Comparison

Alchemists vs Score Realms

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

Head to head
About

Alchemists

This app acts as a digital companion for a board game, allowing players to scan ingredient cards to discover potion recipes. It also serves as a learning tool for those interested in the game's mechanics, enabling them to practice potion mixing and test their deductive skills without the physical board game.

Highlights
  • Scan ingredient cards
  • Discover potion recipes
  • Learn game rules
  • Practice potion mixing
  • Test ingredient combinations
  • View game answers
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This is a supplementary app for board game Alchemists from Czech Games Edition. It allows players to scan ingredient cards from the board game to find out what potions they can create. It also help players who do not have the board game, but are interested in the mechanics, to learn the rules or the game. And they can even experience the mixing of potions and try out their skills as academics. So if that's your case follow these steps: 1. Tap [settings], then under Ingredients selection: chose "Select by hand". From now on, you won't need to scan actual cards, you will just chose them mechanically. 2. Tap [Start new game], this will randomize correct solutions. 3. Tap [Drink Potion] to perform your first test. Choose any two ingredients you wish and tap [confirm] to combine them. They will give you a certain color and sign. Note the result. 4. Repeat step 3 as many times as needed, to find out what ingredient contains what alchemical. How many tests do you need to perform to find out all correct answers? To check if all your answers are correct, tap [Final round] and then [Show answers]. If you want to find out more about the rules of the game, you can also tap the INFO button to learn everything there is about mixing potions.x

About

Score Realms

Effortlessly tally your points in Fantasy Realms with this scoring app. Simply point your device's camera at your cards, and it automatically calculates your total score. Supports the English and German versions, including the Cursed Hoard expansion.

Highlights
  • Automatic card scanning
  • Point calculation
  • Supports English and German versions
  • Includes Cursed Hoard expansion
  • Easy to use
Features
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Score Realms helps you to count your total points at the end of a game of Fantasy Realms. Simply hold your cards in front of the camera and Score Realms is doing the rest. Score Realms only works for the English and German version of Fantasy Realms and the expansion Cursed Hoard. Thanks to Bruce Glassco and WizKids for such a beautiful game. Score Realms is not an official product by the game designer and/or publisher.

Screenshots

Alchemists2 screens
Score Realms2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alchemists at none against Score Realms's 4. Score Realms's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 58%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Score Realms sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Alchemists asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Alchemists against 4.1 for Score Realms. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Alchemists's written reviews are positive against 78% of Score Realms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alchemists ships an update every 3 months, Score Realms every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Alchemists versus Score Realms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlchemistsScore Realms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (23 ratings) — better4.1 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2325 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCGE Digital s.r.o.Marcus Katscher

Customer experience

Alchemists

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative34.2%

Score Realms

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative19.6%

In-app purchases

None

Alchemists

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Score Realms

One-time4
  • One cup of coffee$1.99
  • Cursed Hoard$2.49
  • Two cups of coffee$3.99
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  • Three cups of coffee$5.99

Questions

Is Alchemists free?
Alchemists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Score Realms free?
Score Realms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alchemists or Score Realms?
Alchemists is rated higher. Alchemists averages 4.2 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Score Realms averages 4.1 from 25 ratings.
Do Alchemists or Score Realms have ads?
Neither Alchemists nor Score Realms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alchemists or Score Realms?
Alchemists ships an update every 3 months, and Score Realms every 3 weeks. Most recently, Alchemists was updated on November 6, 2026 and Score Realms on November 3, 2026.

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