Comparison

Magic MixUp vs Apprentice Witch Match 3

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

Head to head
About

Magic MixUp

Embark on a magical match-3 journey filled with potion mixing, pet collecting, and sticker discovery. Explore a fairytale kingdom across 100 thrilling levels, encountering mythical creatures and enchanting environments.

Highlights
  • Match-3 potion puzzles
  • Collect mystical pets
  • Fill a sticker book
  • Explore fairytale kingdoms
  • Defeat mythical dragons
  • Enchanting graphics
Features
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Join Luna on a magical match-3 adventure! Collect pets, mix potions, find stickers and puzzle your way through a land of fairytale fun! From the makers of Agent Dash & Sugar Rush. Download this new potion puzzle game today! Collect mystical pets that will help you on your journey and record your adventure in Luna's sticker book! Your quest takes you from a humble village, through enchanted caves, a winter wonderland and beyond! It's the most magical game around! • Mix and match bewitching potions • Collect cute pets with magical powers! • Fill the sticker book! Can you find them all? • Defeat mythical dragons! • Enchanting hand-drawn graphics • A beautiful fairytale kingdom to explore • 100 thrilling levels to master • Play with your friends! Join the Magic MixUp community! twitter.com/fullfatgames facebook.com/fullfatgames fullfat.com

About

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Embark on a magical puzzle adventure as a beginner witch collecting enchanted ingredients. This game features unique match-3 mechanics with distinct rules for day, night, and graveyard levels, offering hundreds of challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Unique match-3 mechanics for different times of day
  • Hundreds of unique puzzle levels
  • Variety of boosters and powerups
  • Challenging obstacles like frozen items and spellbooks
  • Social features with Facebook connect and leaderboards
  • Bewitched graphics and sounds
Features
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Who said becoming a witch was easy? Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus! Let's go for the magic broom! Help Ursula, the beginner witch to pick up her witchery stuff before the supreme sorcerer notice the mess. It seems that Aura the cat messed up all the potions and ingredients! If Ursula does not find out what happened, she will not be able to win her magic broom. This is not another match 3 game. It has a lot of levels, with different game mechanics. Very... bewitched game modes! * The daylight levels run under the match3 classic rules. Match 3 or more stuff to collect it. Matching more than three will you a witchery booster. At night levels, you need to connect the witchcraft stuff to collect it, Connect more than seven stuff to collect all same color items at once. Finally, the graveyard has it's own rules, you need to touch a witchcraft piece to pick up this one and its same color adjacents. Collecting more than three will give you amazing powerups. Each game mode, has its own boosters and powerups: * Vertical and horizontal cleaners * Skull Bombs * Explosive Crystall balls * Toad, will paint stuff * Full moon, use as wildcard Also, these game modes have each one their own troubles: * Crystal slots you need to break * Frozen witchcraft stuff you need to defrost before collecting them. * Spellbooks you have to vanish * White spiders to collect Same way, you have some boosters to make it easier: * Magic Broom to sweep same color witchcraft stuff * Claws to pick up a single bewitched piece * Tornado to shuffle it all Win gems to get free lives, boosters and other additional witchery. FEATURES; * Very fun, very easy but hard to master * Bewitched graphics and sounds. * Witchcraft elements for a scary experience. * Hundreds of puzzle levels each one is very unique * Free, so download now * Multiple difficulty levels * Play with your friends & Family. * Facebook connect, so you can share your goals and scores. * Ranks for all levels, so you can check your friends scores and defeat them. * Fun for all ages What are you waiting for? Play this amazing match3 and give Ursula the chance to win her magic broom and become the best witch ever. Fun to play, you will love this bewitched adventure, collecting witchery. Each level is an amazing puzzle to solve.

Screenshots

Magic MixUp4 screens
Apprentice Witch Match 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Magic MixUp at none against Apprentice Witch Match 3's shown. Magic MixUp also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 75%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Apprentice Witch Match 3's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Magic MixUp sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Apprentice Witch Match 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic MixUp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 87 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Magic MixUp's written reviews are positive against 75% of Apprentice Witch Match 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic MixUp ships an update monthly, Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic MixUp versus Apprentice Witch Match 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic MixUpApprentice Witch Match 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31 ratings) — better4.6 (87 ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3187 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB257 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFull Fat Productions LtdOne Up Games Studio

Customer experience

Magic MixUp

All ratings31 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral5.2%
Negative1.0%

Apprentice Witch Match 3

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Magic MixUp

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes and won't load
  • Sticker images don't appear on animals
  • Facebook connection not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and game boards
  • New worlds to explore
  • Increased difficulty and challenge options
  • Ability to enlarge the playing field
  • Continued regular updates

Apprentice Witch Match 3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Magic MixUp

One-time6
  • Pile of 10 coins$0.99
  • Jar of 55 coins$4.99
  • Purse of 115 coins$9.99
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  • Bag of 275 coins$22.99
  • Chest of 550 coins$44.99
  • Cauldron of 1275 coins$99.99
4 purchases

Apprentice Witch Match 3

One-time4
  • 30 Magic Gems$1.99
  • 100 Magic Gems$3.99
  • 300 Magic Gems$9.99
Show 1 more
  • 1000 Magic Gems$25.99

Questions

Is Magic MixUp free?
Magic MixUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apprentice Witch Match 3 free?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic MixUp or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Magic MixUp is rated higher. Magic MixUp averages 4.8 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Apprentice Witch Match 3 averages 4.6 from 87 ratings.
Do Magic MixUp or Apprentice Witch Match 3 have ads?
Apprentice Witch Match 3 shows ads; Magic MixUp does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic MixUp or Apprentice Witch Match 3?
Magic MixUp ships an update monthly, and Apprentice Witch Match 3 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Magic MixUp was updated on October 7, 2026 and Apprentice Witch Match 3 on September 23, 2026.

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