Comparison

Detective Masters vs Backlight Files

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

Head to head
About

Detective Masters

Solve crimes by interrogating suspects and finding clues. Uncover hidden objects to bring criminals to justice and keep your city safe. Can you catch all the bad guys?

Highlights
  • Interrogate suspects
  • Find hidden objects
  • Solve daily crimes
  • Crack cases
  • Identify criminals
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Interrogate suspects to find out if they are guilty! Can you punish all criminals? Too many criminals, too little time. You’re on the hunt to pull the bad guys off the streets. Who robbed the bank? Who broke out of prison? Who caused this death? Find the hidden object or the clue to get crime out of your city. Incoming! Evil characters from famous tv shows, and more are up to no good and it’s your job to get even those bad guys out of your city. You gotta hustle! There are daily crimes to solve and cases to crack on these streets! To opt out of CrazyLabs sales of personal information as a California resident, please visit the settings page within this app. For more information visit our privacy policy: https://crazylabs.com/app

About

Backlight Files

Features
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At 21:03, every light in the city went out. Backlight Files is a cinematic, choice-driven mystery where you investigate a strange blackout through rain-soaked scenes, recovered recordings, witness fragments, and evidence files. Read the story, follow the trail, and decide which leads deserve your trust. Each chapter plays like an interactive thriller: tap through atmospheric scenes, collect clues, review unsettling fragments, and make decisions that push the investigation forward. Some answers are hidden in what the camera captured. Others are hidden in what it failed to record. Features: Cinematic noir scenes built for mobile and tablet play Choice-driven investigation and branching story paths Evidence fragments, recordings, files, and character encounters Moody rain-night atmosphere with music and UI sound controls Designed for quick sessions and long mystery theories The blackout did not erase everything. It left a trace.

Screenshots

Detective Masters4 screens
Backlight Files4 screens

Verdict

The call

Detective Masters and Backlight Files are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Detective Masters versus Backlight Files: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDetective MastersBacklight Files
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings35K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size307 MB127 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCoco PlayPhan Thi Hong Hanh

Bugs and requests

Detective Masters

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes
  • Levels not loading properly
  • Special features not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and cases
  • More date options and features
  • Option to choose gender and appearance
  • Less mature content for younger audience

Backlight Files

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Detective Masters

No in-app purchases

None

Backlight Files

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Detective Masters free?
Detective Masters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backlight Files free?
Backlight Files is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Detective Masters or Backlight Files have ads?
Neither Detective Masters nor Backlight Files shows ads.

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