Trisides vs Detective Fred
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trisides
Engage in a turn-based match-3 puzzle game where you strategically place tiles from three sides to create matches or set up future moves. Challenge AI opponents or friends in local or peer-to-peer multiplayer modes. Enjoy a minimalist design with relaxing music and multiple color themes.
- Turn-based match-3 gameplay
- Play against CPU or friends
- Single device multiplayer
- Peer-to-peer multiplayer
- Minimalistic design
- Relaxing game music
- Multiple color themes
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Insert a tile from one of the three sides and match the tiles on the game board. Or prepare the game board for a match in your next turn! Or sabotage your opponent's next turn instead! What are you going to do?! = Overview = * Completely free to play * Turn-based match-3 puzzler * Simple, yet challenging mechanics * Play against various CPU difficulties * Challenge your family and friends in peer-to-peer mode * Minimalistic design and relaxing game music * Multiple color themes * No ads, no IAPs = Game modes = * Single player against CPU of 3 difficulties * Beginner * Intermediate * Expert (good luck!) * Single device multi-player * Peer-to-peer multi-player Start playing on your iPhone and iPad today! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us at trisides@pm.me!
Detective Fred
Engage in crime-solving mysteries by using logic, observation, and interrogation. Explore crime scenes, gather evidence, question suspects, and identify inconsistencies to find the real culprit. Enjoy a satisfying loop of investigation, deduction, and accusation.
- Case-based detective gameplay
- Multiple crime types
- Suspect interviews
- Evidence hunting
- Deduction and logic puzzles
- Mystery-solving loop
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Detective Fred — Crime Investigation & Suspect Mystery Game Step into the case files with Detective Fred and solve crimes using logic, observation, and interrogation. Every scenario has a new mystery: thefts, robberies, murders, blackmail, and more. Your job is simple to say… and hard to master: find the real culprit. How it works In each case you’ll face 3 suspects (sometimes more) depending on the crime. You’ll explore the situation, collect all required evidence (there’s an evidence count, so you know what’s still missing), and build your theory piece by piece. But clues alone aren’t enough. Question suspects. Catch contradictions. You can interrogate suspects and listen to their statements. Some suspects are honest, some are lying, and some tell a story that almost fits—until you compare it against the evidence. To solve the case, you must: Find clues and evidence and complete the evidence count Question suspects and analyze what they say Link testimony to facts and spot inconsistencies Choose the most likely suspect and close the case Why you’ll like Detective Fred Case-based detective gameplay focused on deduction Multiple crime types (robbery, murder, theft, blackmail, and more) Suspect interviews where truth isn’t guaranteed Evidence hunting with clear progression (find everything to complete the case) A satisfying mystery-solving loop: investigate → interrogate → connect clues → accuse If you enjoy detective games, crime investigation, mystery puzzles, suspect interrogation, and clue-solving, Detective Fred is built for you. Download now and prove you can think like a real detective—because in this city, someone is always lying, and the evidence always tells a story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trisides at none against Detective Fred's 3. Trisides also leads on ads (none vs shown). Detective Fred's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 79 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Detective Fred sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Trisides asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Trisides against 5.0 for Detective Fred. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Detective Fred has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Trisides ships an update every 79 months, Detective Fred every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trisides | Detective Fred |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 79 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Marcel Piestansky | mohanad najih attieh |
Customer experience
Trisides
Detective Fred
In-app purchases
Trisides
No in-app purchases
Detective Fred
- 10 gems$0.99
- 40 gems$2.99
- 100 gems$6.99









