Sixth Grade Detective vs Highlands, Deep Waters
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
Highlands, Deep Waters
Unravel a dark mystery in a Scottish town, uncovering cultists and abyssal horrors. Your choices shape the narrative of this text-based interactive novel, where you play as a detective, criminal, or scholar.
- Interactive text-based story
- Choice-driven narrative
- Deduction system for clues
- Sanity system
- Character role selection
- Hand-drawn maps and lore
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While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer? "Highlands, Deep Waters" is a 340,000 word interactive horror novel by Fernando B Neves and Lucas Zaper, 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. • Play as an insightful Detective, a resourceful Criminal or a mysterious Scholar. • Gather and interpret clues with the Deduction system. Will you solve the case? • Face the hidden truths that derange your mind with the Sanity system. • A carefully crafted town including hand-drawn maps, unique history and peculiar inhabitants. • Play as a male, female, gay or straight. The Abyssal Ones treat everyone just the same.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sixth Grade Detective at $4.99 against Highlands, Deep Waters's $6.99. On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Highlands, Deep Waters $6.99 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 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Sixth Grade Detective's written reviews are positive against 95% of Highlands, Deep Waters's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sixth Grade Detective ships an update every 8 months, Highlands, Deep Waters every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sixth Grade Detective | Highlands, Deep Waters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 4.6 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | 95.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
Sixth Grade Detective
Highlands, Deep Waters
In-app purchases
Sixth Grade Detective
No in-app purchases
Highlands, Deep Waters
No in-app purchases
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