Comparison

Cryptarithms vs Manual Override

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

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About

Cryptarithms

Solve challenging mathematical puzzles where letters represent digits in arithmetic equations. This app offers 90 cryptarithms with translations into six languages, requiring only basic math and logical reasoning skills.

Highlights
  • Letter-to-digit substitution puzzles
  • Logical reasoning challenges
  • Arithmetic equality solving
  • 90 unique cryptarithms
  • Translations into 6 languages
Features
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The ability to sum numbers and perform logical reasoning are the only skills required for solving cryptarithms. Nevertheless, these puzzles are often witty and challenging to solve. A cryptarithm is a mathematical puzzle where digits in an arithmetic equality are replaced by letters. It is defined so that distinct letters correspond to distinct digits. Moreover, when the letters are converted back by the original digits, the resulting equality must be valid. The problem is to find the original digits. 90 сryptarithms with their translations to 6 languages are presented. Enjoy!

About

Manual Override

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A hands-on introduction to the command line and SQL. You type the commands. No videos, no syntax tables to memorise. Each lesson hands you real material and a question you have to answer yourself, and you answer it by typing real commands. Get one wrong and you get a real error message, worded the way a real terminal words it. WHAT YOU LEARN · Filesystem: pwd, ls (with -a / -R), cd, cat, find · Text: head, tail (with -n +N / -n -N), wc, sort, uniq · Search: grep, with -i / -R / -F / -n and regular expressions · Compare and verify: diff (normal and -u unified format), sha256sum · SQL: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIKE, JOIN, GROUP BY / COUNT / HAVING · One habit running through all of it: any conclusion should be something a stranger can re-run command by command HOW THE COURSE IS BUILT Eleven lessons, each with one answer you have to find for yourself. The material is a virtual filesystem and a real SQLite database. Commands run in a sandbox and never touch your device; the database is read-only, so no query you write can break anything. Most puzzles accept more than one solution: the way you already know works too. ALSO INCLUDED · Offline syntax manual and table-schema reference, always one tap away · Practice mode (with the full course): the terminal and database with no lesson flow, just type · Command and flag completion, Tab completion, history recall — built for touch · Three colour schemes, text size, reduced motion, haptics toggle · Runs entirely offline. No network, no data collected, no account, no ads ABOUT THE STORY A fictional storyline ties the eleven lessons together: you are reviewing an obsolete course package scheduled for deletion, and you use each command you have just learned to check the material against itself. The story is the premise for the exercises, not a substitute for them — every conclusion is still one you type out yourself. The prologue and the first three lessons — the whole command-line half — are free. Lessons 4 to the finale (the SQL half) and practice mode are one purchase: no subscription, no ads, no account.

Screenshots

Cryptarithms3 screens
Manual Override4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Manual Override at Free against Cryptarithms's $1.99. Cryptarithms's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

Manual Override is free to download; Cryptarithms costs $1.99 up front. Manual Override sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cryptarithms asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cryptarithms versus Manual Override: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptarithmsManual Override
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 41 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRoman Koksharov吉帅 仇

In-app purchases

None

Cryptarithms

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Manual Override

One-time1
  • Full Course Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Cryptarithms free?
Cryptarithms costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Manual Override free?
Manual Override is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cryptarithms or Manual Override have ads?
Neither Cryptarithms nor Manual Override shows ads.

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