Comparison

Waehere vs Daily Cryptic

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

Head to head
About

Waehere

Embark on a coding adventure as a Māori heroine restoring a dystopian city. Solve programming puzzles to re-activate a regenerative hub, learn basic coding concepts, and discover Māori culture and history.

Highlights
  • Learn basic coding concepts
  • Programming style puzzles
  • 3rd person action adventure exploration
  • Restore a regenerative city hub
  • Discover Mātauranga Māori
  • Explore Matariki star connections
Features
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Take on the role of our Māori heroine Maia as she re-activates Tahuna, a broken dystopian regenerative city hub, through easy to learn programming style puzzles. Features: + Free to play + Learn basic coding concepts + Fun 3rd person action adventure exploration + Restore Tahuna, a city designed for an eco-friendly sustainable future + Designed around Matariki, the star cluster Māori use to signify the new year + Meet each of the Matariki stars and learn how they are connected to our world + Discover pieces of Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) within the city + Clear away computer bugs with Maia’s special Wahaika weapon + Set in the world of Guardian Maia featured in Guardian Maia Episodes 1 and 2 + Teacher resources available through our website - https://www.theguardiangame.com You will be guided through Tahuna by Wiremu, an AI assistant, as he helps you to restore the city hub. He will introduce you to each of the Matariki stars as you go on to restore the parts of the city they each oversee. Along the way you'll learn basic coding concepts and discover pieces of Māori culture and history.

About

Daily Cryptic

Learn to solve cryptic crosswords with daily clues, progressive hints, and step-by-step explanations. Build your skills through a structured learning series and practice with weekly crosswords and monthly prize challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptic clues
  • Progressive hints
  • Step-by-step explanations
  • Structured learning series
  • Weekly practice crosswords
  • Monthly prize challenges
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Daily Cryptic teaches you to solve cryptic crosswords — one clue at a time. Every day brings a fresh cryptic clue with progressive hints and a step-by-step explanation, so you learn the technique behind every answer. Work through the learning series, build a solving streak, then put your skills to work on full crosswords and monthly prize challenges. EVERY DAY • A new hand-picked cryptic clue • Progressive hints when you're stuck • Clear step-by-step explanations of the wordplay • Streaks and stats to track your progress LEARN THE CRAFT • A structured learning series covering the major clue types — anagrams, hidden words, containers, reversals and more • Step-by-step explainers that show how each answer is built CROSSWORDS & PRIZES • Weekly crosswords to practise on • Monthly prize challenges • Entry rules and eligibility are shown before you enter SYNC EVERYWHERE • Your progress, streaks and entries sync between iOS and dailycryptic.co Terms of Use: https://dailycryptic.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://dailycryptic.co/privacy

Screenshots

Waehere4 screens
Daily Cryptic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waehere at none against Daily Cryptic's 2. Waehere also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Daily Cryptic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per 3 months. Waehere asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Waehere versus Daily Cryptic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaehereDaily Cryptic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB11 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMetiaTF Daily

Customer experience

Waehere

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Daily Cryptic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Waehere

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Daily Cryptic

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Quarterly7 Days trial$24.993 Months
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Waehere free?
Waehere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Cryptic free?
Daily Cryptic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Waehere or Daily Cryptic have ads?
Neither Waehere nor Daily Cryptic shows ads.

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