Checkers vs Deen Detectives
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkers
Enjoy a classic board game experience with this digital version of Checkers. Play against friends or a computer opponent with adjustable difficulty. Features include animated moves, undo options, and customizable themes.
- 1 or 2 player gameplay
- 5 difficulty levels
- Undo wrong move
- Enable/disable forced captures
- Animated moves
- Six board and piece themes
- Piece moving hint
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Checkers (also called "Draughts") is challenging board game that is easy to learn but hard to master. The rules are simple: capture all enemy pieces and win the game! You can play with family and friends or against computer opponent with different difficulty levels. Game features: - 1 player or 2 player gameplay - 5 levels of the difficulty - HD graphics for iPhone X and iPad with retina display - ability to undo wrong move - option to enable or disable forced captures - quick response time - animated moves - easy to use interface design - auto-save when exit or phone ring - six themes for board and pieces - piece moving hint - compatible with iPod, iPhone and iPad - view captured pieces - ability to listen music in background
Deen Detectives
A family-friendly party game where players describe words to identify a secret "mystery guest" among them. It offers a vast library of free words and multiple game modes, with options to unlock premium content and intense challenges.
- Family-friendly Halal party game
- Massive free word library with many categories
- Multiple game modes (Classic, Quick, The Echo)
- Unlockable premium content and intense game modes
- No account required to play
- Daily word challenges
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Gather your family and friends for Deen Detectives, the party game that keeps everyone on their toes! In Deen Detectives, everyone is given a secret Cultural/Historical/Islamic word—except for the secret "mystery guest"! Each player takes turns carefully describing their word without giving it away, all while trying to figure out who amongst them is the imposter trying to blend in. Features: • A fun, family-friendly Halal party game perfect for game nights, hang outs, Ramadan, and Eid gatherings • Massive Free Word Library: Play through hundreds of words across a dozen free categories including: The Quran, Prophets & Companions, Cultural Foods, Muslim Countries, Ramadan, and Islamic Manners. • Multiple Ways to Play: Go beyond the standard rules! Play "Classic", try a "Quick" single-round game, or shake things up with "The Echo" where players must guess who is answering a different question. • Unlock Premium Content: Take your knowledge to the next level with premium categories like The Islamic Golden Age, Islamic History, Famous Scholars, Islamic Architecture, Arabic Phrases, Modern Muslim Life, First Three Generations, Muslim Capitals & Muslim Cities! Unlock intense game modes like "Speed Round", with only 30 seconds to find the mystery guest; "Hardcore", in which no one knows who the mystery guest is, not even the mystery guest themselves--everyone is scrambling to find the truth, and "Multiple Imposter" for larger groups! • No account required to play—jump right into the action with guest mode. • Clean, modern, and beautiful interface. Test your knowledge, bluff your way to victory, and enjoy learning more about your Deen in the most fun way possible. Download Deen Detectives today! • No account required to play—jump right into the action! • Clean, modern, and beautiful interface • New Word of the day EVERY DAY. • Practice building your vocabulary by completing challenges with the word of the day. Test your knowledge, bluff your way to victory, and enjoy learning more about your Deen in the most fun way possible. Download Deen Detectives today! What can be better than collective remembrance!? Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://deen-detective.lovable.app/studio/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Checkers at none against Deen Detectives's 10. Checkers also leads on ratings volume (87K vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Deen Detectives's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Deen Detectives sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Checkers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deen Detectives holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkers has 87K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Checkers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Deen Detectives's.
Checkers ships an update monthly, Deen Detectives every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkers | Deen Detectives |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (87K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vintolo Ltd | Intizor Sirojitdinova |
Customer experience
Checkers
Deen Detectives
Bugs and requests
Checkers
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes during gameplay
- Undo button not functioning properly
- Inconsistent behavior when making moves
- Puzzle solutions not always clear or achievable
Requested features
5 requests- More puzzle levels
- Ability to disable forced jumps
- Improved AI difficulty balancing
- Customizable board and piece designs
- Multiplayer and online features
Deen Detectives
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checkers
No in-app purchases
Deen Detectives
- Master Detective Lifetime$9.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$11.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$12.99
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- Master Detective Lifetime$13.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$14.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$15.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$16.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$17.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$18.99
- Master Detective Lifetime$19.99
Questions
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