Throw Witch vs Spooktober
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Throw Witch
Battle evil witches by throwing pumpkins to protect your village. This fun and easy-to-play game features 20 challenging levels with unique HD backgrounds and engaging music.
- Battle evil witches
- Throw pumpkins
- 20 challenging levels
- HD background pictures
- Fun background music
- Rescue the village
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To night will have a lot of witch into village to harassment. Let's battle the atrocious witches. Let's throw the pumpkins to get rid of them This game is very fun and easy to play: - 20 level.(Level 20 is very difficult) - 20 background picture HD very nice (with each of level). - The backgound music is very fun. Let's rescue your village.^^! Thanks for comment! Mail:appbibo@gmail.com
Spooktober
Guide a plague doctor through a spooky world filled with creatures and secrets. Use magical spells to defend yourself and survive the season. Beware, taking damage can affect gravity!
- Arcade style gameplay
- Plague doctor character
- Jiggle physics
- Spooky dancing pumpkins
- GameCenter leaderboards
- Hidden secrets
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THE GAME WITH MAJOR UPDATES EVERY YEAR FOR THE SPOOKY SEASON The temperatures begin to drop. The leaves start to fall. The full moon rises. It's time to be spooky! The witches and ghosts have come to get you! Help a little plague doctor survive the season! Fly around a world full of secrets and survive against the countless spooky creatures within. Use your absurd magical spells to protect yourself and keep the frightful creatures at bay. But be careful! Taking damage may cause gravity to set back in... Features: - Spooky map full of secrets - Fancy magic spells - Jiggly plague doctors - Unlockable characters to play - Secret map regions and bosses - GameCenter leaderboards and achievements - Terrifying musical options - Terrible loading screen facts Upcoming Updates: - More secret areas and map expansions - More playable characters - More spells - More musical options Note: No AI was used in the creation of this app. This is somewhat obvious by looking at the graphics and loading facts...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spooktober at 5.0 against Throw Witch's 3.5. Spooktober also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 15 months). Throw Witch's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Throw Witch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Spooktober asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spooktober holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Throw Witch ships an update every 15 months, Spooktober weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Throw Witch | Spooktober |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dao Thang | Brandon Dalla Rosa |
Customer experience
Throw Witch
Spooktober
In-app purchases
Throw Witch
- +100 Pumpkin$0.99
- Remove Advertisement$0.99
- Unlimited Pumpkin + Remove Ad$5.99
Spooktober
No in-app purchases
