Sixth Grade Detective vs Tokyo Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sixth Grade Detective
Step into the shoes of a middle school detective to solve mysteries, uncover secrets, and navigate social drama. Your choices shape the narrative in this text-based interactive novel.
- Solve six mini-mysteries
- Investigate and question suspects
- Text-based interactive story
- Make choices that affect the narrative
- Build friendships and relationships
- Play as customizable characters
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Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! As the sixth grade detective, you'll spy on classmates for cash—will you keep their secrets or take the money? "Sixth Grade Detective" is a 109,000-word interactive young-adult novel by Logan Hughes, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Match wits with the criminal masterminds of middle school! Solve mysterious disappearances and thefts, trace rumors, track down your best friend's stolen bike, and most importantly—get a date to the dance. Forge friendships, chase down thieves, or stick to your guns against bullies? Unmask them in public, or work behind the scenes to help a new friend? Will you protect the reputation of your clients, destroying evidence, or go so far as to hack your friend's cell phone to uncover his embarrassing secret? • Investigate six mini-mysteries. • Search for clues, question suspects, crack codes, dust for fingerprints, interview witnesses, and uncover your classmates' deepest secrets. • Reveal the truth, or keep silent for the greater good… or greater profit. • Shine in the classroom or cut school with the rebels. • Lie to the adults--if you can get away with it • Build friendships, create enemies, and find a date for the big dance. • Play as a girl, boy, or neither. Date classmates of any gender, or avoid romance altogether. • Find out who your secret admirer is
Tokyo Wizard
Embark on a text-based adventure in modern Japan as a wizard or witch. Master over 60 spells across different schools of magic, battle mythological creatures, and make choices that shape your destiny. Explore three distinct story paths with over 30 possible endings.
- Text-based adventure
- Learn over 60 unique spells
- Battle or befriend mythological creatures
- Three distinct game paths
- 30+ unique endings
- Well-developed save system
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Become a powerful wizard or witch in modern day Japan! Tokyo Wizard is a 150,000 word tale in which you'll learn the power of magic and the consequences of it. Become one with Shinto animal spirit magic, learn powerful battle spells, or choose the path of necromancy and command an undead army! The game is entirely text-based–without graphics or sound effects, where your choices control entirely the outcome of the game. Can you free Tokyo from the evil menace facing it, or will you be consumed by dark magic? • Learn over 60 unique spells, divided into magic schools such as necromancy or illusion • Battle or befriend an array of Japanese mythological creatures, including guardian Nio, bakeneko, forest Kappa or powerful elementals • Three different game paths with 30+ endings. • Well-developed save system
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sixth Grade Detective at 4.8 against Tokyo Wizard's 3.9. Sixth Grade Detective also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 8 months vs every 19 months). On price, 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
Sixth Grade Detective costs $4.99 and Tokyo Wizard $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sixth Grade Detective holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Sixth Grade Detective's written reviews are positive against 57% of Tokyo Wizard's.
Sixth Grade Detective ships an update every 8 months, Tokyo Wizard every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sixth Grade Detective | Tokyo Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 3.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
Sixth Grade Detective
Tokyo Wizard
In-app purchases
Sixth Grade Detective
No in-app purchases
Tokyo Wizard
No in-app purchases
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