Comparison

Cryptogram vs Zitatknacker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Decrypt famous quotes
  • Select categories and authors
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Save favorite quotes
  • Hints available
  • Share solved quotes
  • Multiple color schemes
Features
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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/

About

Zitatknacker

Features
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A quote, encrypted. Every letter stands for another one. You crack the code - and what you get back is a sentence that was worth the work. SIX LANGUAGES, REAL ORIGINALS English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Nothing is translated: each language has its own body of genuine quotes and proverbs. You can filter by origin as well - British, Irish or American sayings, French, Belgian or Swiss, Spanish or Latin American, Portuguese or Brazilian. Picking a puzzle language is free and independent of the interface language. HOW IT WORKS Tap an encrypted symbol and choose the letter you think is behind it. The guess applies across the whole quote at once, and every matching symbol lights up with it. The frequency strip shows which symbol appears most often - which is how a substitution cipher is actually broken. No timer, no guessing games. A NEW QUOTE EVERY DAY Each language has its own daily puzzle. Every quote you crack shows its author, its source and a short note on what it actually means. Your collection grows with every solved puzzle and can be browsed by author. TOPICS FOR EVERY MOOD Wit and sharp tongues, courage and starting, love and friendship, work and money, falling and carrying on, everyday wisdom - plus easy, medium and hard. Pick whatever suits today. FREE - Three short starter puzzles in every language - Two free taster puzzles in every topic - The daily puzzle, every day, in every language - The last seven days to catch up, so a broken streak is never lost - Hints, check and undo - Streak, statistics and your quote collection - Language and origin selection - Achievements and leaderboards - Light, dark or system theme, on phone and tablet UNLOCK ONCE - NO SUBSCRIPTION - The complete archive of every past daily puzzle - Every topic in full, in all six languages - More generous hints - Cloud backup for your progress and collection One purchase opens all included languages. If you bought before, the new languages cost you nothing. THE TEXTS The corpus is curated and in the public domain: traditional proverbs and sayings, and quotes from authors whose copyright expired long ago. It sits locally in the app, and there is no user-generated content. No ads. No subscription. No mandatory account. Your data is never sold.

Screenshots

Cryptogram4 screens
Zitatknacker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Zitatknacker at none against Cryptogram's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Cryptogram sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Zitatknacker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cryptogram versus Zitatknacker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptogramZitatknacker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (487 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings487 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB113 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBerkay SaglamChristian Hermann

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

Zitatknacker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Cryptogram

Subscriptions3
  • Cryptogram Plus$0.991 Month
  • Cryptogram Plus$2.991 Month
  • Cryptogram Plus$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 15 Hints$1.99
  • Offline Quotes$2.99
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  • 30 Hints$3.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 80 Hints$8.99
1 purchases

Zitatknacker

One-time1
  • Zitatknacker Complete$1.99

Questions

Is Cryptogram free?
Cryptogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zitatknacker free?
Zitatknacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cryptogram or Zitatknacker have ads?
Cryptogram shows ads; Zitatknacker does not.
Which is updated more often, Cryptogram or Zitatknacker?
Cryptogram ships an update weekly, and Zitatknacker weekly. Most recently, Cryptogram was updated on October 18, 2026 and Zitatknacker on October 11, 2026.

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