Comparison

Italy Map Puzzle vs NazoRaku

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

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About

Italy Map Puzzle

An educational jigsaw puzzle game designed to help users memorize Italian provinces. It offers multiple difficulty levels, navigation assistance for beginners, and competitive online play with global leaderboards. Earn coins to unlock landscape images as you improve your times.

Highlights
  • Memorize Italian provinces
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Navigation assist for beginners
  • Competitive online play
  • Unlock landscape images
  • Learn geography and regions
Features
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An educational puzzle game producted by Digital Gene. Memorize the Italian provinces (Legione) through jigsaw puzzles in this educational game focused on enjoyment and good pacing. [Three Difficulties] Features three game modes, with the region names and/or borders hidden depending on the difficulty you select. [Navigation Assist for Beginners!] Enjoy the game to the very end, even if you're a complete beginner by asking the Navigation for help. [Competitive Online Play] Enjoy replaying the game by competing for the best completion time with players worldwide and aiming for the highest rank. Replaying the game also earns you coins used to get pictures of Italy's landscape. [What kind of people will enjoy this game?] Great for all sorts of people, such as those who love Italy, want to travel there, those planning to take the wine expert/sommelier test, soccer fans, as well as people interested in World Heritage, or are studying geography. [List of provinces included as puzzle pieces] -Piedmont -Aosta Valley -Liguria -Lombardy -Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol -Veneto -Friuli Venezia Giulia -Emilia-Romagna -Tuscany -Umbria -Marche -Lazio -Abruzzo -Molise -Campania -Apulia -Basilicata -Calabria -Sicily -Sardinia

About

NazoRaku

Features
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A puzzle game where you UNDERSTAND ciphers by solving them - not by reading about them. From the Caesar cipher to RSA and hashing, crack classic and modern ciphers one stage at a time, and the way each cipher works clicks into place. Work out the key from a clue and enter it, spot letters with frequency analysis, reverse-look up a grid - relive that "aha" moment of decryption again and again. [ 9 ciphers, 57 puzzles ] Classic ciphers - free, 40 puzzles - Caesar (10) - Shift letters; work out the shift from the crib and enter it - Vigenere (10) - Polyalphabetic with a keyword; guess the key - Substitution (8) - One-to-one swap; crack it with frequency analysis - Transposition (6) - See through the reordering - Polybius Square (6) - Letters to numbers via a 5x5 grid; reverse-look up Modern ciphers - 17 puzzles - XOR (6, free) - Exclusive OR; XOR with the key to recover the text - Public-Key, simplified RSA (4, Modern Cipher Pack) - Work out the number locked with the public key - Hash Function (4, Modern Cipher Pack) - Feel one-wayness; find an input that collides to the same output - Block Cipher, AES-style (3, Modern Cipher Pack) - Step through add-key, substitute, and permute, one move at a time [ Features ] - Explanation right after you solve - history, real-world usage, weaknesses, and the bridge to modern tech - Staged hints - the first level is free; reveal more step by step when stuck (keeps the "I solved it" feeling) - No ads at all while you are solving a puzzle - designed to preserve focus - Achievement badges and stats (including your daily solving streak) - iPhone and iPad - Japanese and English (UI, puzzle text, and hints; follows the device language) - Ciphertext shown in an easy-to-read monospaced font [ Who is this for ] - Anyone who loves puzzles and riddles - Students and engineers curious about cryptography and security - People who want quick brain-training in spare moments [ Part of the Raku Series ] The third information-systems title of the Raku Series. Knowledge from ARURAKU (algorithms) and DATARAKU (data structures) pays off in NazoRaku's decryption - hashing and modular exponentiation tie ciphers back to the fundamentals. [ Pricing ] Free to play. All 40 classic-cipher puzzles and the 6 XOR puzzles are free. In-app purchases: hint tickets (1 or a 10-pack), Remove Ads, the Modern Cipher Pack (unlocks public-key, hash, and block ciphers), and an all-in-one Premium (remove ads + all stages + unlimited hints). Non-consumable purchases can be restored from "Restore" in Settings / Store (hint tickets are consumable and cannot be restored). [ Ads ] To keep the app free, ads are shown at the bottom of screens such as Home and the stage list. No ads are shown on the screen where you solve puzzles. On first launch, the app asks whether ads tailored to your interests (personalized ads) may be shown. You can change this anytime from "Ad Settings" in Settings / Store.

Screenshots

Italy Map Puzzle4 screens
NazoRaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Italy Map Puzzle at none against NazoRaku's 5. Italy Map Puzzle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). NazoRaku's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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. NazoRaku sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Italy Map Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Italy Map Puzzle ships an update every 4 months, NazoRaku every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Italy Map Puzzle versus NazoRaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterItaly Map PuzzleNazoRaku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlus Inc. (Japan)Fuji Bit Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Italy Map Puzzle

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

NazoRaku

One-time5
  • 1 Hint Ticket$0.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • 10 Hint Tickets$5.99
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  • Modern Cipher Pack$5.99
  • Premium (All-in-One)$14.99

Questions

Is Italy Map Puzzle free?
Italy Map Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NazoRaku free?
NazoRaku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Italy Map Puzzle or NazoRaku have ads?
Both Italy Map Puzzle and NazoRaku show ads.
Which is updated more often, Italy Map Puzzle or NazoRaku?
Italy Map Puzzle ships an update every 4 months, and NazoRaku every 10 days. Most recently, Italy Map Puzzle was updated on October 30, 2026 and NazoRaku on October 25, 2026.

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