Comparison

Hocus Puzzle vs CIRCUS PangPang!

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

CIRCUS PangPang!

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Make a fantastic circus show with a variety of adorable animal friends! Lead the circus to success with simple controls. Change animals into different forms, let them meet, and make them vanish! ■Change into different animals. Change the animals into different animals! From rabbits to cats to frogs... ■Let animals with the same form to meet. When animals changed into the same form meet... Pop! Something magical happens on the stage! ■Make them vanish like magic. Make the animals changed into different forms vanish from the stage in various ways! There's not just one way to vanish. Enjoy a variety of shows, from vanish into the tent to flying away as birds!

Screenshots

Hocus Puzzle4 screens
CIRCUS PangPang!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CIRCUS PangPang! at none against Hocus Puzzle's 10. CIRCUS PangPang! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hocus Puzzle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. CIRCUS PangPang! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hocus Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, CIRCUS PangPang! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hocus Puzzle versus CIRCUS PangPang!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHocus PuzzleCIRCUS PangPang!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB91 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBigpoint GmbHSesisoft

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

CIRCUS PangPang!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

CIRCUS PangPang!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hocus Puzzle free?
Hocus Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CIRCUS PangPang! free?
CIRCUS PangPang! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hocus Puzzle or CIRCUS PangPang! have ads?
Hocus Puzzle shows ads; CIRCUS PangPang! does not.
Which is updated more often, Hocus Puzzle or CIRCUS PangPang!?
Hocus Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, and CIRCUS PangPang! weekly. Most recently, Hocus Puzzle was updated on October 24, 2026 and CIRCUS PangPang! on October 25, 2026.

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