Comparison

The Secret Society vs An Elmwood Trail

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

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About

The Secret Society

Embark on a hidden object adventure to solve puzzles and riddles. Piece together clues to unravel a mysterious story with unexpected twists. Explore magical worlds and find hidden treasures to protect a sacred artifact.

Highlights
  • Hidden object gameplay
  • Solve puzzles and riddles
  • Mysterious story with plot twists
  • Explore magical worlds
  • Swap and match gem puzzles
  • Offline play
Features
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Solve puzzles and riddles in a hidden object mobile adventure! Seek and piece together notes to solve great enigmas. Immerse yourself in a mysterious story with unexpected plot twists while you explore worlds full of enchanting characters. Swap and match gems in an ingenious puzzle wrapped in a hidden objects mystery. Enjoy updates with additional quests to find clues and continue your own journey. The Secret Society® is a clandestine community of people with the unique ability to move through magical worlds, find hidden treasures and play mystery puzzles. Your dear uncle has suddenly gone missing. After a period of despair, you realize that you too are blessed with these special powers and only you can find him! Go on a mystery adventure, browse hidden objects and complete quests to protect the sacred Artifact of the Order and thwart the forces threatening the entire society in this fantastic world of hidden object pictures and puzzles! While Secret Society® is absolutely free to play, you have the ability to unlock optional bonuses via in-app purchases from within the game. You may disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this game even if you’re offline! Game available in: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish. ____________________________ Sign up now for a weekly round-up of the best from G5 Games! https://www.g5.com/e-mail ____________________________ Download more great games here: https://store.g5.com G5 Games — World of Adventures™! Collect them all! Search for "g5" in the App Store! ____________________________ Visit us: https://www.g5.com Watch us: https://www.youtube.com/g5enter Find us: https://www.facebook.com/TheSecretSocietyCommunity/ Join us: https://www.instagram.com/thesecretsocietygame/ Follow us: https://x.com/g5games

About

An Elmwood Trail

Engage in an interactive mystery game to find a missing girl in the town of Riverstone. Investigate clues, interrogate suspects, and make critical decisions to unravel the secrets of Elmwood Forest and bring her home safely.

Highlights
  • Interactive mystery investigation
  • Gather clues and hints
  • Interrogate suspects
  • Access private information
  • Solve puzzles and break codes
  • Unlock diary notes
  • Suspect board for deduction
Features
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Solve the biggest mystery in the town of Riverstone surrounded by the Elmwood Forest. Find the missing girl and prove yourself to everyone. It’s been 3 weeks since a young teen has gone missing and despite the town’s police's best efforts, they hit a dead end and declared the case of 18-year-old Zoey Leonard a runaway. For all the interactive mystery game fanatics. Develop your own trail to unravel the secrets of the town of Riverstone! This is YOUR chance to help a detective regain his legacy, save the life of a missing girl, and uncover the orchestrator behind such a sick crime. Investigate the case of the missing girl. Navigate through the story, interact with people, gather clues and hints, and make sense of the story. You get to decide what happens. Can you bear the responsibility to bring Zoey home? Make tough decisions and choices that will lead you straight to her. Access private information. Get access to all images, chats, albums, social media, voice mails, and calls. Interrogate the suspects. Interact with the characters, make new friends, and find out the truth. But the question is, can you trust them? Are these people really the ones who cared for Zoey or the ones behind her disappearance? Everyone knows there is more to this story than what the news says. The fate of the missing girl lies in YOUR hands. It’s up to you now to find her because there is some truth to what the people around the town say about you. YOU are the best detective Riverstone has ever seen. An unknown person has asked you to take up this case, and this is probably the only way to ignite your long-gone career. FEATURES Puzzle-cracking and code-breaking missions that will challenge your memory and problem-solving skills. Experience the in-game realism through messenger, where you can send and receive messages to help you unfold the story events. Interrogate the ones you suspect and get an upper hand by revealing the hidden clues. Unlock the missing girl’s diary notes to uncover her past. Navigate through your phone and hers. Connect the dots on the suspect board for better visualization and deduction. Stuck on a puzzle? Don’t worry, every objective is equipped with 3 useful hints that will ensure you keep moving even through the toughest tasks. STORY The town of Riverstone was built on the banks of a man-made harbor and is surrounded by the Elmwood Forest. This place is said to hold many mysteries but for the longest time, this town was silent until one day an 18-year-old girl went missing, without a trace, sending a wave of fear throughout. A case of disappearance that was marked a runaway in order to hide the agonizing truth, there is now only one person who can save this town and put it out of its misery, YOU. Now, you must embark on this journey to find out what went wrong the night she went missing. Where did Zoey go? What happened to her? Can you trust the people who claim to be the closest to her? Who can lead us to the final page of this mystery? The answer to these questions depends on your actions. You get to decide your next move. Can you outplay the mastermind behind her disappearance? Download and play it right now! Take part in this thrilling criminal investigation and crack down on clues to reach the truth in this interactive mystery story game! An Elmwood Trail is and will forever remain free, so share it with your friends and join in on all the episodes together! An Elmwood Trail is a free and interactive text-based role-playing game. Such games come under the category of choose-your-own-decision, decision-making, or RPG. SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/techyonic https://twitter.com/techyonic https://discord.gg/EtZEkkWgar

Screenshots

The Secret Society4 screens
An Elmwood Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: An Elmwood Trail at 4.9 against The Secret Society's 4.3. An Elmwood Trail also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Secret Society sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and An Elmwood Trail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

An Elmwood Trail holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: An Elmwood Trail has 256K ratings behind it against 42K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of The Secret Society's written reviews are positive against 96% of An Elmwood Trail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Secret Society ships an update monthly, An Elmwood Trail daily. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
The Secret Society versus An Elmwood Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Secret SocietyAn Elmwood Trail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (42K ratings)4.9 (256K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews95.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42K256K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#98 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB259 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABSparsh Tyagi

Customer experience

The Secret Society

All ratings42,233 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral12.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews664 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative15.5%

An Elmwood Trail

All ratings255,624 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews4,960 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

The Secret Society

From 42K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Challenging puzzles
  • 💡 Variety of game modes
  • 👍 Relaxing experience
  • 👍 Great graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🕰️ Slow energy regeneration
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding hidden objects
  • 🤖 Intrusive advertisements

An Elmwood Trail

From 256K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Captivating story and mystery
  • 🧠 Engaging puzzles and challenges
  • 🎨 Unique and polished visual style
  • 🔍 Immersive detective experience
  • 🎉 Addictive and hard to put down

Room to improve

  • 📝 Some grammatical/translation issues
  • 🤔 Dialogue can feel unnatural at times
  • 🤷‍♂️ Limited choices/impact on story
  • 🤯 Cliffhanger ending leaves you wanting more

Bugs and requests

The Secret Society

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing during gameplay
  • Disappearing friend lists
  • Inconsistent energy tracking
  • Inability to complete quests
  • Unresponsive controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to transfer progress across devices
  • Option to disable advertisements
  • Faster energy regeneration
  • Improved object visibility
  • More challenging and diverse puzzles

An Elmwood Trail

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional freezing or crashing
  • Puzzles/mini-games not always intuitive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow player to choose their own name/gender
  • More in-depth character development
  • Ability to freely explore environments
  • Expand on the storyline and mysteries

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Secret Society

One-time10
  • Special offer$0.99
  • Superior Deal$0.99
  • Handful of Crystals$1.99
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  • Tray of Crystals$4.99
  • Super Deal$4.99
  • Platter of Crystals$9.99
  • Hyper Deal$9.99
  • Case of Crystals$19.99
  • Special Deal$19.99
  • Trunk of Crystals$49.99
3 purchases

An Elmwood Trail

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Sidetrails$6.99
  • Saver Pack$7.99

Questions

Is The Secret Society free?
The Secret Society is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is An Elmwood Trail free?
An Elmwood Trail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Secret Society or An Elmwood Trail?
An Elmwood Trail is rated higher. The Secret Society averages 4.3 out of 5 from 42K ratings, while An Elmwood Trail averages 4.9 from 256K ratings.
Do The Secret Society or An Elmwood Trail have ads?
The Secret Society shows ads; An Elmwood Trail does not.
Which is updated more often, The Secret Society or An Elmwood Trail?
The Secret Society ships an update monthly, and An Elmwood Trail daily. Most recently, The Secret Society was updated on September 24, 2026 and An Elmwood Trail on September 24, 2026.

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