a puzzle game where swarms of busy bees take apart colorful 3D pixel sculptures, one block at a time. Every level starts with a finished sculpture floating above your hives: a juicy watermelon, a desert pyramid, and many more. Your job is to pick the right hive and release its bees. Each hive holds a swarm of one color, and its bees fly out to harvest only the blocks that match. As the blocks disappear, the sculpture melts away until nothing is left. But there's a catch. A hive whose bees still have blocks to collect flies back and parks in a waiting slot. Slots are limited. Fill them all and the level is over. Success means reading the sculpture, choosing hives in the right order, and keeping the swarm moving without clogging the hive. Rotate the sculpture to spot hidden colors, plan ahead with the hives coming up in your queue, and use power-ups like the magnet, the fan, and the freeze ray when the pressure builds. As you progress, sculptures grow bigger, colors multiply, and every choice matters more. Features - Send colored bee swarms to harvest matching pixel blocks - Take apart beautiful 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece - Manage limited waiting slots before the hive fills up - Rotate sculptures to find the colors you need - Plan around a queue of upcoming hives - Powerful boosters: magnet, fan, extra slot, and freeze - Simple one-tap controls with real puzzle depth - Hundreds of levels with growing size and color variety - Relaxing visuals and satisfying block-by-block clearing Pick your hives, manage the swarm, and clear every pixel in Pixel Hive.
Magic Fever
A colorful puzzle game where players cast spells to break apart pixel art. Strategically send wizards down a conveyor belt to trigger chain reactions and clear blocks, aiming to complete each picture. Offers handcrafted levels with satisfying visual effects.
- Pixel art puzzle gameplay
- Chain reaction spell casting
- Handcrafted levels
- Satisfying visual effects
- Strategic wizard placement
- Bright, cheerful visuals
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Welcome to Magic Fever, a colourful puzzle game where wizards break pixel art apart with chain reactions! Each level is a pixel-art picture made of colourful blocks. Your wizards wait in their queues. Tap one to send it to the magic conveyor. As it rides past the picture, it casts at the pixels that match its colour. Each spell starts a chain reaction that clears every connected pixel of that colour. It sounds easy, but every choice counts. The conveyor has only 5 slots. Send a wizard too early and it can block the path. Send the right one at the right moment and a whole section of the picture disappears in one satisfying blast. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a queue to send its front wizard to the conveyor. • Wizards only cast at pixels of their own colour that are exposed at the bottom. • The number on each wizard shows how many spells it has left. • Clear every pixel to finish the picture. • Don't let the conveyor fill up with wizards that have nothing to cast at! FEATURES • Handcrafted levels, from relaxing warm-ups to Super Hard challenges • Charming pixel art: candy, fruit, animals, ocean creatures, space, magic and more • Satisfying chain reactions with every spell • Easy to learn, with real strategy to master • Bright, cheerful visuals and smooth, tap-friendly controls Train your wizards, plan your moves and turn every picture into a burst of magic. Download Magic Fever and start casting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Magic Fever at none against Pixel Hive's shown. Pixel Hive's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Hive sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Magic Fever sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixel Hive against 5.0 for Magic Fever. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Hive has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pixel Hive | Magic Fever |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Playoneer LTD | Spyke Games |
In-app purchases
Pixel Hive
- Mini Coin Package$1.99
- Double Pack$6.99
- Remove Ads$6.99
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- Small Coin Package$7.99
- Double Pack$9.99
- Medium Coin Package$14.99
- Big Coin Package$29.99
- Super Coin Package$54.99
- Giant Coin Package$99.99
Magic Fever
- Mini Pack$1.99
- Medium Pack$7.99
- Large Pack$14.99
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- Large Pack$29.99
- Mega Pack$54.99
- Mega Pack$99.99








