Comparison

Hyakki Hanafuda vs Transmutatio

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

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Hyakki Hanafuda

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Hanafuda. Your build. Hyakki Hanafuda combines the Japanese card game Koi-Koi with roguelike deckbuilding. Face yokai opponents through three chapters and twelve months, shaping your cards and blessings along the way. BANK IT. OR RISK IT. Make a scoring hand, then choose: bank your points or call Koi-Koi to raise your multiplier and keep playing. Read the table before your opponent wins the round. FIND YOUR COMBINATION Mix 41 blessings with card upgrades. Build around the hands you want to make, choose what to buy, and decide which blessings to keep or replace. CHOOSE YOUR PATH Travel between matches, shops and shrines. Clear all twelve months to unlock Endless Night. New starting decks and blessings offer different ways to approach your next run. LEARN BY PLAYING Play a full guided round against Nekomata to learn matching cards, making hands and calling Koi-Koi. Check scoring hands during play and turn matching-card hints on or off. Pixel art glows in scarlet and gold, accompanied by music with Japanese instrumental colors. Adjust music and sound levels, animation speed, motion and lighting effects. • Single-player, landscape iPhone gameplay • English and Japanese • No in-app purchases or online multiplayer; ads appear only when a run ends • Play offline • Progress is saved on your device; no cross-device sync This is a points-based card game. It offers no real-money betting, cash prizes or cash-out features.

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Transmutatio

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Transmutatio is an alchemy roguelike: lay runes into combinations, let the elements react and work your way circle by circle to the philosopher's stone. RUNES INTO COMBINATIONS Pair, straight, flush, full house – every rune has a grade and an element. Fire, water, earth and air react with each other: fire and water turn to steam, earth and fire to magma. Every transmutation brings forth a substance of its own – 48 of them wait for your collection. 20 CIRCLES OF GUARDIANS Each circle has three chambers, and the third is held by a guardian whose curse changes a rule. After Nigredo the Great Work begins: Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo lead to the Keeper of the Stone in circle 20. After that, the experiment goes on endlessly. YOUR CABINET, YOUR STRATEGY 28 catalysts bend the rules, tinctures and master's letters strengthen your recipes. Forks lead to treasuries, libraries, elite chambers and mysterious rooms full of choices. SPRINT THROUGH 30 WORLDS Between the chambers your alchemist escapes through crystal mines, volcano maws, ice vaults and 27 more worlds – through rings of fire, under poison clouds and bats. FROM NOVICE TO GRANDMASTER Earn experience and rise in rank. The daily challenge is the same for everyone, duels on the same seed are fair. The online leaderboard is optional. FAIR • Circles 1–2 free, then one purchase unlocks the whole game • No ads, no subscriptions, no energy • Plays offline, in 14 languages, on iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

Hyakki Hanafuda4 screens
Transmutatio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hyakki Hanafuda at none against Transmutatio's 1. Hyakki Hanafuda also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Transmutatio's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Transmutatio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hyakki Hanafuda asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Hyakki Hanafuda versus Transmutatio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyakki HanafudaTransmutatio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB159 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperRikuto YasudaBodo Kern

In-app purchases

None

Hyakki Hanafuda

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Transmutatio

One-time1
  • The Great Work$3.99

Questions

Is Hyakki Hanafuda free?
Hyakki Hanafuda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transmutatio free?
Transmutatio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hyakki Hanafuda or Transmutatio have ads?
Hyakki Hanafuda shows ads; Transmutatio does not.

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