Comparison

Codebreaker* vs PigPen

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

Head to head
About

Codebreaker*

Challenge your logic skills by deciphering a secret code of four distinct colors. Use black and white dots as hints to determine correct colors and positions. A fun and engaging puzzle game for strategic thinkers.

Highlights
  • Solve secret color codes
  • Use black dot hints for correct position
  • Use white dot hints for correct color, wrong position
  • Four distinct colors
  • Challenging logic puzzles
Features
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Following the hints, solve the secret code consisting of four different colors. A black dot means that one of the colors is guessed and located in the correct position. A white dot means that one of the colors is guessed but located in the wrong position.

About

PigPen

Features
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Fence the pigs. Fill the field. One puzzle a day. PigPen is a daily logic puzzle for the one-finger, coffee-break crowd — players who love Wordle, Connections, and Strands and are ready for something with a little more bite. The board is a grid of farmland with pigs scattered across it. Your job is simple to learn and surprisingly deep to master: drag fences along the grid lines to enclose every pig in its own pen, where each pen is rotationally symmetric around its pig and the whole field is partitioned with no leftover squares. Three rules. No timers in your face. No fluff. Just a clean, satisfying daily solve. FEATURES • A new puzzle every day — three sizes (5×5, 7×7, 10×10), each with Standard and Hard tiers, so you can pick a quick warm-up or settle in for a Sunday-cryptic-sized challenge. • Globally-keyed daily puzzles so leaderboards stay fair — everyone's puzzle of the day is the same puzzle. • One-finger play — tap a fence to toggle it, drag along an axis to paint a run of fences, long-press to mark a cell. • Live symmetry hints (optional) — your moves' rotational counterparts highlight faintly so you can feel the shape of each pen. • Unlimited undo and redo — experiment freely without losing your place. • Mistake checker and one daily hint per puzzle when you're truly stuck. • Clean-solve badges for finishing without hints or mistakes. • Stats and streaks that track your daily habit, not your wallet. • Gorgeous, warm visual design — pigs you'll actually want to fence in. WHO IT'S FOR If you start your morning with a daily word game and finish it before your coffee's cold, PigPen is the next logic puzzle for your routine. It's deductive (no guessing, no trial-and-error), uniquely solvable, and hand-tuned for satisfying "aha" moments rather than tedious bookkeeping. INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS PigPen is a love letter to Galaxies (Tentai Show) by Nikoli — one of the most elegant pen-and-paper puzzle formats ever invented — reimagined with a warmer hook, modern progression, and the daily cadence that makes a puzzle a habit. Get one puzzle a day. Build a streak. Become the kind of person who fences pigs.

Screenshots

Codebreaker*2 screens
PigPen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Codebreaker* at none against PigPen's 1. Codebreaker* also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). PigPen's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. PigPen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Codebreaker* asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codebreaker* ships an update every 6 months, PigPen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Codebreaker* versus PigPen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodebreaker*PigPen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (72 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander BersonRodney Telford

Bugs and requests

Codebreaker*

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Score marked without confirmation
  • Points change unexpectedly/randomly
  • Colors not in the right spot can be confusing
  • App seems to be in dark mode for some users

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add instructions/help tab
  • Allow color replication/doubles
  • Enable placing colors in any order
  • Add a button to submit guess instead of automatic submission
  • Include statistics (games won, played)
Show 5 more
  • Add a dark mode option
  • Option to skip current game and start a new one
  • Consider a 5-place option
  • Add sound effects
  • Add a tip jar/donation option

PigPen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Codebreaker*

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PigPen

One-time1
  • PigPen Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Codebreaker* free?
Codebreaker* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PigPen free?
PigPen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Codebreaker* or PigPen have ads?
Neither Codebreaker* nor PigPen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Codebreaker* or PigPen?
Codebreaker* ships an update every 6 months, and PigPen weekly. Most recently, Codebreaker* was updated on October 21, 2026 and PigPen on October 9, 2026.

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