Perfect Challenge vs The Da Vinci Cryptex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Perfect Challenge
A simple yet challenging casual game where players must find imperfections. Designed for quick play sessions, it offers a surprisingly difficult experience despite its easy controls.
- Simple touch controls
- Casual gameplay
- Challenging difficulty
- Quick play sessions
- Find imperfections
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I'm the best perfect people It is very simple and casual game :) AND HARDER than you think! Find something wrong! · · · · · · Game Feature · · · · · · · » Simply touch to play game » Just play this game on your 10 minutes of free time :) Developer - Best Hyper Casual Game Developer South Korea
The Da Vinci Cryptex
Solve 50 unique riddles and logical enigmas to escape a room and unlock the next challenge. Test your IQ with brain-teasing puzzles that increase in difficulty. Hints are available to help you crack the enigmas.
- 50 unique handcrafted puzzles
- Logical enigmas
- IQ skill testing
- Hints available
- Astonishing graphics
- Captivating background music
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Are you ready to solve 50 incredible riddles to gain your freedom? Test your IQ skills by playing The Da Vinci Cryptex and find out the genius you are! Trapped in a room, you need to think out of the box to solve logical enigmas written in a book and escape. Find the answers, unlock the Cryptex, and see what awaits you in the next room! "The Da Vinci Cryptex" is a brainteasing free game consisting of 50 unique riddles, the more you go on, the harder to solve the puzzles So, how many enigmas can you actually crack? Warning: this IQ game may be addictive! Features: - 50 unique handcrafted puzzles - Hints available (click the bulb button to get a hint) - Astonishing graphics - Captivating background music - Play 20 levels for free, unlock the full game with a single and cheap in-app purchase If you're a fan of puzzles, word games, brain thinking, mind games, logic riddles, and enigmas, The Da Vinci Cryptex is the game for you! _________________________________ XSGames is an independent solo startup from Italy. Find out more at xsgames.co Follow @xsgames_ on both X and Instagram
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perfect Challenge at none against The Da Vinci Cryptex's 3. Perfect Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). The Da Vinci Cryptex's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price 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. The Da Vinci Cryptex sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Perfect Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Da Vinci Cryptex holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Da Vinci Cryptex has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Perfect Challenge's written reviews are positive against 63% of The Da Vinci Cryptex's.
Perfect Challenge ships an update every 3 days, The Da Vinci Cryptex every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perfect Challenge | The Da Vinci Cryptex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MondayOFF | XSGames |
Customer experience
Perfect Challenge
The Da Vinci Cryptex
Bugs and requests
Perfect Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Da Vinci Cryptex
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cryptex wheels react unreliably
- Solutions lack logical connection
- Hints lead in the wrong direction
- Level 16 not solvable
- Ads don't provide hints
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- First puzzle bugged
- Level 32 stuck
- Level 45 missing numbers, letters don't work
- Game doesn't register correct solution
- Ad reward not given for hints
In-app purchases
Perfect Challenge
No in-app purchases
The Da Vinci Cryptex
- Full Game$1.99
- Full Game + Coffee$3.99
- Full Game + Love$5.99
Questions
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