Comparison

Hidden Objects vs Hocus Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Hidden Objects

Engage in a fun, challenging hidden object game suitable for families and children. Test your observation skills by finding all items within a time limit. It's easy to pick up but offers a rewarding challenge.

Highlights
  • Family-friendly gameplay
  • Challenging object finding
  • Time-based challenges
  • Easy to learn
  • Masterful difficulty
Features
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Fun for Family & Children – Try it Today. Easy to Play – Difficult to Master Take the challenge to see if you can find all of the hidden objects in less than 5 minutes?

About

Hocus Puzzle

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure to restore a dried-up river by mixing potions and casting spells. Explore enchanting worlds, defeat villains, and challenge friends on leaderboards. Collect costumes for powerful advantages in over 200 levels.

Highlights
  • Mix and match potions
  • Cast spells
  • Over 200 spellbinding levels
  • Challenge friends
  • Collect costumes
  • Leaderboards
Features
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Boil, bubble, toil, puzzle! Join Serena on her spellbinding adventure and discover how to defeat the evil that’s drained the magical river dry. Mix and match potions, cast spells and focus on long paths to increase Serena’s power and help you complete the levels. Challenge friends to see who can get to the top of the leaderboards! Send gifts to give each other a helping hand and collect costumes to gain powerful advantages. THE MOST BEWITCHING PUZZLE GAME • Over 200 spellbinding levels featuring funny characters, cute graphics and exciting worlds to explore • Take on the evil Master Wizard and his fiendish followers including the fierce Yetis of the Frozen Mountains • Complete tasks such as destroying ice blocks on your way to the Giant Canyon and restarting the watermill in the Mad Forest • Easy to learn game mechanics • Hours of entertaining and challenging puzzles Get ready for a magic adventure where the witches bring the environment to life! Want to receive the latest updates? Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/HocusPuzzle Do you have questions or feedback? We would love to hear from you! Visit http://www.hocuspuzzle.com/support or write to us at hocuspuzzle_en@customerservice-bigpoint.com Hocus Puzzle is completely free to play but you are also able to purchase some in-game items for real money. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device’s settings.

Screenshots

Hidden Objects4 screens
Hocus Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hocus Puzzle at 93% against Hidden Objects's 25%. Hocus Puzzle also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (41 vs 8). Hidden Objects's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hocus Puzzle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Hidden Objects asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hocus Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hocus Puzzle has 41 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Hidden Objects's written reviews are positive against 93% of Hocus Puzzle's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hidden Objects versus Hocus Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden ObjectsHocus Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (8 ratings)4.5 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings841 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB265 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDartFrog llcBigpoint GmbH

Customer experience

Hidden Objects

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Hocus Puzzle

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.2%

Bugs and requests

Hidden Objects

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hocus Puzzle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lottery wheel not working properly
  • Game freezing during updates
  • Losing progress after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to convert coins to gems
  • Option to disable ads or in-app purchases

In-app purchases

None

Hidden Objects

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Hocus Puzzle

One-time9
  • Welcome Pack2 variants$0.99
  • Gem Pack n°1$0.99
  • Special Pack 5$1.99
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  • Special Pack 10$1.99
  • Gem Pack n°2$3.99
  • Win The Level$4.99
  • Gem Pack n°3$9.99
  • Gem Pack n°4$16.99
  • Gem Pack n°5$39.99

Questions

Is Hidden Objects free?
Hidden Objects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hocus Puzzle free?
Hocus Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidden Objects or Hocus Puzzle?
Hocus Puzzle is rated higher. Hidden Objects averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Hocus Puzzle averages 4.5 from 41 ratings.
Do Hidden Objects or Hocus Puzzle have ads?
Hocus Puzzle shows ads; Hidden Objects does not.

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