Comparison

Cryptogram vs Enigmix

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

Head to head
About

Cryptogram

Decode coded messages to reveal inspiring quotes. Choose from multiple difficulty levels, play daily challenges, and explore thousands of quotes in seven languages. Save your favorites and share them as images.

Highlights
  • Decode coded quotes
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Daily puzzles and streaks
  • Thousands of quotes
  • Seven languages supported
  • Save and share quotes
  • Offline play
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

Enigmix

Features
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Crack one cipher a day. No pop-up ads. Ever. Enigmix gives you a single handcrafted codebreaking puzzle every day — the same puzzle for everyone, worldwide. Decode the hidden quote by figuring out which letter stands for which. No timers pressuring you, no endless feed. Just you and the code. HOW IT WORKS A famous quote has been encrypted. Tap a scrambled letter, guess what it really stands for, and watch every matching letter fall into place. Use letter frequency, common words, and a bit of intuition to crack the whole thing. Solve it clean for the top score. SIX WAYS TO ENCRYPT Every day rotates through a different family of classic ciphers — Caesar shifts, Atbash mirrors, keyword substitutions, full monoalphabetic swaps, symbol codes, and Polybius squares. Sundays bring a random hard cipher to start off the week. BUILD YOUR STREAK Solve every day to grow your streak. Earn XP and chase three fresh quests daily. Miss a day? A streak freeze has your back. PLAY YOUR WAY - One free daily puzzle, forever - Pick your quotes: Classics, TV, or Movies - Stuck? Magnifying glasses reveal a letter or a whole word. Earn them by solving - Never a pop-up ad. Videos only play when you tap to watch one for free glasses - Practice mode to sharpen your skills between dailies - Full VoiceOver support and Dynamic Type - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - iCloud sync keeps your progress on every device - Share your solve grid without spoiling the answer ENIGMIX PRO (optional) Unlimited magnifying glasses, no optional ads, unlimited practice, and the full archive of past dailies. Choose Pro Monthly (auto-renewing subscription) or a one-time Pro Lifetime unlock. The daily puzzle is always free either way. Pro Monthly renews automatically every month at the price shown in the app until you cancel. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/DadMadeAnApp/Enigmix-Privacy-Policy No account required. No tracking demanded. No pay-to-win. Just a good puzzle, every single day. Sharpen your mind. Crack the code.

Screenshots

Cryptogram4 screens
Enigmix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cryptogram at 15.1 against Enigmix's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Enigmix sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cryptogram ships an update every 6 days, Enigmix weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cryptogram versus Enigmix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptogramEnigmix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (504 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings504 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBerkay SaglamDadMadeAnApp LLC

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

Enigmix

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Cryptogram

Subscriptions2
  • Cryptogram Plus$0.991 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
2 purchases

Enigmix

Subscriptions1
  • Enigmix Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Enigmix Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Cryptogram free?
Cryptogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Enigmix free?
Enigmix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cryptogram or Enigmix have ads?
Both Cryptogram and Enigmix show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cryptogram or Enigmix?
Cryptogram ships an update every 6 days, and Enigmix weekly. Most recently, Cryptogram was updated on November 7, 2026 and Enigmix on October 31, 2026.

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