Comparison

Decrypto vs Cipher Munch

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

Head to head
About

Decrypto

Engage in a captivating puzzle game where you decode classic ciphers and solve cryptogram word puzzles. This app offers a challenging yet accessible experience for those who enjoy riddles and code-breaking. It's designed for curious minds to train their brains with pure, ad-free fun.

Highlights
  • Decode classic ciphers
  • Solve cryptogram word puzzles
  • Break challenging codes
  • Brain training
  • VoiceOver support
  • Ad-free gameplay
Features
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Decode classic ciphers, solve cryptogram word puzzles, break challenging codes, and train your brain in Decrypto, the puzzle game for the curious mind. If you love riddles, crosswords, or old-school cypher code-breaking, Decrypto will put your mind to the test. Decrypto is designed to be accessible, with full support for VoiceOver so more players can experience the thrill of codebreaking without barriers. Play for free with no ads, just pure puzzles and brain-teasing fun.

About

Cipher Munch

Engage in a vast collection of cryptogram puzzles featuring classical ciphers. Perfect for casual players and competition enthusiasts, it offers practice for various cipher types and includes thousands of real quotes to decipher. Enjoy offline play with no ads and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Classical cipher cryptograms
  • Aristocrat and Patristocrat practice
  • Thousands of real quotes
  • Offline play
  • Daily streak and achievements
  • Frequency grid and hints
Features
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Cipher Munch is a hand-crafted cryptogram collection for code crackers, word game puzzle lovers, and curious minds from beginners to experts. Whether you want casual cryptogram practice or serious aristocrat practice for competition, each puzzle hides a memorable quote behind a classical cipher. Crack the code and enjoy the quote. No ads. No Wi-Fi needed. Syncs your stats between iPhone, iPad, iPad on Mac when it can. WHAT YOU'LL SOLVE • Atbash & ROT13: basic mirror and shift-by-13 substitutions • Visual ciphers: Pigpen, the Dancing Men from Sherlock Holmes, the Knights Templar cipher, and Standard Galactic • Tap Code: the prisoners' knock-and-count cipher • Caesar: the cipher Julius Caesar wrote with • Aristocrats: classic letter-substitution cryptograms with spaces preserved • Aristocrat K1, K2 & K3: keyword ciphers with a scrambled alphabet • Patristocrats K1 & K2: letters regrouped into 5-letter blocks, no word boundaries • Affine: number-based substitutions • Vigenère & Porta: a repeating keyword shifts every letter differently • Rail Fence: letters zigzag across 2 to 6 rails • Xenocrypt: Spanish-language aristocrats (27-letter alphabet, with the Ñ) EVERY PUZZLE IS A REAL QUOTE Thousands of quotes from writers, scientists, philosophers, and statesmen, including Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Aristotle, and many more. It's cryptogram practice that leaves you a little smarter than it found you. PERFECT FOR COMPETITION PRACTICE Cipher Munch is purpose-built for the classical-cipher events at academic cryptography competitions. The formats covered (Aristocrat, Patristocrat, Xenocrypt, Caesar, Affine, Vigenère, and more) are standard at the high-school and collegiate level. If you need focused aristocrat practice, there are thousands of puzzles waiting. The frequency grid, in-puzzle hints, per-cipher stats, and hardware-keyboard support turn solo aristocrat practice into real timed-event readiness. BUILT FOR BEGINNERS AND SERIOUS SOLVERS Lots of help, depending on your level: • Frequency highlighting • Multiple-letter highlighting • Error highlighting • Translation tables • Caesar, Vigenère and Porta decoders • Print & Share • Custom keyboard tuned for fast letter-mapping • Hardware-keyboard support • Reference sheet, flashcards and a step-by-step guide for every cipher • Adjustable puzzle text size • Per-cipher progress tracking and stats • Light and dark themes • Works offline: no account, no tracking, no ads ACHIEVEMENTS & DAILY STREAK • Daily streak: your current solving streak lives right on the main menu; solve at least one puzzle a day to keep it going • Achievements: unlock badges for total puzzles solved, milestones within each cipher type, and streak lengths • Tap any achievement to see the details and your progress, and share the ones you've earned as a polished gold medallion image BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL • Many packs per cipher type: a free Starter pack plus bundles by category, and a Mega Bundle • iCloud sync: your progress and stats back up automatically and follow you to a new device, no account needed PRIVACY FIRST No ads, no tracking, no sign-up, and we don't collect your personal data. Your progress syncs through your own private iCloud account, so it follows you to a new phone and stays private (we can't see it). UPGRADE WHEN YOU'RE READY Start free with the Starter pack for every cipher type, plenty for daily cryptogram practice. Unlock more with: • A single volume: one-time purchase • A cipher-type subscription: all volumes of one cipher • All Access: every cipher, every volume, unlimited hints Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period and can be managed in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://CipherMunch.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://CipherMunch.com/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Decrypto4 screens
Cipher Munch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Decrypto at 125 against Cipher Munch's 4. Cipher Munch's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Decrypto sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Cipher Munch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cipher Munch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Decrypto has 125 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Decrypto ships an update every 4 days, Cipher Munch every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Decrypto versus Cipher Munch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecryptoCipher Munch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (125 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings125 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIncognitum, MBMehra Pirzadeh

Customer experience

Decrypto

All ratings123 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative2.4%

Cipher Munch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Decrypto

One-time8
  • Help Points$0.99
  • 5 Keys$1.49
  • Remove ads$1.99
Show 5 more
  • 15 Keys$3.49
  • 30 Keys$5.49
  • Unlimited Keys$11.49
  • Solutions$14.99
  • Solutions & Unlimited Keys$19.99
10 purchases

Cipher Munch

Subscriptions2
  • All Access7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • All Access (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.901 Year
One-time8
  • ROT13 Volume 4$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 2$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 10$0.99
Show 5 more
  • ROT13 Volume 8$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 5$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 11$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 9$0.99
  • ROT13 Volume 7$0.99

Questions

Is Decrypto free?
Decrypto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cipher Munch free?
Cipher Munch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Decrypto or Cipher Munch?
Cipher Munch is rated higher. Decrypto averages 4.8 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Cipher Munch averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Decrypto or Cipher Munch have ads?
Neither Decrypto nor Cipher Munch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Decrypto or Cipher Munch?
Decrypto ships an update every 4 days, and Cipher Munch every 5 days. Most recently, Decrypto was updated on November 11, 2026 and Cipher Munch on November 15, 2026.

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