Countdown Letters & Numbers vs The Code Cracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Letters & Numbers
Challenge your mind with a numbers game using basic math operations or a letters game to find the longest words. This free mental agility game is completely ad-free and does not collect your data.
- Numbers game with mathematical operations
- Letters game to find long words
- Mental agility workout
- Completely free
- No advertising
- Data privacy
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Countdown: Letters and Numbers is a mental agility game where you can choose between work out your brain by playing with numbers or playing with letters. Numbers game: Use basic mathematical operations and 6 random numbers to get the desired result. Maybe it isn’t easy, but there is always a solution. Letters game: With 9 random letters, based on the percentages of appearance of letters in the dictionary, you must find words as long as possible. Countdown is completely free without advertising. Your data is not collected. There is only a small tool that warns us in case the application crashes.
The Code Cracker
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There is a hidden Code. Every guess gives you a clue. How quickly can you crack it? The Code Cracker is a modern logic and deduction game built around a simple challenge: discover the hidden combination using the clues from each guess. CRACK THE CODE Choose Symbols, make your Guess, and use the feedback to narrow the possibilities. Exact Match: right Symbol, right position. Partial Match: right Symbol, wrong position. Nothing else — the rest is deduction. PLAY YOUR WAY Classic at your own pace, from Gentle to Expert. The Daily Cipher: one Code, every player, every day — build a streak and share a spoiler-free result. CHALLENGE FRIENDS Share your Daily and a friend plays the very same Code from a link — no install needed. Or Pass & Play on one device: set a Code for each other and bank the guesses you didn't need. Highest total wins. BUILT FOR CLEAR THINKING Symbols combine shape and colour, so gameplay never depends on colour alone. Full VoiceOver, full Dynamic Type, haptics and sound you can switch off. MASTER THE PATTERN Track win rate, streaks and your solve distribution, mode by mode, and become a better code cracker. No ads. No accounts. No energy meters. The daily puzzle, solo play and Pass & Play are free, forever. One optional Pro unlock adds harder rule sets, more Symbol sets and themes, and deeper stats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Letters & Numbers at none against The Code Cracker's 1. The Code Cracker's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Code Cracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown Letters & Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Letters & Numbers ships an update fortnightly, The Code Cracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Letters & Numbers | The Code Cracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limaraxa S.L. | Amilcar Zambrano Guevara |
In-app purchases
Countdown Letters & Numbers
No in-app purchases
The Code Cracker
- Crack Pro$9.99
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