Comparison

Sorcery! 3 vs Maginary. Adventure text book.

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

Head to head
About

Sorcery! 3

Embark on an epic adventure through a cursed wilderness filled with monsters, traps, and magic. Explore freely, make thousands of choices that shape your story, and master new spells. This interactive fiction game offers a unique experience with dynamic time travel elements.

Highlights
  • Explore freely through a dynamic world
  • Alter the world with time beacons
  • Thousands of choices that shape your adventure
  • Thirty new enemies with unique strategies
  • Discover new spells and master magic
  • Play the game of bluff and deceit, Swindlestones
Features
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An epic adventure through a cursed wilderness of monsters, traps and magic. Begin your journey here! (Parts 1 and 2 not required.) *** Rock Paper Shotgun best RPG of 2016 *** "Sorcery! 3 is unlike anything you’ve ever played. Its mix of puzzle-solving, combat, and choose-your-own-adventure stylings have created a unique form of entertainment that I cannot wait to get back into" - Pocket Tactics, 5/5 "An amazing adventure... easily the biggest and most satisfying gamebook ever released on iOS" - TouchArcade, 5/5 "[One] of 2015’s best iPhone games", TIME magazine "This dragon-centric chapter of Sorcery! 3 does a fantastic job of keeping things dynamic and interesting, and better yet, its new puzzle-like aspect gives it the kind of magical, surprise-filled, combat-related fun fantasy fans live for." - Examiner.com, 5/5 "Sorcery! 3 demonstrates just how wonderful interactive fiction can be." - 148apps + Explore everywhere - move freely through the world, any way you want, creating your own unique story + New time beacons allow you to alter the world dynamically - travel through the present, or into the past, or mix the two + Thousands of choices - all are remembered, and shape your adventure + Thirty new enemies, including seven deadly serpents, each with their own strategies - and weaknesses + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Swindlestones is back! The game of bluff and deceit is back, with new, smarter, opponents + New spells to discover and new magic to master + Five Gods, all with different quirks and powers + Start your adventure here, or load your characters and choices from Part 2 + New music from "80 Days" composer Laurence Chapman + Two new 3D hand-drawn maps to explore by Mike Schley "A seminal moment in interactive fiction" - Gamezebo "A vast and engaging third chapter that expands brilliantly on the first two" - PocketGamer (Gold award) The land of Kakhabad is a wilderness - a ruined desert, a tangled forest, cruel mountains and fissures, all guarded by seven fearsome serpents. But you must cross this land if you are to reach Mampang and the Crown of Kings. Rely on your wits or fight your way through - play with honour, or lie, cheat and steal - the choices are all yours. From the creators of TIME's Game of the Year 2014, "80 Days", comes the third instalment in the acclaimed Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series. An interactive story told through thousands of choices, all of which are remembered, where no two adventures are the same. Adapted and expanded from the million-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux) and co-creator of Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone). Using inkle's unique inklewriter technology, the story is written in real-time, built around your choices and actions. Praise for the Sorcery! series: * "I love this app... better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" - 5/5, Interactive Fiction of the Year, Pocket Tactics * Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade * Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013 Gamezebo * Gold Award, Pocket Gamer * "Some of 2013's best interactive storytelling" - IGN * "inkle's adaptation of Sorcery! takes the genre to a whole new level" - Kotaku

About

Maginary. Adventure text book.

Experience a unique interactive novel where you communicate with a protagonist aware of your presence. This app blurs the lines between fiction and reality, requiring you to use your device's hardware features to help the character survive a surreal and dangerous world.

Highlights
  • Break the fourth wall communication
  • Physical device interactivity
  • Explore a surreal world
  • Protagonist relies on player
  • Unique hardware feature usage
Features
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What if the character in your book knew you were reading about him? Meet Michael Sterry. A few hours ago, he fell asleep in his home in England. Now, he has woken up in a strange, deadly place called the Anomaly Zone, or Anzo. He has no idea how he got there, but he knows one thing: he is holding a mysterious medallion that connects his world directly to your smartphone. Maginary is not just a text quest; it is a groundbreaking interactive novel where the boundary between fiction and reality disappears. Michael knows you exist. He will talk to you, beg for your help, and completely rely on you to survive. To help Michael escape the bizarre and dangerous world of Anzo, reading is not enough. You will have to use every hardware feature of your device! KEY FEATURES: - Break the Fourth Wall: Communicate with a protagonist who is fully aware that he is a character in a story being read by you. - Physical Interactivity: Reading is not enough. To keep Michael alive, you will need to use the hardware features of your iPhone in ways the story will reveal — and you won't see coming.Shake your device, walk with it, use most of its features. - A Bizarre, Captivating World: Explore Anzo, a surreal landscape filled with rusty rescue robots , deserts made of yellow autumn leaves , and a sarcastic ex-smuggler who has been turned into a talking conch shell. Are you ready to turn the page? Michael is waiting for you

Screenshots

Sorcery! 34 screens
Maginary. Adventure text book.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maginary. Adventure text book. at Free against Sorcery! 3's $4.99. Maginary. Adventure text book. also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 77) and review sentiment (85% vs 76%). Sorcery! 3's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Maginary. Adventure text book. is free to download; Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 3 against 4.8 for Maginary. Adventure text book.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maginary. Adventure text book. has 5.5K ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Sorcery! 3's written reviews are positive against 85% of Maginary. Adventure text book.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, Maginary. Adventure text book. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sorcery! 3 versus Maginary. Adventure text book.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 3Maginary. Adventure text book.
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (77 ratings)4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews85.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings775.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB209 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperinkleSemyon Polyakovskiy

Customer experience

Sorcery! 3

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative17.1%

Maginary. Adventure text book.

All ratings5,519 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews544 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.3%

User reviews

Sorcery! 3

From 77 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Outstanding game
  • 👍 Unique and well-made series
  • 👍 Captivating and engaging story
  • 👍 Immersive and thought-provoking
  • 👍 Memorable characters and lore

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤔 Frustrating moments due to randomness
  • 🤔 Lack of clear direction at times
  • 🤔 Monotonous exploration in later stages

Maginary. Adventure text book.

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Immersive and interactive experience
  • 🎨 Excellent visuals and animations
  • 🎶 Captivating sound effects
  • 📚 Engaging and unique storytelling
  • 🤖 Innovative use of device features

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall after initial chapters
  • ⏱️ Short story length for price
  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues
  • 🤔 Confusing or unclear instructions

Bugs and requests

Sorcery! 3

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Bugs with certain encounters and items
  • Crashes on older devices
  • Issues with accessing certain areas

Requested features

3 requests
  • Additional game modes or variants
  • Improved navigation and UI
  • Ability to save the fractured world

Maginary. Adventure text book.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing or crashing on certain devices
  • Inconsistent page turning and interaction
  • Sync issues between chapters

Requested features

5 requests
  • More story content and chapters
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Expanded character and world-building
  • Support for more languages
  • Accessibility options for disabled users

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 3

No in-app purchases

None

Maginary. Adventure text book.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! 3 free?
Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maginary. Adventure text book. free?
Maginary. Adventure text book. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 3 or Maginary. Adventure text book.?
Maginary. Adventure text book. is rated higher. Sorcery! 3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Maginary. Adventure text book. averages 4.8 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 3 or Maginary. Adventure text book. have ads?
Neither Sorcery! 3 nor Maginary. Adventure text book. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 3 or Maginary. Adventure text book.?
Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Maginary. Adventure text book. every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sorcery! 3 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Maginary. Adventure text book. on November 3, 2026.

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