Comparison

PaD Aras vs DecideNow

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

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About

PaD Aras

This tool aids players of a popular puzzle game by recreating orbs from screenshots. It allows for practice by calculating combo damage and simulating monster and leader/friend stats. Users can easily input their game data to refine their strategies.

Highlights
  • Recreate orbs from screenshots
  • Calculate combo damage
  • Input monster stats
  • Simulate leader/friend stats
  • Orb editor for customization
  • Practice combo strategies
Features
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Have you played iOS game "Puzzle & Dragons"? This is really useful tool for that! When you need to think about combos, the app will help you. Such as, you want to do big combos, and big damage, also must make a success of it on the first time, etc... Anyway this makes your screenshot of battles to recreate orbs for practice and calc your combo damage. * This app need a screenshot with "Puzzle & Dragons". *** Features *** - Easy to use! - Quickly recreating orbs! - Automatically calc your combo damage! - Anytime you can think about combo! * it does NOT automatically mention to make high combos. *** How to use it *** 1. When you play PAD, capture a screen shot in dungeon. 2. Start the app, then load the picture which you took it. 3. Quickly just orbs will be set. 4. You can easily input your monster data. *check below status 5. After you drag any orb as the original game, immediately show a damage log. *** Monster status *** 1. Tap one of monster on your party image, then open quick status window. 2. Just easily enter the attack parameter, also select the ally. 3. If the monster has the skill “2 way”, select the amount. 4. The below checker means the monster attack uses the enhanced power or not. ON: yes, OFF: no *** Leader/Friend status *** 1. Tap the icon of right of party image, then open a window. 2. Enter L/F power parameters. 3. If the ally boost skills are on the party, select the ally and total amounts. 4. Also if orb boosts skills, do it as above. 5. Select enhanced power if want. *** Tips *** - Nonstop timer will not stop until entire time even if you left a orb. - If you tap a timer on main view then the timer will be changed another one. - You can paint on orbs if you want. Also the erase feature is refresh button on center of toolbar. *** Orb editor *** 1. Select orb editor in settings. 2. You can change orb color when you tap any orbs. 3. If you slide orbs while touch, next orb will change the same color. 4. The colors are 6 types.

About

DecideNow

Features
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Key Features ・Intuitive Interface: Solve complex problems easily with simple operations ・Adopts AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process): Easily use a highly reliable decision-making method ・Intuitive Result Display: Clearly visualize the priority of options with graphs ・Various Use Scenarios: Applicable in many situations such as choosing a job, selecting a school, purchasing products, picking business partners, deciding on travel destinations, even selecting a restaurant out and more.

Screenshots

PaD Aras4 screens
DecideNow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaD Aras at none against DecideNow's 1. PaD Aras also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.1). DecideNow's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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. DecideNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PaD Aras asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaD Aras ships an update every 3 weeks, DecideNow weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PaD Aras versus DecideNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaD ArasDecideNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperF-NET AppsTakuma Nishimaki

In-app purchases

None

PaD Aras

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DecideNow

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$2.99

Questions

Is PaD Aras free?
PaD Aras is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DecideNow free?
DecideNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaD Aras or DecideNow have ads?
DecideNow shows ads; PaD Aras does not.
Which is updated more often, PaD Aras or DecideNow?
PaD Aras ships an update every 3 weeks, and DecideNow weekly. Most recently, PaD Aras was updated on November 1, 2026 and DecideNow on October 27, 2026.

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