Daily Puzzles vs The Daily Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Puzzles
This app offers a daily selection of six different types of puzzles, including cryptograms, Sudoku, and word searches. Enjoy a variety of topical challenges each day without any ads or timers, focusing purely on the satisfaction of solving.
- Six puzzle types daily
- Cryptogram puzzles
- Sudoku puzzles
- Word search puzzles
- No scores or timers
- Topical daily challenges
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Welcome to Daily Puzzles where you can enjoy six puzzles in one app. Each day at midnight you’ll find, new, often topical puzzles, it's like always having a variety puzzle magazine with you. The design is simple, and, just like a magazine, there aren't scores or timers to worry about - you can focus on the joy of solving the puzzles. Exercise your mind everyday, for free, without ads. See why thousands of people play everyday and why our loyal users have played 80 million puzzles!
The Daily Puzzle
Engage your mind daily with a wide variety of word and logic puzzles. This app offers over 12,000 challenges, including Sudoku, Nonograms, and word games, with new puzzles added regularly. It's designed for all ages to improve focus, memory, and problem-solving skills.
- Daily new puzzles
- Over 12,000 puzzles
- Variety of puzzle types
- Word games
- Logic puzzles
- Brain training
- Sudoku, Nonogram, Cryptogram
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The Daily Puzzle – Free Word, Logic & Brain Puzzles Looking for the ultimate daily brain training app? The Daily Puzzle brings you new word games and logic puzzles every day to keep your mind sharp, relaxed, and entertained. With 12,000+ different puzzles already included – and new puzzles and puzzle types added regularly – you’ll never run out of challenges! Play Sudoku, Nonogram, Cryptogram, Nine Letter, Word Search, Perfect Fit, Word Wheel, Tectonic, Circuits, Logic Games, Number Challenges, IQ Puzzles, and more – all in one app! Inspired by the charm of a classic newspaper, The Daily Puzzle is your go-to puzzle game for both quick word challenges and deep-thinking brain teasers. Perfect for fans of crossword alternatives, word search apps, logic puzzles, and brain training games. Why you’ll love The Daily Puzzle: - Over 12,000 puzzles to explore – with new ones added all the time - Fresh daily puzzles with new challenges every day - Huge variety: word games (Cryptogram, Nine Letter, Word Search, Word Wheel), Sudoku, Nonograms, Logic Games, Triads, IQ Puzzles & more - Fun for all ages – casual players or puzzle masters - Improve focus, memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills - Clean, easy-to-use design inspired by a classic newspaper - Free to play – enjoy endless word puzzles and brain games every day Whether you want to relax with word games or challenge yourself with tough logic puzzles, The Daily Puzzle offers the perfect mix of fun and brain training. Download The Daily Puzzle today and enjoy your free daily brain workout! Train your vocabulary, boost logic skills, and discover endless puzzle fun every day. Terms of Service: https://typosaurusgames.com/terms_services.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Puzzles at none against The Daily Puzzle's 8. Daily Puzzles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (98% vs 68%). The Daily Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price 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. The Daily Puzzle sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Daily Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 2.7K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Daily Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 68% of The Daily Puzzle's.
Daily Puzzles ships an update every 6 weeks, The Daily Puzzle weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Puzzles | The Daily Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better | 4.7 (2.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews — better | 68.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 2.7K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — 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 | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 225 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Norman Basham | Typosaurus |
Customer experience
Daily Puzzles
The Daily Puzzle
User reviews
Daily Puzzles
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 No ads or in-app purchases
- 🧠 Mentally rewarding
- 🎨 Variety of puzzles
- 🕰️ Quick daily brain exercise
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sudoku puzzles sometimes unsolvable
- 🔊 Loud ending sounds
- 🌐 Crypto-families too US-centric
The Daily Puzzle
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and engaging puzzles
- 🧠 Variety of puzzle types
- 💰 Fair monetization model
- 🧑💻 Responsive and helpful developers
- 🔄 Daily new puzzles
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs with certain puzzle types
- 🔍 Unclear instructions for some puzzles
- 🔳 Repetitive puzzle content
- 🔊 Intrusive ads in free version
- 🔍 Lack of difficulty scaling
Bugs and requests
Daily Puzzles
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional server connectivity issues
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Access to previous days' puzzles
- Ability to track performance/scores
- More puzzle variety and difficulty levels
- Customizable sound options
The Daily Puzzle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Perfect Fit puzzle not registering final piece
- Sudoku notes not updating correctly
- Word Wheel accepting non-words
- Nonogram auto-fill feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- More special/themed puzzle packs
- Ability to reset/restart puzzles
- Sync progress across devices
- Explanations for incorrect IQ puzzle answers
In-app purchases
Daily Puzzles
No in-app purchases
The Daily Puzzle
- Special Issues$1.99
- Coin Pack 1$2.99
- Coin Pack 2$4.99
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- Premium$4.99
- Coin Pack 3$9.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
- Premium$12.99
- Coin Pack 4$19.99
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