CryptoQuote vs Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes
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.
Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes
Engage in a unique word puzzle game where you decipher inspirational quotes hidden within a coded grid. Each number corresponds to a letter, challenging you to solve known letters first to reveal the hidden message.
- Decipher hidden quotes
- Number-to-letter code
- Solve known letters first
- Inspirational quote puzzles
- Crossword alternative gameplay
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Cryptogram Quotes is an interesting decrypting game in which the players need to find the hidden Inspirational quote hidden in the puzzle. Every number refers to.a letter. Solve the known letters first to finish the puzzle faster. Decode the quotes in the cryptogram code puzzles. Special Credit: Music and Sound Design by Soren Miller
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes at 4.8 against CryptoQuote's 2.6. Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.3). CryptoQuote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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. Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. CryptoQuote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CryptoQuote's written reviews are positive against 67% of Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes's.
CryptoQuote ships an update every 3 months, Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CryptoQuote | Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (41 ratings) | 4.8 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apps From Outer Space, LLC | FIFTY3 BELLS LLP |
Customer experience
CryptoQuote
Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes
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
Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CryptoQuote
No in-app purchases
Decode the Quote Cipher Quotes
- 500$0.49
- 1200$0.99
- 3000$1.99
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- Remove Ads + 2000 coins$4.99
- 10000$5.99
- 15000$7.99
- Remove Ads + 15000 coins$9.99
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