Garden Eel vs Magic Wands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Eel
A relaxing simulator where you nurture garden eels by managing their environment. Swipe to create currents, clean the seabed, and feed your eels to help them grow. Drive away unwanted sea creatures to ensure a thriving habitat.
- Swipe to create currents
- Clean the seabed
- Feed garden eels
- Drive away sea creatures
- 5 kinds of garden eels
- Apple Watch support
- iCloud data saving
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Garden Eel is a garden eel simulator. Swipe and make current, then feed garden eels. Swipe sea bottom and make it clean. Then new garden eel will appear and they'll grow. There are 5 kinds of garden eels. When fishes and sea cucumbers appear, tap and drive them away. This game is inspired by the sea of Saipan, Okinawa, etc. This app supports Apple Watch(garden eel animation with feeding indicator). Animations of the Watch App will be added when the new garden eel appears in the iPhone App. This app saves play data to iCloud in every two minutes. Saved data can be downloaded by new install of app in another device. Or Garden Eel AR/VR for viewing in 3D!!
Magic Wands
Explore a magical world of wands and spells. Collect unique wands, cast epic spells like healing and fire, and even use your wand as a flashlight. Discover your wizard house and unlock new powers through potions.
- Collect unique wands
- Cast epic spells
- Use wand as flashlight
- Discover wizard house
- Unlock wands with potions
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Magic wands and spells - the best collection in one game! Collect all the unique wands! Cast epic spells! Take test to find which house you belong! Swing your phone to cast the spell: ► Heal, freeze, shoot fire, cast curses and charms with beautiful and legendary wands. ► Use your wands as Flashlight. Awaken true wizard in yourself, become the master of witchcraft! Collect potions to unlock new, unique and more powerful wands and spells. Coming soon - in the upcoming updates: ► Fight Monsters in the dungeons ► Duel with friends ► Design and Craft your own wand
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Garden Eel at 5.0 against Magic Wands's 4.2. Garden Eel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Magic Wands's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Magic Wands sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Garden Eel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Garden Eel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Wands has 4.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Garden Eel ships an update every 3 months, Magic Wands every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Eel | Magic Wands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (4.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 68.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KENSHI DOI | Talgame LLC |
Customer experience
Garden Eel
Magic Wands
Bugs and requests
Garden Eel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic Wands
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and app instability
- Sorting quiz with grammatical errors
- Inconsistent wand and spell mechanics
Requested features
6 requests- Multiplayer dueling mode
- Wider variety of spells and abilities
- Progression system with levels and challenges
- Customizable characters and wands
- Integrated storyline or quests
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- Dungeon mode with diverse enemies
In-app purchases
Garden Eel
No in-app purchases
Magic Wands
- 1350 Potions$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 4700 Potions$2.99
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- 4700 Potions +Remove Ads$2.99
- 10007 Potions$4.99
Questions
Is Garden Eel free?
Is Magic Wands free?
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