Comparison

Hocus Puzzle vs Candy Charming

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

Head to head
About

Hocus Puzzle

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure to restore a dried-up river by mixing potions and casting spells. Explore enchanting worlds, defeat villains, and challenge friends on leaderboards. Collect costumes for powerful advantages in over 200 levels.

Highlights
  • Mix and match potions
  • Cast spells
  • Over 200 spellbinding levels
  • Challenge friends
  • Collect costumes
  • Leaderboards
Features
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Boil, bubble, toil, puzzle! Join Serena on her spellbinding adventure and discover how to defeat the evil that’s drained the magical river dry. Mix and match potions, cast spells and focus on long paths to increase Serena’s power and help you complete the levels. Challenge friends to see who can get to the top of the leaderboards! Send gifts to give each other a helping hand and collect costumes to gain powerful advantages. THE MOST BEWITCHING PUZZLE GAME • Over 200 spellbinding levels featuring funny characters, cute graphics and exciting worlds to explore • Take on the evil Master Wizard and his fiendish followers including the fierce Yetis of the Frozen Mountains • Complete tasks such as destroying ice blocks on your way to the Giant Canyon and restarting the watermill in the Mad Forest • Easy to learn game mechanics • Hours of entertaining and challenging puzzles Get ready for a magic adventure where the witches bring the environment to life! Want to receive the latest updates? Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/HocusPuzzle Do you have questions or feedback? We would love to hear from you! Visit http://www.hocuspuzzle.com/support or write to us at hocuspuzzle_en@customerservice-bigpoint.com Hocus Puzzle is completely free to play but you are also able to purchase some in-game items for real money. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device’s settings.

About

Candy Charming

Engage in a vibrant match-3 puzzle adventure with thousands of levels and daily rewards. Explore magical kingdoms, crush candies, and unlock new challenges. Play offline and sync your progress across devices.

Highlights
  • 3,000+ addictive match-3 levels
  • Daily rewards and bonuses
  • Playable offline without Wi-Fi
  • Sync game data across devices
  • Powerful boosters to solve quests
  • Cute graphics and game maps
Features
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Start playing Candy Charming today – over 8,000,000 candy charmers are playing this top match 3 puzzle games! With more than 3,000 levels, enjoy hours and hours of crushing fun! Candy Charming is an addictive match puzzle game full of free big rewards every day! Exploring magical candy kingdoms, helping lovely candy fairy to match & crush the candies and sugars to unlock different gameplays! Want to kill time without WIFI? Want to claim free rewards every day? Want to challenge friends to see who can get the highest score? Start playing Candy Charming now! Candy Charming Features: ● 3,000+ Addictive match-3 levels Candy Charming has more than 3,000 levels and will add new levels monthly ● Top various gameplays Daily Reward, Spin the wheel, Happy Hour, Sweet Mission, Sweet Treats and so on ●FREE to play There are daily free rewards and don’t forget to spin the wheel to get awesome bonus ● Sync game data whenever/anytime Sync your game data between different devices and play anywhere, anytime ●Offline games No Wi-Fi or internet connection is required ●Cute graphics Different wonderful game maps and delicious jelly & sugar & soda & candy with new designs ●Powerful boosters There are 7 powerful boosters which can help you solve the quests HOW TO PLAY: ●Match 3 or more similar candies in a line to crush them. ●Match 4 puzzle pieces to create the direction special candy bombs. ●Match 5 in T or L to create magical candy. ●Use less moves and more combos of special candies to get more stars in the level Candy Charming is completely free to play but some of the in-game items require payment. Enjoying it? Learn more about this top free puzzle game! Follow Candy Charming on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playcandycharming/ Follow Candy Charming on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candycharmingfun/ Follow Candy Charming website for tips: www.candycharming.com Are you ready to join Candy Charming? Try the best matching candies games in 2021! Have fun playing Candy Charming! Subscription options Monthly VIP Privilege (Offers 2 kinds of monthly subscriptions. Both subscriptions can be enjoyed at once) - offers $9.99 monthly subscription for 30 coins every day during a month and removing annoying banner ads. - offers $14.99 monthly subscription for 60 coins every day during a month and removing annoying banner ads. This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable You can turn off the auto-renew for the subscription whenever you want to through iTunes. Check https://support.apple.com/HT202039. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/site/hk707privacylicense/ Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/707inttermsofuse

Screenshots

Hocus Puzzle4 screens
Candy Charming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hocus Puzzle at 93% against Candy Charming's 63%. Candy Charming's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 42) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Hocus Puzzle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Charming sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Candy Charming holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Candy Charming has 12K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Hocus Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 63% of Candy Charming's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hocus Puzzle versus Candy Charming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHocus PuzzleCandy Charming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (42 ratings)4.8 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better62.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4212K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB169 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBigpoint GmbH707 INTERACTIVE

Customer experience

Hocus Puzzle

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.2%

Candy Charming

All ratings12,138 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews350 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral10.0%
Negative27.1%

User reviews

Hocus Puzzle

From 42 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
  • 🕹️ Challenging but enjoyable gameplay
  • 🕰️ Good time-passer
  • 🎨 Cute and colorful design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Lack of support and explanation for higher levels
  • 🔋 Can be draining on battery

Candy Charming

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging game
  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Relaxing and stress-relieving
  • 👍 Good mix of easy and difficult levels
  • 👍 Colorful and visually appealing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Intrusive and excessive ads
  • 💰 Paywall for removing ads and accessing features
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and repetitive levels
  • 🤯 Levels become impossibly difficult

Bugs and requests

Hocus Puzzle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lottery wheel not working properly
  • Game freezing during updates
  • Losing progress after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to convert coins to gems
  • Option to disable ads or in-app purchases

Candy Charming

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes after watching ads
  • Daily rewards not registering correctly
  • Coins and progress not syncing across devices
  • Inability to restore purchases and progress

Requested features

5 requests
  • Reduce ads and provide ad-free option
  • Improve game stability and reduce crashes
  • Add more variety in level design
  • Improve progression system and reward structure
  • Provide more ways to earn in-game currency

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hocus Puzzle

One-time9
  • Welcome Pack2 variants$0.99
  • Gem Pack n°1$0.99
  • Special Pack 5$1.99
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  • Special Pack 10$1.99
  • Gem Pack n°2$3.99
  • Win The Level$4.99
  • Gem Pack n°3$9.99
  • Gem Pack n°4$16.99
  • Gem Pack n°5$39.99
10 purchases

Candy Charming

One-time10
  • Reborn Gifts$0.99
  • handful of coins$1.99
  • Reborn hot gifts$1.99
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  • Small Coins Pack$1.99
  • Heap of coins and energy$4.99
  • Limited Package$4.99
  • Super reborn pack$4.99
  • Small sack of coins and energy$9.99
  • Huge Piggy Bank$9.99
  • Large sack of coins and energy$19.99

Questions

Is Hocus Puzzle free?
Hocus Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Charming free?
Candy Charming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hocus Puzzle or Candy Charming?
Candy Charming is rated higher. Hocus Puzzle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Candy Charming averages 4.8 from 12K ratings.
Do Hocus Puzzle or Candy Charming have ads?
Both Hocus Puzzle and Candy Charming show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hocus Puzzle or Candy Charming?
Hocus Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, and Candy Charming fortnightly. Most recently, Hocus Puzzle was updated on November 1, 2026 and Candy Charming on November 6, 2026.

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