Comparison

Guess The Year Challenge vs Whoseum

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

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About

Guess The Year Challenge

Test your knowledge of pop culture across decades by guessing the year events occurred. Move a slider to pinpoint the correct year based on clues from movies, music, and more. A fun, time-based trivia game for all ages.

Highlights
  • Guess the year based on clues
  • Categories: Movies, Music, Games, Sports, TV, Albums, Books
  • Time-based challenges
  • Slider-based gameplay
  • Nostalgic journey through decades
Features
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Step into a time machine with Guess The Year Challenge, the ultimate trivia app that takes you on a nostalgic journey through the decades! Test your knowledge of movies, music, video games, and more in an exhilarating challenge against time. How to play: You're given three clues from specific categories. Move the slider to guess what year all three happened! Categories include: • Movies • Video Games • Songs • Sports • TV • Albums • Books

About

Whoseum

A daily word puzzle game where you guess famous historical figures. Explore permanent collections of legends at your own pace and track your winning streaks. No account is needed to play.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzle
  • Guess famous historical figures
  • Permanent themed collections
  • Streak tracking
  • Museum-inspired design
  • No account required
Features
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The museum is open. Do you know who's inside? Whoseum is a daily word puzzle built around the most fascinating people who ever lived. Every day a new famous figure steps into the Grand Hall — and it's your job to name them. Every answer is a five-letter surname, from history's giants to today's icons. Picasso or Pollock? Newton or Curie? Caesar or Cleopatra? Guess letter by letter, and with each try the tiles flip and color-code your letters, closing you in on the name. But here's the twist: you're never guessing blind. A clue greets you before your first move, and a sharper one is revealed after every miss — general at first, then closer and closer to the answer. A silhouette hints at who's waiting behind the tiles. And win or lose, a museum placard reveals the full name, a short story of their life, and a link to learn more. HOW IT WORKS • Name the famous five-letter surname in six guesses • Tiles flip and color-code every letter you try • Six clues per puzzle, revealed one at a time — the more you miss, the more you learn • Solve the daily and your streak lives on. Miss it, and the museum quietly closes its doors until tomorrow. EXPLORE THE HALLS Beyond the daily Grand Hall, Whoseum houses eight permanent collections you can wander any time — no timer, no daily limit: • Artists & Composers • Athletes • Inventors • Movies & TV Stars • Rulers & Statesmen • Scientists • Social Media Stars • Writers Hundreds of legendary figures to discover at your own pace — each hall tracks its own progress and its own win streak, so there's always another name waiting to be uncovered. FEATURES • A brand-new daily puzzle — a fresh face in the Grand Hall every morning • Eight permanent halls spanning art, sport, science, politics, literature, entertainment, invention and the internet age • Progressive clues that reveal a little more with every guess • Streak tracking for the daily Grand Hall and every hall • Game Center leaderboards and achievements — climb the ranks and earn a badge for every hall you complete • Remove Ads with a one-time purchase • Sound, haptics, and larger-text options to play your way • No account required — just open and play History never gets old. Neither does a good puzzle. Open the doors. Name the legend.

Screenshots

Guess The Year Challenge4 screens
Whoseum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Guess The Year Challenge at none against Whoseum's shown. Guess The Year Challenge also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Guess The Year Challenge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Whoseum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Guess The Year Challenge against 5.0 for Whoseum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Guess The Year Challenge versus Whoseum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuess The Year ChallengeWhoseum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric ZieglerDaniel Serna

Customer experience

Guess The Year Challenge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Whoseum

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Guess The Year Challenge

One-time6
  • Movies Pack$1.99
  • TV Pack$1.99
  • Sports Pack$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Music Albums Pack$1.99
  • Books Pack$1.99
  • Decades Bundle$1.99
1 purchases

Whoseum

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Guess The Year Challenge free?
Guess The Year Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whoseum free?
Whoseum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Guess The Year Challenge or Whoseum?
Guess The Year Challenge and Whoseum are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Guess The Year Challenge or Whoseum have ads?
Whoseum shows ads; Guess The Year Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Guess The Year Challenge or Whoseum?
Guess The Year Challenge ships an update every 2 days, and Whoseum every 2 days. Most recently, Guess The Year Challenge was updated on September 28, 2026 and Whoseum on October 1, 2026.

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