Hideaways vs Annograms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hideaways
Explore beautifully crafted worlds and discover human stories in this reimagined spot-the-difference game. Enjoy a calm challenge that exercises attention and memory while immersing yourself in atmospheric music and gentle narratives.
- Beautifully crafted worlds
- Handmade atmospheric music
- Untimed scavenger hunts
- 144 human stories
- Calming gameplay
- Attention and memory exercise
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Hideaways is an immaculate take on spot-the-difference games. It unfolds through beautifully crafted worlds, handmade atmospheric music, untimed scavengers, and 144 human stories — gently woven in, where places carry real feeling and stories are discovered, not told. Both a moment of calm and a quiet challenge, Hideaways invites you to slow your breathing, calm your mind, and wander through aesthetic and auditory pleasures — all while gently exercising attention and memory, and inviting reflection on real-life moments and stories.
Annograms
Challenge your knowledge of history with daily puzzles that require you to arrange events chronologically. Explore historical moments further with multimedia content and track your progress. Share your achievements with friends and delve into past events.
- Daily history puzzles
- Chronological event ordering
- Explore historical events
- Multimedia content integration
- Score sharing
- Stats tracking
- Archive exploration
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Annograms: the new daily history puzzle. Can you place events in the correct chronological order? Every day, play new puzzles that put historical events at your fingertips: pop culture, music, movies, TV, politics, inventions, feats, disasters, crime, word origins, and much more. Once you've solved the puzzle, explore the events in depth: listen to music releases, read book samples, and watch sitcom pilots, classic commercials, and news reports from yesteryear. Share your scores with friends, track your stats, and dig into the archives. Thanks for playing! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Annograms at none against Hideaways's shown. Annograms also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hideaways's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Hideaways sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Annograms sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Annograms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hideaways has 2.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hideaways ships an update monthly, Annograms every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hideaways | Annograms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 794 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RoadRocks | Stephen Cotner |
Customer experience
Hideaways
Annograms
Bugs and requests
Hideaways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes during tutorial
- Differences not registering correctly
- Levels not loading properly
- Issues with screen size and layout
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable background music
- Ability to save progress within a level
- More level variety and increased difficulty
- Cross-device syncing of progress
Annograms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hideaways
- TRICKLE(5 hints)$0.99
- BREEZE(10 hints)$1.99
- DUET$1.99
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- FOUNT(20 hints)$2.99
- LUCID LENS$2.99
- DELUGE(50 hints)$4.99
- Grand W.$6.99
Annograms
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$12.991 Year
