Comparison

Human Cargo vs CrimeKey

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

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About

Human Cargo

A mystery puzzle game inspired by classic whodunit board games. Players select a character, collect evidence, and deduce the killer to solve a murder. It offers a classic detective experience.

Highlights
  • Character selection
  • Clue gathering
  • Murder mystery solving
  • Visual novel style
Features
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Based on the Human Cargo visual novel by Rob Colton, Human Cargo: Whodunit?! is a mystery puzzle game in the style of Clue. Choose a character, gather clues, and solve the murder!

About

CrimeKey

Engage in a detective puzzle game where you solve murder cases by carefully observing clues, deducing connections between suspects, weapons, and locations. This logic-based experience offers a calm, reasoning-focused challenge without timers or action.

Highlights
  • Solve murder cases
  • Observe clues and evidence
  • Deduce suspect, weapon, and location
  • Use a deduction board
  • Logic-based puzzles
  • No timers or action
Features
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CrimeKey: Murder Logic is a detective puzzle game about solving murder cases through observation, clues and deduction. Each case gives you a small mystery: three suspects, three possible weapons and three places where the crime may have happened. Your job is to read the evidence carefully, compare the details and work out the only combination that truly fits. There are no timers, no action sequences and no guessing. CrimeKey is a calm logic game where every mark on the grid brings you closer to the truth. Use the deduction board to organize your investigation. Cross out options that cannot be true, confirm the ones that make sense, and connect suspects, weapons and locations step by step. A stain, a smell, a trace of dust or a small contradiction may be the detail that opens the whole case. Every mystery is designed to be solved by reasoning. Some clues seem simple at first, but only reveal their meaning when combined with others. The solution is always there; you just have to follow the evidence. CrimeKey is ideal for players who enjoy classic detective stories, murder mystery games, logic puzzles and quiet challenges that reward attention. Open the case. Study the clues. Find the key to the crime.

Screenshots

Human Cargo4 screens
CrimeKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Human Cargo at none against CrimeKey's shown. Human Cargo also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Human Cargo against 5.0 for CrimeKey. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

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Human Cargo versus CrimeKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuman CargoCrimeKey
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB54 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperRobert DurfeeEventronic Systems, SL

In-app purchases

None

Human Cargo

No in-app purchases

None

CrimeKey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Human Cargo free?
Human Cargo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrimeKey free?
CrimeKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Human Cargo or CrimeKey?
Human Cargo and CrimeKey are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Human Cargo or CrimeKey have ads?
CrimeKey shows ads; Human Cargo does not.

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