Comparison

Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object vs pimglins

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

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Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object

Unravel the mysteries of a snow-bound city where supernatural events are unfolding. As a journalist detective, find hidden objects, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind disappearances and unnatural cold. This mystical thriller blends detective work with horror elements.

Highlights
  • Find and seek hidden objects
  • Complete detective tasks
  • Solve logic puzzles and riddles
  • Explore mysterious locations
  • Zoom in on scenes for clues
  • Uncover secrets of a lost city
Features
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What is behind the mysterious disappearances in the lost city of Frostwood: ordinary townspeople or something supernatural? Will the journalist - detective be able to solve these unsolved mysteries and save the townspeople, even at the risk of his own life? Icebound Secrets: The Frostwood bane is new free adventure hidden object game in the genre of mystical thriller with elements of horror. You are waiting for a lot of mini-games and logic puzzles, unforgettable characters and challenging quests. The gameplay mixes mechanics of the best hidden object games, with clues and thrilling story. If you're a fan of detective games, don't wait! Solve the mystery of Frostwood, find and seek hidden objects and useful items in this mystical puzzle adventure! In the lost city of Frostwood, where ancient houses are hidden under a heavy blanket of snow, comes one of the harshest winters ever recorded in the memory of its inhabitants. All the streets in the lost city became an ice maze. At night, amidst the raging blizzards, figures reminiscent of the white walkers of legend begin to appear, silently hunting for the living. A journalist arrives in this world frozen on the edge of reality and myth, eager to solve the unsolved mysteries that shroud these paranormal disappearances and unnatural cold. KEY FEATURES - Find and seek hidden objects and complete various detective tasks for free! - Search for evidence of the disappearances and reveal the secrets of lost city! - Embark on hidden adventures with horror elements! - Meet the mysterious characters and help them - they will respond in kind! - Learn more about the history of Frostwood by solving puzzles and logic riddles! - Explore locations from view and reveal their secrets! - Zoom in on the scenes and use clues if you get stuck! - The game is optimized for tablets and phones! Icebound Secrets: The Frostwood bane one of the puzzle adventure games where you need to find and seek hidden objects and useful things like a detective. Solve the mystery of the lost city and discover the truth by finding clues in the most unexpected places! Expect even more free hidden object games from Elephant Games! Check out our game library at: https://crootosoftware.com/ Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elephant_games/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elephantgames Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@elephant_games Privacy Policy: https://crootosoftware.com/policy Terms and Conditions: https://crootosoftware.com/terms/

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pimglins

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You are the Spade. Pimglins cannot dig. They walk — out of the portal, along whatever ground exists, until something stops them. The road ahead has to be cut by someone who stopped walking. That is you. Drag to carve a tunnel through solid pixel terrain. Build to plug a gap, dam a flood, or lay a floor over fire. Then let the march pour through and find out whether you read the ground correctly. THE GROUND NEVER HEALS Every cut is permanent. Dirt you remove is gone, and a little of it crumbles into spoil that falls, piles up, and can never be dug again. A clogged tunnel is not a mistake to undo — it is terrain now. Route around it, bury it, or build over it. The finished level is the record of how you solved it. MATERIALS THAT ARGUE WITH YOU Sand pours the moment you cut beneath it, and a buried pocket will flood the passage you just opened. Water finds its level, breaks a fatal fall, and drowns anyone whose head stays under. Lava kills on contact — until you steer water into it and it sets to stone you can walk on. Loose rock only ever falls straight down, so the question before every cut into a cavern wall is what is holding this up. THIRTEEN HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Each one asks a question the last one did not. What does a cut cost? Which road do you commit to, when your budget cannot open both? Where will the water be when it arrives? What answers a falcon, when the spade cannot reach the sky? How do you open stone you cannot cut, when the only tool left is the march itself? Tools are counted. Each level gives you a fixed number of cuts, shown as pips on the spade — and one greedy bore can cost you the THREE WAYS TO FINISH Cleared — enough of them reached the exit. Whole — nobody died and nobody was left behind. Light touch — you finished inside par. NO STRINGS No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts, no signction required — the game never goes online at all. Nothing is collected about you, ever. Buy it once and play it on a plane. Portrait, one thumb, one screen. No timers anywhere.

Screenshots

Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object4 screens
pimglins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: pimglins at none against Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object's 17. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. pimglins asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object versus pimglins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcebound Secrets・Hidden Objectpimglins
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size955 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCROOTOsimon deshayes

Bugs and requests

Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Progress not saved
  • Game resets progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • Remove coins/in-app purchases
  • Add voice support
  • Improve save/load functionality

pimglins

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object

One-time14
  • No Ads$0.99
  • First Treasure2 variants$2.99
  • 30 coins Pack$2.99
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  • 55 coins Pack$4.99
  • 30 coins Pack$5.99
  • 80 coins Pack$6.99
  • Special Offer2 variants$9.99
  • 55 coins Pack$9.99
  • 120 coins Pack$9.99
  • Premium Offer2 variants$14.99
  • 200 coins Pack$14.99
  • 120 coins Pack$19.99
  • Premium$19.99
  • 200 coins Pack$29.99
None

pimglins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object free?
Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is pimglins free?
pimglins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object or pimglins have ads?
Neither Icebound Secrets・Hidden Object nor pimglins shows ads.

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