Clue are you? vs BDnF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clue are you?
This app helps children build reading comprehension and inference abilities by solving mysteries. Users read clues within texts to identify hidden characters across four difficulty levels. It supports bilingual play in English and French and offers text-to-speech functionality.
- Develop reading comprehension
- Enhance inference skills
- Mystery character identification
- Four difficulty levels
- Bilingual support (English/French)
- Text-to-speech option
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Clue are you? is a quick and easy-to-use application designed to help children develop reading comprehension and inference skills. The child must use the clues found in the texts to discover mystery characters. Four difficulty levels are available: • Level 1: Sentences are simple and short. Clues are specific. • Level 2: Sentence structures are complex. Clues are specific. • Level 3: Sentence structures are complex. Simple inference skills are needed in order to understand the clues. • Level 4: Clues are presented in short texts containing distractors (misleading elements or incorrect options). Sentence structures are complex. Simple inferences need to be made in order to understand the clues. Sentences can be read by the child or through text-to-speech. The app is bilingual. You can work in English or French. Available on iPad.
BDnF
This application allows users to create comics, graphic novels, and storyboards by combining images and text. It offers tools for composing innovative formats, making it suitable for both casual fun and aspiring comic creators.
- Create comics
- Create graphic novels
- Create storyboards
- Combine images and text
- Compose innovative formats
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BDnF is a tool to create comics, graphic novels, storyboards, any kind of narrative combining images and texts. It can be used by anyone regardless of age, whole families or individual comics fans, just for fun. There is plenty in it for budding comics creators too, because the creation tools make it easy to compose innovative formats. An application developed by the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clue are you? at 100% against BDnF's 21%. BDnF's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Clue are you? sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BDnF asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clue are you? ships an update every 5 months, BDnF every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clue are you? | BDnF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Domino (apps) | Bibliotheque nationale de France |
Customer experience
Clue are you?
BDnF
In-app purchases
Clue are you?
- Aliens Board$4.99
- Monsters Board$4.99
- Knights Board$4.99
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- Witches Board$4.99
- Pirates Board$4.99
- Clowns Board$4.99
- Snowmen Board$4.99
- Complete Board Set$17.00
- Aliens+Robots+Monsters+Knights$17.99
- Pirates+Clowns+Witches+Snowmen$17.99
BDnF
No in-app purchases
