Comparison

Puzzle Wizards vs Delete After Reading

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

Head to head
About

Puzzle Wizards

Engage in magical puzzle gameplay across three distinct modes: Harvesting, Mixing, and Battle. Embark on adventures in the Wildwoods, collect resources to rebuild your village, and enjoy cooperative multiplayer experiences with friends.

Highlights
  • Three puzzle modes: Harvesting, Mixing, Battle
  • Adventure in the Wildwoods
  • Village rebuilding and customization
  • Co-op multiplayer
  • Magic and cute themes
Features
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Do you like Magic, Puzzles and Cuteness? In Puzzle Wizards, you ply your magic by playing three, easy to learn and challenging to master, Puzzles: Harvesting, Mixing and Battle. Set forth from your Village into the magical Wildwoods on Adventures. Bring home your spoils and use them rebuild your Village. Do all of this with your friends in a co-op multiplayer adventure! All this and more awaits you in the magical world of Puzzle Wizards!

About

Delete After Reading

Engage in an interactive adventure that blends reading with puzzle-solving. Uncover a secret mission to retrieve a stolen videogame and alter destiny, all while ensuring your actions remain undetected.

Highlights
  • Interactive reading and story gameplay
  • Escape room style puzzles
  • Unique storytelling format
  • Adventure mission
  • Stealth and puzzle mechanics
Features
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A book you can play, or a game you can read, Delete After Reading is a crafted combination of an adventure story and puzzle games about cheating your destiny. An original storytelling format for armchair detectives and escape room aficionados of all ages. On the worst day of your life, you find a strange device with a file named “Delete After Reading”. It’s a classified document. Nina, Cinco, and Tomate, a clandestine group of kids (they happen to be dead, but they’ve never let that small detail interfere with their daily, uh, lives) want you to join them on a secret mission to repair Destiny’s latest injustice: the despised millionaire Martin Skrilhex has stolen the only existing copy of the highly coveted videogame “The Curse of Penguin Island” so only he can play it. Together you’ll have to sneak into the magnate’s mansion and steal back the videogame, so kids around the world can play it. But this mission will only be successful if Destiny does not find out that you are changing his plans, so never ever forget to delete the file after reading it. Main features: - Text is the gameplay, a cool and innovative mix of interactive reading, story, and escape room puzzles. - An immersive storytelling format that broadens the view of what games (and books) could be. - A thrilling adventure story for the whole family.

Screenshots

Puzzle Wizards4 screens
Delete After Reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Puzzle Wizards at 87% against Delete After Reading's 50%. Puzzle Wizards also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2). Delete After Reading's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Puzzle Wizards sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Delete After Reading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puzzle Wizards holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Puzzle Wizards's written reviews are positive against 50% of Delete After Reading's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzle Wizards ships an update every 3 weeks, Delete After Reading every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Puzzle Wizards versus Delete After Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle WizardsDelete After Reading
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (125 ratings) — better4.2 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings125 — better74
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size575 MB393 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperGG Folks, Inc.Patrones y Escondites

Customer experience

Puzzle Wizards

All ratings123 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.7%

Delete After Reading

All ratings74 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

Puzzle Wizards

From 125 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Ad-free experience
  • 💖 Encourages kindness and community
  • 🏡 Cozy and cute village building
  • 🧩 Fun, unique, and challenging puzzles
  • 🤝 Fantastic social community

Room to improve

  • ❓ Lack of puzzle guidance/tutorials
  • ⏳ Tedious home/village editing
  • 🌳 Unremovable landscape elements
  • ⚙️ Crafting can be slow
  • 🎨 Coloring items is tedious

Delete After Reading

From 74 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 💡 Good plot and story
  • 💡 Unique concept
  • 💡 Clever puzzles
  • 💡 Great art style

Room to improve

  • 💸 Paywall after first chapter
  • 💸 Expensive for a small game
  • 🐛 Game does not save progress
  • 🐛 Frustrating to restart levels
  • 🐛 Timed levels with no margin for error

Bugs and requests

Puzzle Wizards

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashing issues on iPhone
  • Stuck on opening screen on iPhone
  • Random streak loss
  • Random players showing up in village
  • Username changed without clear reason

Requested features

10 requests
  • Guide on puzzles (e.g., poison mixing)
  • More player customization options (e.g., wizard features)
  • Ability to move placed villager buildings
  • Earn guild bonds for personal use
  • More players to team up with
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  • Add Thai language support
  • Option to play other audio while in-game
  • Save puzzle progress when screen is closed or app is minimized
  • Name filter for usernames
  • More furniture, hats, robes, and activities

Delete After Reading

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Cannot scroll on MacBook Pro
  • Symbols on TV are incorrect
  • Cannot buy the game on Mac
  • Chapter 5 is terrible on Mac
  • TV did not show channels 7-9 until reloading app
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  • Audio did not play after reloading

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add a save/continue feature
  • Make all levels free or reduce price
  • Add iCloud syncing
  • Add built-in video walkthroughs
  • Improve scrolling on iOS
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  • Adjust controls for Mac users
  • Fix text spacing issues
  • Provide clearer guides for puzzles

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Puzzle Wizards

One-time3
  • 200 Dazzle$1.99
  • 1100 Dazzle$9.99
  • 2300 Dazzle$19.99
1 purchases

Delete After Reading

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Puzzle Wizards free?
Puzzle Wizards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Delete After Reading free?
Delete After Reading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puzzle Wizards or Delete After Reading?
Puzzle Wizards is rated higher. Puzzle Wizards averages 4.7 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Delete After Reading averages 4.2 from 74 ratings.
Do Puzzle Wizards or Delete After Reading have ads?
Neither Puzzle Wizards nor Delete After Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puzzle Wizards or Delete After Reading?
Puzzle Wizards ships an update every 3 weeks, and Delete After Reading every 4 weeks. Most recently, Puzzle Wizards was updated on October 23, 2026 and Delete After Reading on October 24, 2026.

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