Daily Puzzles vs Cryptogram Tale
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!
Cryptogram Tale
Decode encrypted messages to reveal hidden stories. This word puzzle game challenges you to break codes by substituting letters, offering hundreds of tales and thousands of cryptograms to solve. Customize your experience with various fonts and color schemes, and use hints when needed.
- Hundreds of tales
- Thousands of cryptograms
- Dozens of fonts
- Different color schemes
- In-game hints
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Break the code and unravel the story! Can you decode all of the passages and discover the story within? Challenge yourself with this puzzle word game! A Cryptogram is a message encoded by switching the actual letters with different letters. • Hundreds of Tales! • Thousands of Cryptograms! • Dozens of Fonts! • Different color schemes! • Hints for when you're stuck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Puzzles at none against Cryptogram Tale's 3. Daily Puzzles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (98% vs 72%). On price, update cadence 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. Cryptogram Tale sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Daily Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Puzzles has 11K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Daily Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 72% of Cryptogram Tale's.
Daily Puzzles ships an update every 6 weeks, Cryptogram Tale every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Puzzles | Cryptogram Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews — better | 72.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Norman Basham | GammaLateral LLC |
Customer experience
Daily Puzzles
Cryptogram Tale
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
Cryptogram Tale
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Hundreds of cryptograms
- 📚 Interesting stories and literature
- 👍 No ads unless you want a hint
- 💡 Hints available by watching ads
- 🔒 No glitches or annoying ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Difficulty level not always clear
- 🔍 Capitalized words revealed after first letter
- 🔍 Some stories not well-suited for cryptograms
- 🔍 Ads can't always be closed
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
Cryptogram Tale
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress getting deleted
- Ads not loading properly
- Keyboard not opening automatically
Requested features
6 requests- More modern and diverse stories
- Ability to choose story titles
- Cursor that skips to next blank space
- Undo button
- Trigger warnings for dark/disturbing content
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- More classical music options
In-app purchases
Daily Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Cryptogram Tale
- Get 30 Hints$0.99
- Get 70 Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
Questions
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