Cryptograms vs Cryptogram Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cryptograms
This word puzzle game challenges you to decipher coded messages using a letter substitution cipher. It offers daily challenges and local multiplayer modes for fun with friends. Practice your English skills while cracking codes and discovering interesting facts.
- Letter substitution cipher puzzles
- Daily cryptogram challenges
- Local multiplayer mode
- Two game modes
- English language practice
- Discover interesting facts
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Cryptograms: Word Puzzle Game is a hard to solve, crypto puzzle game. It's full of amazing facts - you'll have plenty of fun things to say to your friends! If you're not a native English speaker you can also use it to practise your English skills. Daily Challenge - a new cryptogram for every day of the year! Do you think you can crack the code and solve all the cryptograms? You can certainly try :] Local multiplayer. You can encrypt a sentence and give your phone to a friend, so that he can crack the code and find the answer! Two game modes! The game uses replacement code. This means letters in the text are replaced by other letters. You need to decipher the cryptogram on the top of the screen. In order to do that you swipe on the letters below. If you have any suggestions on how to make this game better - LET ME KNOW! Thanks for reading this ;]
Cryptogram Mania
Solve encrypted puzzles featuring famous quotes. This game offers 180 free cryptograms, each using a simple substitution cipher to reveal insightful messages. Enjoy a straightforward and engaging word puzzle experience.
- 180 free cryptogram puzzles
- Substitution cipher gameplay
- Features famous quotes
- Simple and engaging puzzles
- Suitable for all ages
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A Cryptogram is a short piece of encrypted text. The encryption is a simple substitution cipher where each letter in the original text is replaced by a different letter. Cryptogram Mania gives 180 FREE puzzles of great quotes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cryptogram Mania at 5.0 against Cryptograms's 4.3. Cryptogram Mania also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). Cryptograms's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Cryptogram Mania sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cryptograms asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cryptogram Mania holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptograms has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cryptograms ships an update every 7 months, Cryptogram Mania every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptograms | Cryptogram Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bartlomiej Mamzer | Gilbert Gonsalves |
Customer experience
Cryptograms
Cryptogram Mania
In-app purchases
Cryptograms
No in-app purchases
Cryptogram Mania
- Puzzle Pack 1$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 2$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 3$0.99
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