Comparison

Delete After Reading vs Circuit Path

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

Head to head
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.

About

Circuit Path

A logic puzzle game where you connect islands with bridges based on numerical clues. Enjoy hundreds of hours of content with daily challenges and track your progress. Play offline, anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Connect islands with bridges
  • Solve puzzles based on island numbers
  • 6 grid sizes
  • 9,999 unique puzzles per size
  • Daily Challenge
  • Offline play
  • Streak tracking
Features
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Connect the islands. Complete the circuit. Circuit Path is a clean, satisfying logic puzzle game based on Hashiwokakero — the classic Japanese number-bridge puzzle. Your goal is simple: connect all islands with bridges so that each island has exactly the number of connections it shows. HOW TO PLAY • Tap between two islands to place a bridge • Tap again to add a second bridge • Tap a third time to remove them • All islands must be connected into a single network • Each island must have exactly the right number of bridges FEATURES • 6 grid sizes — from a quick 5×5 to a deep 10×10 • 9,999 unique puzzles per grid size — hundreds of hours of content • Daily Challenge — a new puzzle every day across all sizes • Streak tracking — build your daily solving streak • Best time records — beat your own record on every puzzle • Confetti celebration when you solve a puzzle • Fully offline — play anywhere, no internet needed • Built for iPhone and iPad Perfect for fans of Sudoku, Nonograms, and other logic puzzles. No timers, no pressure — just pure puzzle-solving at your own pace.

Screenshots

Delete After Reading4 screens
Circuit Path3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Circuit Path at 100% against Delete After Reading's 50%. Circuit Path also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Delete After Reading's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (74 vs 3). On price 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. Delete After Reading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Circuit Path asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Circuit Path holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Delete After Reading has 74 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Delete After Reading's written reviews are positive against 100% of Circuit Path's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Delete After Reading ships an update every 4 weeks, Circuit Path every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Delete After Reading versus Circuit Path: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDelete After ReadingCircuit Path
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (74 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size393 MB18 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPatrones y EsconditesAngelo Elmudesi

Customer experience

Delete After Reading

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

Circuit Path

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Circuit Path

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Delete After Reading

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99
None

Circuit Path

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Delete After Reading free?
Delete After Reading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Circuit Path free?
Circuit Path is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Delete After Reading or Circuit Path?
Circuit Path is rated higher. Delete After Reading averages 4.2 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Circuit Path averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Delete After Reading or Circuit Path have ads?
Circuit Path shows ads; Delete After Reading does not.
Which is updated more often, Delete After Reading or Circuit Path?
Delete After Reading ships an update every 4 weeks, and Circuit Path every 10 days. Most recently, Delete After Reading was updated on November 3, 2026 and Circuit Path on October 31, 2026.

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