Comparison

Double Cover vs Circulous

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

Head to head
About

Double Cover

Step into the shoes of a top bodyguard to solve your client's murder. Explore a lush landscape, solve puzzles, and interact with locals in this first-person adventure. Uncover hidden talents and prove your detective skills.

Highlights
  • First-person adventure gameplay
  • Solve murder mysteries
  • Hand-drawn art style
  • Engaging puzzles
  • Interactive characters
  • Thrilling musical score
Features
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You're the best bodyguard in the business. Can you help it if you have no surviving clients? Solve your latest customer's murder and make your detractors eat their words. This is DOUBLE COVER, another engaging first-person adventure from the makers of FLEETING MEMORY and FLEETING JOURNEY. – Try the latest offering from MysteryCaper with no obligation to become a human shield. You may even unlock some hidden talents as you go. It's fun. It's exciting. It contains very little celery. Dish out a heaping bowl of your awesomeness today. – FEATURES • outstanding hand-drawn art • a thrilling musical score • captivating puzzles • stirring interaction with the locals • loads of wacky in-game comments • your very own travel-sized bodyguard • people trying to kill you • herbs • a lush New England landscape • AND you, the finest amateur detective on Berwald Island Dig in! – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.

About

Circulous

Embark on an immersive first-person mystery narrative puzzle game. Solve challenging puzzles as Amanda Trouser, uncovering corporate espionage and conspiracy theories within a mysterious company. Experience a story-driven adventure with animated environments and intuitive in-game device interaction.

Highlights
  • First-person narrative gameplay
  • Mystery and conspiracy storyline
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Animated environments
  • Immersive parallax movement
  • Intuitive in-game device interaction
Features
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Pay once, play forever! Circulous is an episodic mystery narrative puzzle game. In this first-person game, you take on the persona of Amanda Trouser. You have just been let go from your job. After packing your things, you wonder what you are going to do with the rest of your life. How will you afford your apartment? On the subway ride home you see an add for a job opening at Circulous…it’s almost as if the ad was put there just for you! You apply, and you end up hired! That is only the beginning of the story. Your work at Circulous is exciting, but soon you realize there may be more to this company than you’ve ever imagined. Corporate espionage, conspiracy theories and moral dilemmas lead you through challenging puzzles that will test your wits, your allegiances, and what you think you know about…everything. Engagement This puzzle game pulls you in and makes it as immersive as possible. Scenes use parallax movement to make it feel like you are in Amanda’s world. The opening scene (in which you are fired) uses story and humor to quickly place you in Amanda’s shoes. Each scene is an animated environment that invites you to explore and notice things that may or may not be important to the story or puzzles. The use of your phone (or iPad) is an intuitive way to keep you in the game but also make it feel as if you are truly using your device alongside the game and not just a gimmick. The OS feels like a true OS and makes the immersive nature of the game much more enjoyable.

Screenshots

Double Cover4 screens
Circulous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Double Cover at 4.7 against Circulous's 4.2. Double Cover also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Circulous's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 40 months) and price ($1.99 vs $5.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Double Cover costs $5.99 and Circulous $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Double Cover holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Double Cover's written reviews are positive against 55% of Circulous's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Double Cover ships an update every 40 months, Circulous every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Double Cover versus Circulous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDouble CoverCirculous
Price$5.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.7 (44 ratings) — better4.2 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better54.9% of reviews
Number of ratings44184 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB985 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMysteryCaper, LLCChain Reaction Games LLC

Customer experience

Double Cover

All ratings44 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%

Circulous

All ratings184 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive54.9%
Neutral18.3%
Negative26.8%

Bugs and requests

Double Cover

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Circulous

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Game crashes when entering shifty.com/invisible or shifty.com/door/15
  • Ryde app shows 'no routes available' preventing progression
  • Text message reply interface fails to display responses
  • Cloud save reloads prevent continuing gameplay
  • Computer/app windows fail to open or display properly
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  • Screen becomes blurry or frozen when navigating between scenes
  • Magnifying glass and mailbox clickable elements unresponsive
  • Inventory locked preventing item placement
  • Game crashes when rotating device to access phone interface
  • Crashes when opening specific messages (HR rep email)
  • Decoder grid displays empty with missing elements
  • Keyboard remains on screen after typing, blocking puzzle content
  • File names overlap and display incorrectly
  • Game hangs with background music continuing after exit
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 14 memory allocation
  • Bird box combination numbers too small to read accurately
  • Puzzle solutions don't work despite correct answers
  • Game crashes on first puzzle when placing items in box

Requested features

7 requests
  • In-game hints and walkthrough system accessible without Discord or email
  • More frequent content updates and new chapters
  • Skip or difficulty adjustment options for challenging puzzles
  • Ability to disable music
  • Improved hint system with escalating difficulty levels
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  • Larger, more readable text and UI elements
  • Reduced real-time waiting mechanics

In-app purchases

None

Double Cover

No in-app purchases

None

Circulous

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Double Cover free?
Double Cover costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circulous free?
Circulous costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Double Cover or Circulous?
Double Cover is rated higher. Double Cover averages 4.7 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Circulous averages 4.2 from 184 ratings.
Do Double Cover or Circulous have ads?
Neither Double Cover nor Circulous shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Double Cover or Circulous?
Double Cover ships an update every 40 months, and Circulous every 6 days. Most recently, Double Cover was updated on October 26, 2026 and Circulous on October 24, 2026.

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