Cartoonacy vs Gimme a Second
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cartoonacy
This game challenges players to decipher humorous cartoons that represent common words or phrases. Gather friends and family to solve visual puns and enjoy guaranteed laughter. Hints and letter reveals are available to assist players.
- Humorous cartoons
- Challenging puzzles
- Verbal hints
- Remove unused letters
- Reveal first letter
- Game Center Leaderboard
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The creators of Chain of Thought have teamed up with world renowned cartoonist Mike Clelland to bring you "Cartoonacy - the Game of Visual Puns." Each cartoon humorously depicts a common word or phrase. Gather your friends and family and see if you can solve all the puzzles. We guarantee you'll laugh yourselves silly trying! FEATURES: *Humorous cartoons *Challenging puzzles *Game Center Leaderboard *Need a little help? Then... *Get a verbal hint *Remove unused letters *Reveal the first letter of the answer Best wishes, Jay & Julia Bacal
Gimme a Second
Test your music knowledge by identifying songs from short audio clips. Create custom playlists with your favorite bands or choose from curated selections.
- Guess songs from short audio clips
- Curated playlists
- Create custom playlists
- Support for up to ten favorite bands
- Play on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad
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How well do you know your favorite band? Can you identify their songs in just a second or two? Use a curated playlist ("Weird Al" Yankovic and the songs he parodied; songs with colors in their titles; Boston, Chicago, and Kansas), or create your own game with up to ten of your favorite bands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gimme a Second at 5.0 against Cartoonacy's 3.9. Gimme a Second also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 15 months). Cartoonacy's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Cartoonacy sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Gimme a Second sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gimme a Second holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cartoonacy has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cartoonacy ships an update every 15 months, Gimme a Second every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cartoonacy | Gimme a Second |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jay Bacal | Lex Friedman |
Customer experience
Cartoonacy
Gimme a Second
In-app purchases
Cartoonacy
- Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 4$0.99
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- Purchase 1000 Hint Coins$0.99
- Unlock All Puzzle Packs$1.99
Gimme a Second
- Unlock Forever$7.00
