Potion Maker vs Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Brew potions with various ingredients
- Enhance potion value
- Upgrade brewing skills
- Collect 75 potion recipes
- Offline gameplay
- Live2D animated characters
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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.
Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
Embark on quests to defeat enemies and gather valuable items. Sell your collected loot in your virtual shop to earn in-game currency. Upgrade your character and expand your business in this casual idle game.
- Defeat enemies in quests
- Collect and sell items
- Equip weapons and armor
- Level up your witch character
- Upgrade your shop
- Find rare items
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Defeat enemies in quests and collect items! Sell the items you collect in your shop! It's a cute and quick game to enjoy during your spare time. Defeating enemies in quests drops items you can sell in the shop, as well as weapons and armor you can equip. Sometimes, you might even find rare items that sell for a high price! Use the money you earn to level up the witch Serena and upgrade your shop to make it even bigger!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Potion Maker at none against Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash's 9. Potion Maker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (81% vs 65%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Potion Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Potion Maker against 4.3 for Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potion Maker has 114 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Potion Maker's written reviews are positive against 65% of Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash's.
Potion Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Potion Maker | Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (114 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews — better | 64.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Halak | Kenjirou Uesaka |
Customer experience
Potion Maker
Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
User reviews
Potion Maker
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Adorable and cute character designs
- 🎨 High-quality art style and animations
- ⏰ Simple and easy-to-learn gameplay mechanics
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging potion-making gameplay
- 💰 No mandatory in-app purchases required
Room to improve
- 🐛 Save function frequently broken or glitches
- 🐛 Shop and store access disabled
- 🐛 Cannot access unlocked outfits/costumes
- 🐛 Game crashes and freezes after updates
- 🐛 Costumes fail to download properly
Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
From 20 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💖 Cute characters and art style
- 🎮 Simple and fun gameplay loop
- 💰 Worth the price to remove ads
- 😌 Relaxing and casual play
- ✨ Unique animations and skills
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and long forced ads
- ⏳ More time spent on ads than gameplay
- 🥱 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 📉 Imbalanced difficulty (enemy stats)
- 🚫 Lack of content and depth
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
Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
Reported bugs
3 issues- 🐛 Game freezes on 'now loading' screen after update
- 🔊 Game audio disappears after ads
- 🐛 Game crashes or becomes unplayable after updates
Requested features
20 requests- Add new stages/content
- Implement a character switching system
- More shop customization options
- Add a free-aim or manual skill selection for auto-battle
- Allow players to set item priority for selling
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- Implement a system to 'keep' unwanted items
- Add more interactive NPCs
- Introduce housing elements or room customization
- Implement an alchemy system for shop items
- Add events or seasonal content
- Allow customization of character outfits
- Add a barcode element (from previous game)
- Implement a 'repeat' or 'auto-repeat' function for quests
- Add special abilities or characteristics to equipment
- Allow players to change the appearance of the witch based on equipment
- Add a system for hiring additional shop staff
- Implement a crafting system
- Add a bestiary or item drop location guide
- Allow players to choose which skills to use in auto-battle
- Add a system for managing inventory more efficiently
In-app purchases
Potion Maker
No in-app purchases
Witch's Shop Idle Hack & Slash
- 100 Diamonds$1.49
- Ad Skip Pack$1.49
- Triple Item Drops$4.99
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- Triple Player Movement Speed$4.99
- Customer Assistance$4.99
- Idle Time Tripled$4.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
- 1,000 Diamonds +100 Bonus$9.99
- 5,000 Diamonds +1,000 Bonus$49.99
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