CryptoQuote vs Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CryptoQuote
Decode encrypted quotes where each letter is replaced by another. Solve puzzles at your own pace or compete in daily challenges. Features include a custom keyboard, letter frequency tools, and the ability to create your own puzzles.
- Over 2000 quotes
- Daily Challenge Puzzle
- Custom keyboard
- Letter frequency tool
- Create your own puzzle
- Share puzzles
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If you love it in the newspaper, you’ll love it even more in a format you can access any place, any time. In this popular game, each letter is replaced with a different one. Your challenge is to decode the puzzle and figure out the quote. You can work at your own pace or compete against other players in a Daily Speed Challenge. CryptoQuote will show you conflicts such as attempting to use the same solution letter twice. Features: * More than 2000 carefully selected quotes, plus a new Daily Challenge Puzzle each day * Custom keyboard to see the entire puzzle * Share puzzles or quotes with others * Quote of the Day widget * Create your own puzzle or enter one from a newspaper * Letter frequency tool * Word search tool * Physical keyboard support Great if you like: Sudoku, Crossword puzzles, word search, cipher, encryption, code solving and decoding.
Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle
A word puzzle game where players fill in missing letters to decode cryptic quotes. It offers three challenging packs and simple mechanics for quick learning. Enjoy a mentally stimulating experience with a focus on quotes and wordplay.
- Decode cryptic quotes
- Fill in missing letters
- Three challenging packs
- Easy-to-learn mechanics
- Focus on quotes and wordplay
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This is a small word game - it can be called cryptograms - for anyone who loves quotes and love to read and think about them. For some reasons, many words are missing letters and you are the right one to fix them. The game has 3 different packs that will be challenging you to solve by guessing and filling missing letters. One letter can be repeated in different words. The rules to learn how to play is quite easy, you will learn it in second. Just Press on an empty cells to highlight all the repeating and choose a letter you think it will be fit. Let enjoy the game and feel free to give your feedback here. Thank you a lot and remember rate 5 stars for this game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle at 5.0 against CryptoQuote's 2.6. Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.3). CryptoQuote's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CryptoQuote has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CryptoQuote ships an update every 3 months, Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CryptoQuote | Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Apps From Outer Space, LLC | Hieu Hoang |
Customer experience
CryptoQuote
Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle
Bugs and requests
CryptoQuote
Reported bugs
27 issues- Keyboard does not fit screen
- Daily challenge button is grayed out or inaccessible
- App crashes upon opening or during gameplay
- Unable to see time vs. others in daily challenge
- Game freezes on a blank screen
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- Interface is wonky and doesn't fit screen
- Letters are squeezed together, keyboard too tiny
- Saved puzzles are gone after updates
- App reads clipboard content on startup
- Stuck on a level, keeps returning to the same one
- Sound cuts out during ads and puzzle transitions
- Letters don't get replaced correctly
- App crashes when trying to play new puzzle
- Custom puzzle feature does not work on iPad
- Letters are huge and screen won't turn
- Daily Time Challenge is unreliable (no puzzles, already completed message)
- Spelling/grammatical errors and weird symbols
- App locks up after completing daily challenge on newer iPhones
- Interface is clunky
- Keyboard lags badly during challenges
- Leaderboard scores seem impossible (cheating)
- Custom puzzle input screen is unusable (stuck, no solve button)
- Game freezes on a blank screen
- Constant crashes after updates
- Surnames of quoted individuals are cut off
- App no longer works after OS updates
- Lost purchased version after OS update, now has ads
Requested features
13 requests- Fix keyboard display issues
- Ensure daily challenge is always accessible and functional
- Restore ability to input puzzles from newspapers
- Add more quotes/puzzles
- Improve typography and interface aesthetics
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- Add dark mode
- Allow disabling spelling corrector
- Add OCR for newspaper cryptograms
- Add frequency table and dictionary search (like Mac version)
- Add an 'expert' level
- More variety of quote topics
- Fix sound cutting out during ads/transitions
- Allow giving up on daily puzzle to see solution
Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CryptoQuote
No in-app purchases
Cryptogram Cryptoquote Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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