MOON HOUSE vs Detective Mio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOON HOUSE
Explore a virtual house tour and solve puzzles to find your way out. This escape room game features item collection and usage mechanics to progress through the experience.
- Virtual house tours
- Item collection
- Item usage
- Auto-save functionality
- Puzzle solving
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APARTMENT BACON presents ROOM ESCAPE : MOON HOUSE When searching for properties online, I came across a website called 'APARTMENT.BACON' It is offering virtual house tour. Enjoy the house and try to find your way out! ***** Auto-save tap and collect items tap and use collected items in inventory section *****
Detective Mio
Solve puzzles and quizzes to find hidden animals in various imaginative locations. This interactive game requires tapping, swiping, and dragging to uncover clues and complete illustrations. Decorate your detective office with earned items and enjoy offline play.
- Hidden object finding
- Nonsense quizzes and puzzles
- Interactive tap, swipe, drag mechanics
- Animal rescue missions
- Detective office decoration
- Offline play
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Has a cat gone missing? Are there animals in danger? Do you wish to rediscover a long lost memory? Then Detective Mio is the cat for you! This is more than a simple hidden picture finder! You need to solve various nonsense quizzes and puzzles to save cute animals! Tap, swipe, and drag on the screen to find hidden items! Sometimes you might even need to flip the whole smartphone! Attics, gardens, galleries, museums, malls, laboratories, and... space!? Listen to your client's tale and find the hidden animal. Those pesky animals find unbelievable ways to hide in the most unimaginable of places! Find all of the items and complete the illustration. Enjoy cute cartoon-style illustrations! A game that can be played offline! Put your heads together with your friends to solve the puzzles! Use the toys and furniture you earn from clearing stages to decorate your detective office in your own unique style!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MOON HOUSE at none against Detective Mio's 4. MOON HOUSE also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 301) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Detective Mio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 72%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Detective Mio sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MOON HOUSE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MOON HOUSE against 4.6 for Detective Mio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MOON HOUSE has 2.7K ratings behind it against 301, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of MOON HOUSE's written reviews are positive against 86% of Detective Mio's.
MOON HOUSE ships an update every 3 months, Detective Mio every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | MOON HOUSE | Detective Mio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.6 (301 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 301 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | APARTMENT BACON | 1N1 |
Customer experience
MOON HOUSE
Detective Mio
User reviews
MOON HOUSE
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Gorgeous art style and visuals
- 🧠 Engaging and creative puzzles
- 🕰️ Relaxing and whimsical atmosphere
- 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay
- 🎨 Unique and imaginative world design
Room to improve
- 🤔 Unclear navigation and room transitions
- 🕹️ Occasional control/interaction issues
- ⏱️ Relatively short playtime
- 🔍 Lack of clear hints or guidance
Detective Mio
From 301 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Adorable and cute art style with charming character design
- 🧩 Engaging puzzle mechanics that blend detective work with hidden object finding
- 😌 Relaxing and healing gameplay experience
- 🎮 Well-balanced difficulty level - challenging but not frustrating
- 😸 Lovable cat characters throughout the game
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Extremely short game - only 20 levels completed in 1-2 hours
- 💰 Poor value for money - $5 ad removal purchase for limited content
- 🚫 No updates for over a year despite active player base
- 📖 Small text in clues difficult to read without zoom option
- 🎯 Some puzzle mechanics are unintuitive and confusing
Bugs and requests
MOON HOUSE
Reported bugs
2 issues- Telescope feature not functioning properly
- Collected items becoming inaccessible
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Hint system or walkthrough
- Improved navigation and room connectivity
Detective Mio
Reported bugs
8 issues- Haunted house level prevents progression to next case
- Ad countdown timer runs without showing actual ad
- Some objects don't respond to required interactions
- Hint system shows incorrect or already-solved clues
- Touch input fails to register on certain objects
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- Game freezes or crashes during ad playback
- Specific level items won't appear despite correct actions
- Knight helmet won't remove in case 12
Requested features
8 requests- Add significantly more levels and cases
- Implement regular content updates
- Increase office/detective space for more decoration options
- Add zoom feature for reading clues more clearly
- Create seasonal or holiday-themed cases
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- Improve hint system with multiple hint options
- Add more interactive puzzle mechanics
- Implement reward system for office decoration
In-app purchases
MOON HOUSE
No in-app purchases
Detective Mio
- hint item 10$0.99
- hint item 25$1.99
- remove interstitial ads pack$4.99
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- Remove all ads package$5.99
