Brainy Sleuth vs Detective Mio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainy Sleuth
This puzzle game offers over 500 challenging levels with diverse gameplay mechanics. It combines various puzzle types with unique mobile interactions for an engaging experience. Enjoy a humorous and educational journey through brain-teasing riddles.
- 500+ challenging levels
- Brain-teasing riddles
- Find the difference and hidden object gameplay
- Unique mobile interactions
- Humorous scenarios and answers
- Educational content
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Brainy Sleuth: Riddle Quest is a portrait puzzle game featuring brain teasers, detective hidden-object levels and themed challenges. Tap, drag, shake or rotate your phone, look for clues and try a different way of thinking. Features • Brain teasers and detective levels that test your observation and reasoning. • Interactive puzzles combining touch controls and phone movements. • Simple visuals and playful, humorous situations. • In-game hints to help when you get stuck. The game contains ads and optional in-app purchases. You can purchase keys and an option to remove forced ads. After removing forced ads, you can still choose to watch rewarded ads to earn rewards.
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: Brainy Sleuth at none against Detective Mio's 4. Detective Mio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (305 vs 43). 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. Brainy Sleuth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Detective Mio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Detective Mio has 305 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brainy Sleuth ships an update every 32 months, Detective Mio every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Brainy Sleuth | Detective Mio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (43 ratings) | 4.6 (305 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 305 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 魂动天下 | 1N1 |
Customer experience
Brainy Sleuth
Detective Mio
Bugs and requests
Brainy Sleuth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Brainy Sleuth
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
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