Comparison

Deluxe Mastermind Free vs Code Breaker X

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

Head to head
About

Deluxe Mastermind Free

Engage in a classic code-breaking challenge where you guess a secret pattern of colored pegs. Receive feedback on your guesses to deduce the correct sequence within a limited number of turns. Test your logic and deduction skills in this engaging puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Code-breaking gameplay
  • Pattern guessing
  • Color and position feedback
  • Limited turns
  • Logic and deduction challenges
Features
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Mastermind or Master Mind is a code-breaking game for two players. The modern game with pegs was invented in 1970 by Mordecai Meirowitz, an Israeli postmaster and telecommunications expert. It resembles an earlier pencil and paper game called Bulls and Cows that may date back a century or more. The iPhone chooses a pattern of four code pegs. Duplicates are allowed, so the iPhone could even choose four code pegs of the same color. The player tries to guess the pattern, in both order and color, within ten turns. Each guess is made by placing a row of code pegs on the decoding board. Once placed, the iPhone provides feedback by placing from zero to four key pegs in the small holes of the row with the guess. A colored or black key peg is placed for each code peg from the guess which is correct in both color and position. A orange key peg indicates the existence of a correct color code peg placed in the wrong position. If there are duplicate colors in the guess, they cannot all be awarded a key peg unless they correspond to the same number of duplicate colors in the hidden code. For example, if the hidden code is red-red-yellow-yellow and the player guesses red-red-red-yellow, the iPhone will award two colored key pegs for the two correct red, nothing for the third red as there is not a third red in the code, and a colored key peg for the yellow. No indication is given of the fact that the code also includes a second yellow. Once feedback is provided, another guess is made; guesses and feedback continue to alternate until either the codebreaker guesses correctly, or twelve (or ten, or eight) incorrect guesses are made. In 1977, Donald Knuth demonstrated that the it can solve any pattern in five moves or fewer :)

About

Code Breaker X

Features
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Crack a 4-color secret code in just 7 attempts. Choose beginner line hints or advanced dot clues, and take on hard levels with repeated colors. Beat 100 levels, claim rewards every 10 stages, and unlock a gem-filled treasure chest at Level 100!

Screenshots

Deluxe Mastermind Free4 screens
Code Breaker X3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Deluxe Mastermind Free at 6.0 against Code Breaker X's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Deluxe Mastermind Free versus Code Breaker X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeluxe Mastermind FreeCode Breaker X
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS6.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny EGOROVๆดชๆถ› ๅ•

In-app purchases

None

Deluxe Mastermind Free

No in-app purchases

None

Code Breaker X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deluxe Mastermind Free free?
Deluxe Mastermind Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Code Breaker X free?
Code Breaker X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Deluxe Mastermind Free or Code Breaker X have ads?
Neither Deluxe Mastermind Free nor Code Breaker X shows ads.

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