Comparison

GloomCipher vs Cryptogram

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

Head to head
About

GloomCipher

This app provides a custom keyboard to translate unique glyphs into Latin letters. It's a simple tool for deciphering coded messages or exploring custom alphabets.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard interface
  • Glyph to Latin letter translation
  • Decipher coded messages
  • Explore custom alphabets
Features
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Use the custom keyboard to decipher your glyphs to latin letters.

About

Cryptogram

Decrypt famous quotes in this engaging word puzzle game. Solve cryptograms to unlock wisdom, motivation, and inspiration. Features various categories, authors, difficulty levels, and customization options.

Highlights
  • Decrypt famous quotes
  • Select categories and authors
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Save favorite quotes
  • Hints available
  • Share solved quotes
  • Multiple color schemes
Features
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Crack the code. Discover the quote. Cryptogram is a word puzzle game where solving a cipher reveals a quote worth keeping. Each coded letter stands for another letter. Spot patterns, fill the gaps and reveal the quote. FIND YOUR KIND OF CHALLENGE Choose Easy, Normal, Hard or Legendary. Start with more letters revealed or take on a tougher cryptogram. When you need a nudge, use a hint to uncover a letter. A REASON TO SOLVE EVERY DAY Take on the daily puzzle, build your solving streak and earn hints at milestones. Pick up an unfinished puzzle whenever you're ready, then see your solve time and the points you earned. A WORLD OF WORDS TO DISCOVER Explore thousands of quotes across seven languages. Browse themes such as life, love and wisdom, or discover words from authors including Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare. Return to your recent categories and see your progress as you solve. BUILD A COLLECTION WORTH KEEPING Your solved quotes are saved to your collection. Revisit a discovery, mark a favorite or search for an author or phrase. Look back at your solve time, difficulty, points and hints used. MAKE A QUOTE YOUR OWN Choose a quote style, adjust its appearance and share it as an image. Add a home-screen widget for quotes from your collection. PLAY YOUR WAY Settle into light or dark mode and choose your puzzle font. Solve bundled puzzles offline and revisit your saved collection wherever you are. Online categories, leagues and other connected features need an internet connection. SEVEN LANGUAGES Play in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian or Turkish. If you enjoy word games, secret messages and code-breaking puzzles, there's a quote waiting to be uncovered. Free to play, with ads and optional in-app purchases. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GloomCipher3 screens
Cryptogram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cryptogram at 4.7 against GloomCipher's 4.0. Cryptogram also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (487 vs 4). GloomCipher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Cryptogram sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GloomCipher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cryptogram holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram has 487 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of GloomCipher's written reviews are positive against 69% of Cryptogram's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GloomCipher ships an update every 4 months, Cryptogram weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
GloomCipher versus Cryptogram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGloomCipherCryptogram
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.7 (487 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews68.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4487 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB71 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLucas Assis RodriguesBerkay Saglam

Customer experience

GloomCipher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Cryptogram

All ratings487 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative22.9%

Bugs and requests

GloomCipher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cryptogram

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Ads freezing application and preventing progress
  • Game completion not registering despite solving puzzle
  • Hint system providing letters not in cryptogram
  • Settings reverting to default after closing app
  • Keyboard layout settings not saving properly
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  • Hints charging payment without delivering hints
  • Progress not syncing across devices
  • Leaderboard showing impossible scores suggesting cheating
  • Puzzle categories and leaderboards unavailable

Requested features

10 requests
  • Home screen widget functionality
  • Filter and search for favorite quotes
  • Ad-free premium version option
  • Color-coded cipher letters for pattern recognition
  • Landscape mode support for tablets
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  • League chat functionality
  • Ability to change username
  • Legendary mode for competitive battles
  • User-submitted quote categories
  • Set progression levels for sense of completion

In-app purchases

None

GloomCipher

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Cryptogram

Subscriptions3
  • Cryptogram Plus$0.991 Month
  • Cryptogram Plus$2.991 Month
  • Cryptogram Plus$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 15 Hints$1.99
  • Offline Quotes$2.99
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  • 30 Hints$3.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 80 Hints$8.99

Questions

Is GloomCipher free?
GloomCipher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cryptogram free?
Cryptogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GloomCipher or Cryptogram?
Cryptogram is rated higher. GloomCipher averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cryptogram averages 4.7 from 487 ratings.
Do GloomCipher or Cryptogram have ads?
Cryptogram shows ads; GloomCipher does not.
Which is updated more often, GloomCipher or Cryptogram?
GloomCipher ships an update every 4 months, and Cryptogram weekly. Most recently, GloomCipher was updated on October 9, 2026 and Cryptogram on October 18, 2026.

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