Head-to-head
Harry Potter vs Harry Potter
Harry Potter
75
Winner
Harry Potter
Harry Potter
68
Both Harry Potter apps offer a similar match-3 puzzle experience, but App A (Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells) appears to have a slight edge in community features and consistent entertainment, despite shared monetization concerns.
Full reviews: Harry Potter · Harry Potter
Both Harry Potter match-3 puzzle games are free-to-play with in-app purchases, offering engaging gameplay for fans of the franchise. App A (Puzzles & Spells) is praised for its community aspects and long-term entertainment, while App B faces more recent criticism regarding aggressive monetization and technical issues.
Head to head
Harry Potter App A offers a variety of puzzles and side games, with users enjoying the progression through books and the constant updates. Some users appreciate the team events and community aspects, though there are requests for more ways to add friends beyond Facebook. However, some specific events like 'Azkaban' are criticized for being too difficult or unfair.
Harry Potter App B provides a similar match-3 puzzle experience, with visuals and the Harry Potter theme being a major draw. Users enjoy the challenge and find it relaxing, but some find the puzzles repetitive over time. There are also complaints about new features like 'Quidditch matches' being unfair, especially for solo players.
Harry Potter App A's gameplay is generally found fun and challenging, with characters looking amazing. However, some special gems are not intuitive, and certain levels are very hard. There are also reports of the game crashing during specific events or on levels with jelly beans, leading to lost progress and power-ups.
Harry Potter App B is described as fun and challenging, providing a mental workout. However, users report issues with the game cheating them out of moves or power-ups, and power-ups sometimes going in the wrong direction. There are also complaints about the game freezing or crashing, especially after updates, leading to frustration and lost progress.
Harry Potter App A generally performs well for many users, with some playing for years without issues. However, recent updates have introduced glitches, freezing, and crashing, particularly during specific events or levels. Some users also report issues with the game being out of sync or ads hanging and not clearing.
Harry Potter App B has significant reliability issues, with users reporting constant freezing and crashing, especially after updates. These issues often lead to lost progress, power-ups, and lives. Some users also experience problems with ad banners constantly running or ads being unavailable when needed for extra moves.
Harry Potter App A is free with in-app purchases, but many users feel it has become a 'pay to win' game, requiring spending to progress. The cost of redoing puzzles (900 coins for one move) is considered excessive, and the game pushes microtransactions heavily. Some long-term VIP players feel there's no advantage to spending money anymore, and daily bonuses for free gold or ad-based extra moves have been removed.
Harry Potter App B is also free with in-app purchases, and users frequently complain about aggressive monetization. The game is described as a 'money grab' and 'pay to win,' especially for challenges like Quidditch levels. Users feel it's impossible to progress without buying power-ups or coins, and the lack of boosters for leveling up is a common frustration.
Harry Potter App A's tech support is described as very helpful by some users. However, others report a complete lack of support, with refusal to restore lost progress or refund money. Some users also state that support provides unhelpful responses, such as claiming they like customers to have different experiences when asked about removed features.
Harry Potter App B users report trying to get support for issues like removing ad banners, but finding the options did not address their specific problem. There are also strong negative comments about staff being 'morons' and incapable of understanding feedback, even penalizing autistic customers.
Pick Harry Potter if
You are a Harry Potter fan looking for a match-3 game with community features and consistent updates, and you don't mind occasional monetization pushes R14.
Pick Harry Potter if
You are a Harry Potter fan primarily interested in the core match-3 puzzle experience and visuals, and you are willing to tolerate aggressive monetization and potential technical glitches R6.
Evidence note: Both apps are named 'Harry Potter' and offer similar match-3 gameplay, making it challenging to differentiate based solely on review text without more specific app identifiers. The reviews for both apps largely reflect common free-to-play mobile game issues like aggressive monetization and technical problems.
Frequently asked
Are these games free to play?
Do these games have ads?
Are there issues with game progress or refunds?
Yes, some users of App A report that support refuses to restore lost game progress due to glitches or refund money spent on sale packages R1.
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 60 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R5] Harry Potter Stars: At a certain point in the game all of your “regular” creatures are upgraded to their max. After that you collect so many stars and can’t do anything with them. I wish they’d let us use the stars in exchange for cards so something.
- [R6] Harry Potter Mid tier puzzle game but it’s ok: The visuals are nice and it’s Harry Potter so that’s a big plus. The game play I say is mid tier because the special gems and how they act compared to other games I play are not intuitive and should do more. A good example is the lightning gem, why does it stop when hitting an obstacle instead of going all the way through? When moving a gem from butter beer sectio
- [R14] Harry Potter Really fun community game: Really enjoy puzzles. But more importantly enjoy the team I’m apart of and the weekly team events the game stages for us to participate in.
- [R15] Harry Potter Getting tired: I used to enjoy the puzzles but they are getting repetitive and tired.
- [R2] Harry Potter Brilliant: So fun to play! When I’m in the car, airplane or bus!
- [R11] Harry Potter Amazing app 9.5/10!: I rate this app a 9.5/10 but I gave it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review ✨ It’s a great game and the characters look amazing! But sometimes it’ll say watch an add to get more moves but the adds will be unavailable which is annoying if you don’t wanna waste your coins. And some levels are really hard to complete. They should have where you can get 1 move for only like 90 coins because somet
- [R24] Harry Potter Keeps crashing on jelly bean games: It keeps crashing when ever you are on a game with Jelly Beans so when you start the first puzzle so you loose your power up, love the game but it’s been doing this a while now. I needs looking at as it’s becoming unplayable. I’ve tried all the tips and they don’t work. Please can you sort this out
- [R4] Harry Potter Nope: Too many temu trap adds, I can’t even play the game because of them.
- [R10] Harry Potter Ads: All of a sudden there’s an ad banner constantly running but I don’t know how to remove it. Any suggestions?
- [R21] Harry Potter Great Game but sort these ads: I love this game BUT please sort out the adverts that hang and never clear. I have screen shots of them They are ruining my game play especially when it is the third advert. I will give it another couple of weeks, if it is still the same I am giving up
- [R1] Harry Potter Theft: They refuse to restore lost game progress due to in game glitches. They refuse to refund money spent for a sale package or credit the game. The game is fun. The lack of support ruins it. I do not recommend this game at all!
- [R7] Harry Potter Used to be a great game: The game has changed drastically in the past 4 months. I have been a VIP for the last 4-5 years, whatever that means. The game makes you spend spend spend and when you do, there is absolutely no advantage in doing so. They changed the algorithm so it is soo difficult to win without using up what you purchased. The game is garbage now.
- [R9] Harry Potter 50/50: Great game but zynga is so greedy with the micro transactions!
- [R25] Harry Potter Scrolling ads: I actually love this game, but deleted it because of the scrolling ads. Reloaded it a few months later, hoping this issue was addressed. It was not. The ads are so distracting that game play is not fun! Tried to get support to remove them, but options required to choose problems with ads did not address the issue. Is there a paid version?
- [R33] Harry Potter Becoming concerned at game algorithms: I have raised this directly with customer support I no longer have the opportunity to watch an advert for 5 extra lives. This stopped after I purchased coins and I have raised this with customer service, I cannot get out of a game now unless I buy coins. I have been told they like customers to have different experiences so they set different parameters.....💶
- [R35] Harry Potter Under The Spell: Best game ever! Tech support is also very helpful.
- [R13] Harry Potter Horrible AND Expensive: 900 coins to redo a puzzle is insanity. It’s literally impossible to complete a puzzle on the first try. The ads are ridiculous.
- [R22] Harry Potter Was great: This used to be a great game. But with all the impossible puzzles w/o buying power-ups, it’s just too aggravating. Games should be fun but this game is infuriating. The algorithm is like all the rest. Spend to win until you start losing then spend some more. The super charmed bag is a joke now. You finally get it, then lose it a few games afterwards. Then suddenly, charmed bags galore i
- [R29] Harry Potter Amazing: This game is so fun and challenging, gives my brain a challenge and I enjoy that
Synthesized from 60 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store