Comparison

Witch Puzzle vs Apprentice Witch Match 3

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

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About

Witch Puzzle

Engage in a captivating Halloween-themed match-3 puzzle adventure. Solve hundreds of magic puzzles, unlock challenging levels, and enjoy hours of addictive gameplay. This free game offers a fun way to train your brain with its unique power-ups and enchanting visuals.

Highlights
  • Match 3 or more magic items
  • Unlock hundreds of fun puzzle levels
  • Collect daily free prizes
  • Beat challenging enemies
  • Create powerful combos
  • Use special power-ups like Magic Book and Wizard Spell
  • Play offline without Wi-Fi
Features
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Witch Puzzle is a new match 3 game for adults with a Halloween twist: Solve magic puzzles, unlock brain puzzling levels and enjoy hours of fun in this highly addictive match 3 game! DOWNLOAD FOR FREE and challenge your brain now! Match 3 games have never been so fun: help the cute little Witch advance through this new puzzle game by solving puzzles presented by the powerful Wizard! Get ready and join millions of boys, girls and adults in this brand new match-3 puzzle game! HOW TO PLAY WITCH PUZZLE - Swap and match 3 or more magic items - Collect free prizes everyday - Beat challenging enemies by matching items next to them - Create powerful combos by matching more than 3 items - Train your brain with more than 600 fun puzzle levels and counting JOIN THIS PUZZLE ADVENTURE - Match your way through the magic world of Witch Puzzle - Match enchanted items from Halloween such as skulls, pumpkins and poisoned apples to clear the board - Connect to Facebook to save your progress, check your rank in the leaderboard and ask lives for your friends - Special Levels: super hard puzzles, great for brain training - Completely FREE to play - Looking for games you can play offline? No wifi needed to play Witch Puzzle MATCH FASTER WITH POWER-UPS - Magic Book: Created by matching 5 items. Combine it with an item to destroy all matching items - Magic Combo: Start the level with the Magic Fire and a Crystal Ball combo - Wizard Spell: Clear all the items of the game - Free Move: Move an item freely, even without a match - Magic Broom: Sweep an item from the game - Magic Wand: Select 8 connecting items to destroy them ABOUT UPBEAT GAMES Our mission is to create the best, cool, fun and engaging games to be played for free anywhere on mobile devices. We want to make boys, girls and adults happy with our Upbeat Games!

About

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure as a beginner witch collecting enchanted ingredients. This game features unique match-3 mechanics with distinct rules for day, night, and graveyard levels, offering hundreds of challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Unique match-3 mechanics for different times of day
  • Hundreds of unique puzzle levels
  • Variety of boosters and powerups
  • Challenging obstacles like frozen items and spellbooks
  • Social features with Facebook connect and leaderboards
  • Bewitched graphics and sounds
Features
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Who said becoming a witch was easy? Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus! Let's go for the magic broom! Help Ursula, the beginner witch to pick up her witchery stuff before the supreme sorcerer notice the mess. It seems that Aura the cat messed up all the potions and ingredients! If Ursula does not find out what happened, she will not be able to win her magic broom. This is not another match 3 game. It has a lot of levels, with different game mechanics. Very... bewitched game modes! * The daylight levels run under the match3 classic rules. Match 3 or more stuff to collect it. Matching more than three will you a witchery booster. At night levels, you need to connect the witchcraft stuff to collect it, Connect more than seven stuff to collect all same color items at once. Finally, the graveyard has it's own rules, you need to touch a witchcraft piece to pick up this one and its same color adjacents. Collecting more than three will give you amazing powerups. Each game mode, has its own boosters and powerups: * Vertical and horizontal cleaners * Skull Bombs * Explosive Crystall balls * Toad, will paint stuff * Full moon, use as wildcard Also, these game modes have each one their own troubles: * Crystal slots you need to break * Frozen witchcraft stuff you need to defrost before collecting them. * Spellbooks you have to vanish * White spiders to collect Same way, you have some boosters to make it easier: * Magic Broom to sweep same color witchcraft stuff * Claws to pick up a single bewitched piece * Tornado to shuffle it all Win gems to get free lives, boosters and other additional witchery. FEATURES; * Very fun, very easy but hard to master * Bewitched graphics and sounds. * Witchcraft elements for a scary experience. * Hundreds of puzzle levels each one is very unique * Free, so download now * Multiple difficulty levels * Play with your friends & Family. * Facebook connect, so you can share your goals and scores. * Ranks for all levels, so you can check your friends scores and defeat them. * Fun for all ages What are you waiting for? Play this amazing match3 and give Ursula the chance to win her magic broom and become the best witch ever. Fun to play, you will love this bewitched adventure, collecting witchery. Each level is an amazing puzzle to solve.

Screenshots

Witch Puzzle4 screens
Apprentice Witch Match 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Witch Puzzle at none against Apprentice Witch Match 3's shown. Witch Puzzle also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 89) and review sentiment (83% vs 75%). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Witch Puzzle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Apprentice Witch Match 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Witch Puzzle against 4.6 for Apprentice Witch Match 3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Witch Puzzle has 1.1K ratings behind it against 89, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Witch Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 75% of Apprentice Witch Match 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Witch Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Witch Puzzle versus Apprentice Witch Match 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWitch PuzzleApprentice Witch Match 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better4.6 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews83.5% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better89
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB257 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUPBEAT GAMES DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE LTDA - EPPOne Up Games Studio

Customer experience

Witch Puzzle

All ratings1,090 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews333 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative8.4%

Apprentice Witch Match 3

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Witch Puzzle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Daily rewards disappearing
  • Inability to make in-app purchases
  • Game freezing on certain levels
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to connect to Facebook
  • More frequent updates and new content
  • Better customer support

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Witch Puzzle

One-time10
  • Small Pack of Extra Moves$0.99
  • Pack of Lives$0.99
  • 100 Coins$0.99
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  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Large Pack of Magic Brooms$2.99
  • Large Pack of Extra Moves$2.99
  • 550 Coins$4.99
  • Special Pack$4.99
  • 1200 Coins$9.99
  • 2500 Coins$19.99
4 purchases

Apprentice Witch Match 3

One-time4
  • 30 Magic Gems$1.99
  • 100 Magic Gems$3.99
  • 300 Magic Gems$9.99
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  • 1000 Magic Gems$25.99

Questions

Is Witch Puzzle free?
Witch Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apprentice Witch Match 3 free?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Witch Puzzle or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Witch Puzzle is rated higher. Witch Puzzle averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Apprentice Witch Match 3 averages 4.6 from 89 ratings.
Do Witch Puzzle or Apprentice Witch Match 3 have ads?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 shows ads; Witch Puzzle does not.
Which is updated more often, Witch Puzzle or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Witch Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, and Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Witch Puzzle was updated on October 24, 2026 and Apprentice Witch Match 3 on October 24, 2026.

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