Puzzles from the Crypt vs Bal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzles from the Crypt
An interactive word game that uses classic horror short stories as its narrative. Players fill in missing words within the story to progress, using contextual clues. It offers a simple yet engaging way to experience chilling tales.
- Interactive word puzzles
- Classic horror short stories
- Contextual clues for word finding
- Story progression gameplay
- Engaging narrative experience
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Story Puzzle is an interactive word game using classic horror short stories like "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Tell Tale Heart". You must fill in the missing words on each page of the story in order to progress, using the context of the story as clues. It's simple and fun, with absolutely brilliant stories to back it up!
Bal
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Bal is a Knights & Knaves logic puzzle game. You meet a group of people — knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie — and figure out who is who from their statements. Features: • Thousands of puzzles with classic and whodunit modes • Adaptive difficulty — puzzles matched to your skill level • Multiple puzzle types: normals (wildcards), sanity/belief, compound statements • Track your rating and compete on the ranking Sign in with Google, Apple, GitHub, or Discord. No ads, ever. Currently free to play, may add in-app payments for unlimited puzzles or new puzzle types in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bal at none against Puzzles from the Crypt's shown. Puzzles from the Crypt's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Puzzles from the Crypt ships an update every 2 weeks, Bal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puzzles from the Crypt | Bal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Red Sprite Studios | Steven Scott Kaye |
In-app purchases
Puzzles from the Crypt
No in-app purchases
Bal
No in-app purchases
