Cryptogram vs WordCode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Decrypt famous quotes
- Select categories and authors
- Four difficulty levels
- Save favorite quotes
- Hints available
- Share solved quotes
- Multiple color schemes
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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/
WordCode
A word-guessing game where players must deduce four words, with each word's final letter becoming the starting letter of the subsequent word. It offers a free-to-play experience with optional in-app purchases.
- Word guessing gameplay
- Chain-linking word mechanic
- Free to play
- In-app purchases available
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Guess the words! WordCode is a word-guessing game. It's simple: you have to guess four words, and each word's last letter will be the first letter of the next. Download now and play for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cryptogram at 482 against WordCode's 2. Cryptogram also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). WordCode's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cryptogram sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WordCode sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cryptogram holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram has 482 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cryptogram ships an update every 5 weeks, WordCode fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cryptogram | WordCode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (482 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 482 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Berkay Saglam | Felipe Grosze Nipper de Oliveira |
Customer experience
Cryptogram
WordCode
Bugs and 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
WordCode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cryptogram
- Cryptogram Plus$0.991 Month
- Cryptogram Plus$2.991 Month
- Cryptogram Plus$9.991 Year
- 5 Hints$0.99
- 15 Hints$1.99
- 30 Hints$3.99
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- Remove Ads$4.99
- 80 Hints$8.99
WordCode
- Remove Ads$1.99
