quadroo! vs Cipher Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
quadroo!
Tap tiles to clear the board in this challenging puzzle game. The game ends if you tap a tile with no available moves. Aim for a perfect score of 108 and compete with friends.
- Tile tapping gameplay
- Board clearing puzzles
- Score-based challenges
- Competitive scoring
- Simple tap controls
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Welcome to Quadroo! A puzzle game where all you have to do is tap on tiles and clear the board. But watch out!! If you tap on a tile and have nowhere to go, the game is over! Play to get a max score of 108, and show off to your friends that you beat #quadroo!
Cipher Challenge
Engage your mind with a variety of cipher decoding challenges. Practice different cipher types, track your progress, and compete with friends. Unlock quotes and sync your achievements across devices.
- Multiple cipher modes
- Letter frequency analysis
- Multiplayer competition
- Unlocked quote gallery
- Score history tracking
- iCloud sync across devices
- Hard mode challenge
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A cipher decoding game. Cipher modes: Aristocrat, Patristocrat, Caesar, Random substitution cipher, K1 cipher, K2 cipher Additional features: - See letter frequency table and cipher letter -> original letter mapping table - Share link or game id to friends and compete on the same puzzle - View all the unlocked quotes - See score history - Unlocked quotes and scores are sync'ed across iPhone, iPad and Mac computers through iCloud - Enable hard mode for a special challenge Also perfect for Science Olympiad (SciOly) Codebusters practice.
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Verdict
quadroo! and Cipher Challenge both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of quadroo!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Cipher Challenge's. quadroo! also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for quadroo! against 5.0 for Cipher Challenge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of quadroo!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Cipher Challenge's.
quadroo! ships an update every 2 months, Cipher Challenge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | quadroo! | Cipher Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quadroo, LLC | Bao Lei |
Customer experience
quadroo!
Cipher Challenge
In-app purchases
quadroo!
No in-app purchases
Cipher Challenge
No in-app purchases
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