MorseZapp vs Cracking the Cryptic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MorseZapp
Learn International Morse Code with a fun, interactive game. Tap dits and dashes to zap letters before they reach the bottom, with sound and visual cues to aid recognition. Progress through levels to improve speed and accuracy.
- Interactive Morse code trainer
- Tap pad for dit/dash input
- Sound and visual learning aids
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Sound-only recognition challenges
- Customizable level packages
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MorseZapp is a great way to learn morse code. It's a fun and unique CW trainer of International Morse Code. Each level challenges you to learn the correct sequence of dits and dashes to zap the letter before it hits the bottom of the screen. Great for learning morse code for amateur radio, ham radio, military, or just tapping out a message to your friends. You tap the dit and dash sequence on the tap pad at the bottom of the screen to create the correct letter. Tap fast for a dit, and hold a little longer for a dash. Sound hints and visual clues help you with beginner levels, showing you the sequence for the letter that is up and playing the sound for that letter to help you recognize it both visually and with audio. Levels help you get the timing right, and each level progressively gets faster to work on your speed and to challenge you. Sound only levels make you listen to the dit and dash sequence and then choose the correct letter from a list before it hits the bottom. This helps with sound recognition. * Free to try with the Free Package and Levels. Packages and levels will be improving all the time and we will be adding new packages based on user feedback to challenge you and help you learn morse code / cw faster. You can also create your own package and levels, and share these with others. Have an idea or suggestion? We are always happy to receive feedback, ideas, word lists that you think would make the game better and help you learn. Just contact us and we'll see about adding your word list to our list of packages. Privacy Policy: https://tahelpya.com/privacy ToS: https://www.tahelpya.com/morsezapp-terms-of-service
Cracking the Cryptic
This app offers a curated collection of handcrafted Sudoku puzzles from world-renowned constructors. Explore classic and unique variants, with new puzzle packs released regularly. A free introductory pack is included with download.
- Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles
- Curated by expert constructors
- Classic and unique variants
- Regularly released puzzle packs
- Free introductory puzzle pack
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OUR NEWEST PACK – CLASSIC VOLUME #2! Classic sudoku is where it all began, and there is still lots of skill to be deployed to solve classic puzzles, and new techniques to be explored. Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle house, named and popularised sudoku from 1984, and we have commissioned 20 puzzles from them for this Classic Sudoku 2 app. We have also created 20 ourselves, and sourced 20 more from Sam Cappleman-Lynes, the brilliant British sudoku expert. The result is a wonderful 60-puzzle pack which will delight and challenge you. -------------------- Welcome to the brand new Sudoku app from the most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic. Unlike other Sudoku apps, we feature handcrafted and curated puzzles from the world’s best Sudoku constructors. Each collection features puzzles made by various authors that are now familiar names to those who follow the channel. Authors like Phistomefel, Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Christoph Seeliger, Richard Stolk, jovi_al, Qodec, Prasanna Seshadri and of course, Simon and Mark! Downloading Cracking the Cryptic will give you access to our first free collection – a variety pack by Prasanna Seshadri featuring 7 puzzles inspired from our previous Sudoku apps; Sandwich, Classic, Chess, Thermo, Miracle, Killer and Arrow Sudoku. We also have purchasable packs designed for all skill levels and featuring many unique variants not seen previously. We’ll be releasing more free and paid packs in the future so keep an eye on the app for more Sudoku content from Cracking The Cryptic!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cracking the Cryptic at 4.4 against MorseZapp's 4.0. MorseZapp's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. MorseZapp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Cracking the Cryptic sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cracking the Cryptic holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 210 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 71% and 72% positive.
MorseZapp ships an update every 10 days, Cracking the Cryptic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MorseZapp | Cracking the Cryptic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (76 ratings) | 4.4 (210 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 210 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soki Creative LLC | Nick Carney |
Customer experience
MorseZapp
Cracking the Cryptic
User reviews
MorseZapp
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning Morse code
- 🚀 Fast learning progress
- 💡 Fun and engaging concept
- ✅ Effective for memorizing letters
- 💰 Good value for paid version
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't run/load packages
- 🐛 Inconsistent timing/detection
- 🐛 Repetitive sounds hinder learning
- 🐛 Too much, too fast for some
- ❓ Unclear pricing for Pro
Cracking the Cryptic
From 210 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best sudoku app
- 👍 Great variety of puzzles
- 👍 Excellent user interface
- 👍 Challenging and fun puzzles
- 👍 Constant updates with new puzzles
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hints are often incorrect or unhelpful
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes, especially after updates
- 🔋 Battery draining issues
- 🔒 Too many in-app purchases required to access content
Bugs and requests
MorseZapp
Reported bugs
15 issues- Immediate error message: problem loading packages
- App won't run on newer iPhones
- Warning displayed: Problem Loading Packages
- App won't run
- Ended up with a screen with a large green rectangle
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- Starts at first level every time
- Button malfunctions
- Box doesn't clear when messing up
- Detection of dits/dahs is inaccurate
- Tones run into each other
- Bad timing issues, incorrect answers not recognized
- Some letters not registering
- Keys not registering
- RX time sometimes doesn't pick up
- App has trouble registering taps at highest speed
Requested features
23 requests- Add iambic paddle mode
- More modes and options
- Punctuation marks package
- Display meaning of Q codes/CW codes
- Iambic paddle mode
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- Lowercase/uppercase options for GUI
- Smart randomization for listening mode
- Keyboard mode for advanced listening
- Ability to create more than 20 words in custom packages
- Option to disable hints
- Add more letters to the free package
- Make learning modules longer
- Add bombs to letter learning
- Proper grammar in courses
- Listen to podcasts while practicing (volume controls)
- Tool working with light instead of sound
- Speed up characters with Farnsworth method
- Improve detection for fast learners
- Option to choose between similar sounding characters
- Add word and sentence practices
- More intense listening exercises
- Farnsworth method speed options
- Custom learning packages
Cracking the Cryptic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzle progress and purchases disappearing after updates
- Incorrect rules or hints in certain puzzles
- Crashes and freezes, especially on older devices or Macs
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape modes
Requested features
5 requests- Add more color options for pencil marking and highlighting
- Implement a way to clear progress or start puzzles from scratch
- Integrate all CTC apps into a single app for better organization
- Add keyboard support, especially on Mac
- Improve the quality and clarity of hints
In-app purchases
MorseZapp
- MorseZapp Pro Subscription$2.991 Year
- Buy All Packages$2.99
Cracking the Cryptic
- CTC Worms - James Sinclair$0.99
- CTC Worms - Marty Sears$0.99
- CTC Worms - Zetamath$1.99
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- CTC Worms - Blobz$1.99
- CTC Worms - Michael Lefkowitz$1.99
- CTC Worms - Phistomefel$1.99
- GAS Volume #1$2.99
- GAS Volume #2$2.99
- CTC Approachable Sudoku #1$2.99
- Domino Sudoku Pack$4.99
- Lines Variety Pack$4.99
- Classic Volume #2$4.99
- CTC Fog Pack #1$4.99
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