Comparison

Double Cover vs Dawn, P.I.

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

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.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click gameplay
  • Investigative puzzles
  • Character interrogation
  • Hand-drawn animation
  • Mystery solving
  • Explore school environment
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Double Cover4 screens
Dawn, P.I.4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Double Cover ships an update every 40 months, Dawn, P.I. monthly. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Double Cover versus Dawn, P.I.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDouble CoverDawn, P.I.
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (44 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings44 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB68 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMysteryCaper, LLCBruno Maestrini

Customer experience

Double Cover

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

Dawn, P.I.

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Double Cover

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dawn, P.I.

One-time1
  • Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is Double Cover free?
Double Cover costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawn, P.I. free?
Dawn, P.I. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Double Cover or Dawn, P.I.?
Dawn, P.I. is rated higher. Double Cover averages 4.7 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Dawn, P.I. averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Double Cover or Dawn, P.I. have ads?
Neither Double Cover nor Dawn, P.I. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Double Cover or Dawn, P.I.?
Double Cover ships an update every 40 months, and Dawn, P.I. monthly. Most recently, Double Cover was updated on September 17, 2026 and Dawn, P.I. on September 17, 2026.

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