Comparison

Puzzles from the Crypt vs Jame!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive word puzzles
  • Classic horror short stories
  • Contextual clues for word finding
  • Story progression gameplay
  • Engaging narrative experience
Features
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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!

About

Jame!

Engage in a pixel-art logic puzzle where you must place pieces correctly in rows, columns, and colored regions without any touching. Master increasingly complex grids with pure logic, earning new art pieces and competing in daily and seasonal challenges.

Highlights
  • Pixel-art logic puzzles
  • Place pieces without touching
  • Earn new art pieces
  • Daily shared puzzles
  • Seasonal leaderboards
  • Optional in-app purchases for hints/pieces
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Jame is a pixel-art logic puzzle. Place one piece in every row, every column, and every colored region — and never let two pieces touch, not even at the corners. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and every one can be solved with pure logic. No guessing, ever. HOW IT WORKS • Tap to mark a cell you've ruled out; swipe to mark a whole run of them. • Double tap (or hold) to place a piece. A wrong placement costs a heart — you get three — and a clean solve is FLAWLESS. • Puzzles grow from 4×4 to 10×10 and from EASY to HARD in waves — every ten levels ramp to a peak, then the next piece. WHAT YOU EARN • A new hand-drawn piece every 10 Classic levels through level 1,000. Play the board as any piece you own. • Your collection: every piece you've earned, and the day you earned it. • Earn 100 achievement playing pieces by completing their requirements. • Hints for the tough ones, and coins from the daily puzzle to spend on them. THE DAILY One shared 10×10 hard puzzle per day — the same board for everyone in the world. Race the clock (a wrong placement adds a minute), keep your streak alive, and see where you land on the daily leaderboard. Every 7-day streak pays a bonus. TREASURES & GOLDEN CRAFTING Spend rubies on mystery chests to discover over 500 treasures, with no duplicates. Collect Gold Fragments to craft golden versions of treasures you own, then equip your favorites on the board. SEASONS Each month is a season with its own leaderboard. Complete 20 levels in a season to earn its golden piece — the only way to get one. The shop stocks a few seasonal pieces for the coins you earn by playing. MADE WITH CARE • No energy limits. Watch an optional ad for one free Prize Wheel spin each day. • No purchase is required to earn pieces or play any puzzle. Coins and rubies can optionally be bought to get hints and cosmetic pieces sooner. • Progress syncs across your devices with iCloud; leaderboards run on Game Center. • Optional reminders for the daily and your streak. • Hand-made pixel art, haptics, and a built-in tutorial that teaches the rules in a minute. If you like Star Battle, nonograms, Sudoku, or any pure-logic puzzle, Jame is for you.

Screenshots

Puzzles from the Crypt4 screens
Jame!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puzzles from the Crypt at none against Jame!'s 12. Puzzles from the Crypt also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Jame!'s advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jame! sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Puzzles from the Crypt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jame! holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jame! has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzles from the Crypt ships an update every 2 weeks, Jame! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Puzzles from the Crypt versus Jame!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzles from the CryptJame!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings215 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB321 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRed Sprite StudiosOscar Manxz

Customer experience

Puzzles from the Crypt

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Jame!

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Puzzles from the Crypt

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Jame!

One-time12
  • 100 coins$0.99
  • 20 Rubies$1.99
  • 330 coins$2.99
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  • 60 Rubies$4.99
  • 600 coins$4.99
  • 150 Rubies$9.99
  • 1,300 coins$9.99
  • 350 Rubies$19.99
  • 2,800 coins$19.99
  • 600 Rubies$29.99
  • 1,100 Rubies$49.99
  • 7,500 coins$49.99

Questions

Is Puzzles from the Crypt free?
Puzzles from the Crypt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jame! free?
Jame! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puzzles from the Crypt or Jame!?
Jame! is rated higher. Puzzles from the Crypt averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Jame! averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do Puzzles from the Crypt or Jame! have ads?
Both Puzzles from the Crypt and Jame! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Puzzles from the Crypt or Jame!?
Puzzles from the Crypt ships an update every 2 weeks, and Jame! every 3 days. Most recently, Puzzles from the Crypt was updated on October 7, 2026 and Jame! on October 25, 2026.

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