Question Sleuth vs EmotionMatch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Question Sleuth
A language game for two or more players where one person hides a star behind a picture and others guess its location by asking questions. Customize categories and play for all ages, making it ideal for families and educators.
- Picture-based guessing game
- Secret star hiding mechanic
- Process of elimination gameplay
- Customizable image categories
- Use camera or web images
- Suitable for all ages
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Calling All Sleuths! Are you clever enough to ask the right questions and find the hidden star? Give it a try with this delightfully entertaining language game designed for two or more players. Pick a player to secretly hide the star behind a picture and let everyone else compete to find it through the process of elimination. Use our image categories or go ahead and make your own using the iPad's camera, your photos or search from the web. Question Sleuth is a great way to practice categories, attributes, "wh" questions, articulation or whatever you like. Game play can be customized for all ages and makes a great family activity! Though designed with educators in mind, Question Sleuth is a fun, imaginative and engaging game to play with family and friends as well.
EmotionMatch!
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Emotion match! is a simple matching game. Select one face and then select another that matches it. Race and gender don’t matter - just try and match the emotions. There are 14 different faces for each of the 16 different emotions! There are 3 hint levels you can choose from. Easy - tells you what the emotion is before you try to match it. Medium - Tells you what the emotion is after you picked the match. Hard - Tells you the emotion only if you get it right! Try to clear the board with the fewest number of tries! If you get a 50% accuracy rating the game will show you your time! -- Developed for the Cleveland Play House in Partnership with the United States Department of Education.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EmotionMatch! at Free against Question Sleuth's $1.99. EmotionMatch! also leads on update cadence (every 13 months vs every 29 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Question Sleuth's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On 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
EmotionMatch! is free to download; Question Sleuth costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Question Sleuth ships an update every 29 months, EmotionMatch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Question Sleuth | EmotionMatch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zorten Software, LLC | ATBOSH Media Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Question Sleuth
No in-app purchases
EmotionMatch!
No in-app purchases
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