Comparison

Potion Maker vs Item shop

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

Head to head
About

Potion Maker

Brew magical concoctions by combining ingredients in a cauldron to create increasingly valuable potions. Upgrade your brewing skills, aim to become a millionaire potion master, and collect all 75 unique potion recipes. Enjoy offline gameplay and test your luck in this charming simulation.

Highlights
  • Brew potions with various ingredients
  • Enhance potion value
  • Upgrade brewing skills
  • Collect 75 potion recipes
  • Offline gameplay
  • Live2D animated characters
Features
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Make a potion with moe chara! Become a rich man to enhance to the highest level! The first game of Sinsiroad! Animated characters in Live2D! Pio-chan cute! Enhanced potion to put the material to the cauldron! Infinitely becomes higher price! Potion making an increasingly developed in upgrade! Aim the millionaire Become a potion master! Collect all the potion on a total of 75 species Let's finish the book! ** Recommended for these people! ** I do not want to wait for the stamina recovery! I want a game that does not require Internet connection! I want to test my luck! Moe is good - anyway! ** How to play ** 1. Make a potion to select one of the material passing through the top of the screen! 2. Let's raise the price to put more and more also other material! 3. Trying to enhance! 4. Try again! 5. Do not be frustrated if fail, try again! 6. Trying to sell high! 7. Become a rich man! ※ For more inquiries, please send by e-mail.

About

Item shop

Run your own shop by selling crafted items and fulfilling customer requests. Combine different items to discover new products, and send adventurers out to gather materials. Expand and decorate your shop with the money you earn.

Highlights
  • Sell items on the counter
  • Fulfill customer requests
  • Combine items to craft new ones
  • Send adventurers for materials
  • Expand and remodel shop
  • Decorate your room
Features
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Put items up for sale and make some money! Sell the items by placing them on the counter. Sometimes customers may request to buy a certain item. When the player is not in the shop, Mimi the cat will take the place to sell the item instead. You can also combine items together to make whole new items! Go to the bar and ask the adventurers to get the items and materials you would like to sell. There will be a limited number of adventurers you can ask at the start, but the number will increase as your fame goes up. Let the Adventurer collect items for you to sell! You can also create new items by combining two different items. However, the items created can also become trash if you make a mistake in the combinations. Save up money so that you can expand and remodel your shop! Save up money by selling many products and expand the shop size so that you can purchase items to decorate your room luxuriously.

Screenshots

Potion Maker4 screens
Item shop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Potion Maker at none against Item shop's shown. Potion Maker also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Item shop's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Potion Maker against 4.4 for Item shop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 121 and 55 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Potion Maker's written reviews are positive against 87% of Item shop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potion Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Item shop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Potion Maker versus Item shop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotion MakerItem shop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (121 ratings)4.4 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews86.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121 — better55
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHalakPlus Inc. (Japan)

Customer experience

Potion Maker

All ratings114 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews311 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.9%

Item shop

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral1.9%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative7.3%

Bugs and requests

Potion Maker

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Save button unresponsive or closes menu without saving
  • Cannot access shop or purchase items
  • Costumes become inaccessible after reinstall
  • Game crashes 10-30 seconds after startup
  • Quests cannot be accepted or completed
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  • Enhancement success rates appear incorrect
  • Data loss after device transfer
  • Cloud save restoration fails with error codes
  • Material conveyor belt unresponsive to taps
  • Notification system shows persistent false alerts
  • Screen cutoff on notched devices (iPhone X+)
  • Login and Facebook account linking failures
  • Game freezes during events or mini-games
  • Potion prices display as zero
  • Date/time manipulation locks out game functions
  • Tutorial misalignment on newer phone models
  • Event fairies become permanently unavailable after events end

Requested features

15 requests
  • Voice acting for characters
  • More playable characters (especially male characters)
  • Additional potion types and recipes
  • More costume variety and options
  • Character interaction and dialogue modes
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  • Farming or exploration systems
  • Mini-games and additional gameplay modes
  • RPG elements like combat and bosses
  • Ability to toggle/disable buff effects
  • More events and limited-time activities
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Improved enhancement system with better rates
  • Cloud save functionality
  • Russian language support
  • Chinese version novel publication

Item shop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Potion Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Item shop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potion Maker free?
Potion Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Item shop free?
Item shop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potion Maker or Item shop?
Item shop is rated higher. Potion Maker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while Item shop averages 4.4 from 55 ratings.
Do Potion Maker or Item shop have ads?
Item shop shows ads; Potion Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Potion Maker or Item shop?
Potion Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Item shop weekly. Most recently, Potion Maker was updated on October 23, 2026 and Item shop on October 24, 2026.

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