Double Cover vs Dawn, P.I.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- First-person adventure gameplay
- Solve murder mysteries
- Hand-drawn art style
- Engaging puzzles
- Interactive characters
- Thrilling musical score
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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.
Dawn, P.I.
Step into the shoes of a high school detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure game. Explore a mysterious high school, find clues, solve puzzles, and interrogate characters to uncover the truth behind strange occurrences.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Investigative puzzles
- Character interrogation
- Hand-drawn animation
- Mystery solving
- Explore school environment
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What mystery lurks in Marlowe High? Become a detective in this point-and-click adventure game and solve the case! If you enjoy detective stories, escape games and puzzles, Dawn, P.I. is the game for you. Become Dawn, a high schooler with a penchant for investigation and occasional property damage. Explore the school to find clues and solve puzzles to ultimately get to the bottom of the case: why is Meg's horoscope suddenly working? Is someone interfering with the school paper? Why are people missing? Why is the librarian so annoying? And what in the world is "The Guiding Wind"? Fully hand-drawn and -animated, Dawn, P.I. will transport you to a cartoon noir world, where you'll have to be sharp and creative to advance in every step. Sweep rooms for objects to help you on your investigation and interrogate everyone to uncover their hidden secrets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dawn, P.I. at Free against Double Cover's $5.99. Dawn, P.I. also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 40 months). Double Cover's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). On rating, ads, 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
Dawn, P.I. is free to download; Double Cover costs $5.99 up front. Dawn, P.I. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Double Cover asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Double Cover against 4.8 for Dawn, P.I.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Double Cover's written reviews are positive against 67% of Dawn, P.I.'s.
Double Cover ships an update every 40 months, Dawn, P.I. monthly. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Double Cover | Dawn, P.I. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (44 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MysteryCaper, LLC | Bruno Maestrini |
Customer experience
Double Cover
Dawn, P.I.
In-app purchases
Double Cover
No in-app purchases
Dawn, P.I.
- Full Game$2.99
Questions
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