Picture Scrambler vs Ancient City Hidden Objects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Picture Scrambler
Arrange scrambled tiles to reveal a hidden picture. Move tiles horizontally or vertically to shift others, and double-tap to rotate. Tackle increasingly difficult puzzles from 3x3 to 5x5 grids.
- Tile-based picture unscrambling
- Horizontal and vertical tile movement
- Tile rotation via double-tap
- Progressive difficulty levels (3x3 to 5x5)
- Hidden image reveal upon completion
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The objective is to move the tiles into the right place and/or turn them so that a picture is getting formed. Your problem is, that you won't know what the picture is until you solved the puzzle. You can move tiles any number of positions to the right, left, up and down - all the tiles on the way will shift in the place left open by the tile moved. You can also double tap a tile to rotate it 90 degree. The 3x3 puzzles are easy, but the 5x5 puzzles will be very difficult.
Ancient City Hidden Objects
Discover numerous hidden items across beautifully crafted ancient world scenes. Utilize hints and zoom features to locate objects efficiently. Replay unlocked levels with new item arrangements.
- Multiple beautiful scenes
- Lots of hidden items
- Hint and Zoom buttons
- Skip levels
- Replay levels
- More games available
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Ancient City Hidden Objects is one of the best hidden object games. Enjoy multiple beautiful scenes with lots of hidden items. You goal is to find series of hidden objects on each level. Use Hint and Zoom buttons to find items quickly. If you can not complete any level you can simple skip it and try to complete it later. Completed levels will be unlocked and you can replay them with different hidden objects set. When you complete the game press More Games button to install more hidden object games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Picture Scrambler at 80% against Ancient City Hidden Objects's 0%. Picture Scrambler also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 16 months). Ancient City Hidden Objects's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.3). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Picture Scrambler sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Ancient City Hidden Objects sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ancient City Hidden Objects holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Picture Scrambler's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ancient City Hidden Objects's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Picture Scrambler ships an update every 4 months, Ancient City Hidden Objects every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Picture Scrambler | Ancient City Hidden Objects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uwe Meier | John Smith |
Customer experience
Picture Scrambler
Ancient City Hidden Objects
In-app purchases
Picture Scrambler
- Puzzle Package 1 (3x3)$0.99
- Puzzle Package 2 (3x3)$0.99
- Puzzle Package 3 (4x4)$0.99
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- Puzzle Package 4 (4x4)$0.99
- Puzzle Package 5 (5x5)$0.99
- Puzzle Package 6 (5x5)$0.99
- Puzzle Package 7 (5x5)$0.99
Ancient City Hidden Objects
- Hint object$0.99
- Skip level$0.99
- Unlock all levels$1.99
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- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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