Magic Touch vs Flapping Cage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Touch
Defend your castle by drawing magical spells with your finger to pop incoming balloons. Master intuitive gesture recognition to defeat aggressive hordes and protect the kingdom. Unlock new spells and power-ups to become the ultimate wizard.
- Intuitive gesture recognition drawing
- Simple drawing concept
- Game Center support
- Unlock new spells
- Slow down time
- Turn enemies into frogs
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Wanted, Wizard required for defence duties. Must be proficient in spell casting to pop varying balloon types that may be utilised by intruders. Must be confident working alone and comfortable facing aggressive hordes. Advanced magic techniques desirable but can be learnt on the job. Applicant expected to provide their own spell book and potion bottles. They also may be required to make tea and answer phone calls. Applicants should send CVs and potions portfolio to enquiries-castleundersiege@nitrome.com Use you finger to draw shapes. Match the shapes on balloons to pop them sending the invaders smashing to the ground. Keep the Enemy from reaching the castle for as long as possible! Features: - Intuitive gesture recognition drawing gameplay. - A simple drawing concept that anyone can grasp! - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes. - Collect coins to unlock new awesome spells. Slow Down time! Turn enemies into frogs! Summon a mighty Dragon! Cover the floor on Fire! Make the Castle Turrets grow Gun Turrets! Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Flapping Cage
Guide a bird through a series of challenging rooms filled with spikes and traps. Test your reflexes and compete with players worldwide on leaderboards. Unlock new skins and collect items as you progress through hundreds of unique levels.
- Avoid spikes and traps
- Hundreds of different rooms
- Online multiplayer with leaderboards
- Unlockable skins
- Collectable feathers and stars
- Playable offline
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Make your Bird fly and don't touch the spikes! In Flapping Cage, birds are trapped into cages full of spikes and traps... Let them flap through hundreds of different rooms unaware of what will come next! Every 10 scores you'll be teleported in a new room with random obstacles, In which room will you die? Challenge hundreds of player online in 4 different servers (newbie, junior, pro and elite) with leaderboards that will be refreshed every hour (The game works also offline)! Flapping Cage includes: - 57 Skins to unlock. - 72 Achievements. - 150 collectable feathers. - 10 collectable stars. - 21 different rooms. - 18 Ranking levels. - 5 types of Medals (if you play online): Golden, Silver, Bronze, Top 10 and Top 30. - 4 types of leaderboard server. - App playable Online and Offline. In a few words: Avoid spikes! Be aware of spikes! Don't touch the spikes! Flapping Cage! Website: http://www.flappingcage.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flapping Cage at none against Magic Touch's 4. Flapping Cage also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (92% vs 62%). Magic Touch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 73). On price, rating 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. Magic Touch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Flapping Cage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flapping Cage holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Touch has 1.2K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Magic Touch's written reviews are positive against 92% of Flapping Cage's.
Magic Touch ships an update every 2 months, Flapping Cage every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Touch | Flapping Cage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) | 4.7 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 374 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Alessandro Pezzetti |
Customer experience
Magic Touch
Flapping Cage
Bugs and requests
Magic Touch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes after losing
- Spells not working as intended
- Inconsistent scoring and coin rewards
Requested features
3 requests- Additional game modes and difficulty levels
- Ability to disable certain spells
- Save progress and high scores
Flapping Cage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Touch
- Coins Pack 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Coins Pack 2$2.99
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- Coins Pack 3$6.99
Flapping Cage
No in-app purchases
