The Guides Compendium vs Deepcover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Guides Compendium
This illustrated and photographic novel offers supplementary details and clues for the primary game, The Guides. While not essential for progression, it provides inspiration for solving puzzles and continuing your cryptic journey.
- Illustrated and photographic novel
- Supplementary game details
- Provides clues
- Inspiration for puzzle-solving
- Cryptic journey assistance
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The Guides Compendium is the illustrated and photographic novel intended to give supplementary detail to the primary game, The Guides. Though not essential to progressing and solving puzzles in the primary game, The Guides Compendium provides clues and may serve as an inspiration to help you continue your cryptic journey. Peculiar, isn't it?
Deepcover
Engage in stimulating puzzles to thwart criminals and prevent online scams. As an undercover agent, earn intel to protect potential victims, customize your character, and unlock new challenges. Discover real-world scam information and their consequences.
- Solve puzzles to outsmart evildoers
- Prevent scams and protect victims
- Earn intel at each level
- Customize your character
- Unlock new levels
- Play special training games
- Learn about real-life online scams
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In DeepCover, players solve a variety of fun and stimulating puzzles to outsmart evildoers, prevent scams, and save the day. Playing as an undercover agent, players are awarded more intel at every level they complete, used to outsmart scammers and help protect potential victims. Players are also able to customize their character, unlock new levels, play special training games, and learn additional info about real-life online scams and their impacts.
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Verdict
The Guides Compendium and Deepcover both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 70% of The Guides Compendium's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deepcover's. The Guides Compendium also leads on chart position (#85 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Deepcover's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 25 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Deepcover is free to download; The Guides Compendium costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for The Guides Compendium against 4.3 for Deepcover. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of The Guides Compendium's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deepcover's.
The Guides Compendium ships an update every 25 months, Deepcover every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Guides Compendium | Deepcover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #85 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 2 Fountains LLC | DART Collective, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Guides Compendium
Deepcover
In-app purchases
The Guides Compendium
No in-app purchases
Deepcover
No in-app purchases
Questions
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