Comparison

Hocus Puzzle vs Bounty Pang

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

Bounty Pang

Embark on an action-packed monster hunting adventure with dynamic battles. Upgrade your gear with bows and costumes to defeat epic bosses. Enjoy an endless RPG quest, with cute friends gathering treasures even when you're away.

Highlights
  • Dynamic monster battles
  • Gear and costume upgrades
  • Epic boss fights
  • Endless action RPG adventure
  • AFK treasure collection
  • Cute monster companions
Features
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▶ Dynamic Battle Get ready to immerse yourself in the action shooting adventure of monster hunting! Only your control will rule the battle. Gear up your bow and sword to shoot the cute monsters down! ▶ Upgrade to Kick Epic Bosses Claim rewards to enchant your gear, preparing yourself to encounter Epic BOSSES! Awesome bows and cute costumes await you! ▶ Endless Action RPG Adventure Engage in an endless quest for monster hunting adventure, and prove yourself as the greatest hunter of all! ▶ Too intense? No worries! You will make many cute friends during this adventure and the friends will gather treasures while you are away! Feel free to AFK and get rest to be the best and cute bounty hunter in the world!

Screenshots

Hocus Puzzle4 screens
Bounty Pang4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bounty Pang at 13.0 against Hocus Puzzle's 15.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 Bounty Pang sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hocus Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, Bounty Pang every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hocus Puzzle versus Bounty Pang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHocus PuzzleBounty Pang
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB387 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperBigpoint GmbHESCP Games

Customer experience

Hocus Puzzle

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

Bounty Pang

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Bounty Pang

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
10 purchases

Bounty Pang

One-time10
  • Machine Chest Pack 01$0.99
  • Machine Chest Pack 02$1.99
  • Undead Chest Pack 03$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Machine Chest Pack 03$2.99
  • Undead Chest Pack 04$5.59
  • Machine Chest Pack 04$5.59
  • Undead Chest Pack 05$11.49
  • Machine Chest Pack 05$11.49
  • Undead Chest Pack 06$19.49
  • Machine Chest Pack 06$19.49

Questions

Is Hocus Puzzle free?
Hocus Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bounty Pang free?
Bounty Pang is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hocus Puzzle or Bounty Pang have ads?
Both Hocus Puzzle and Bounty Pang show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hocus Puzzle or Bounty Pang?
Hocus Puzzle ships an update fortnightly, and Bounty Pang every 9 days. Most recently, Hocus Puzzle was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bounty Pang on October 30, 2026.

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