Comparison

Clue Master vs Sprout Puzzle

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

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About

Clue Master

Engage in challenging logic puzzles and brain games to solve mysteries, identify criminals, and uncover secrets. Navigate complex relationships and gather clues to bring justice.

Highlights
  • Immersive logic puzzles
  • Navigate betrayal and loyalty
  • Heart-pounding mysteries
  • Strategic clue gathering
  • Intense crime-solving missions
  • Diverse gameplay inspired by IQ tests
  • Captivating storyline and characters
Features
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Clue Master: Solve Crimes, Uncover Secrets, and Find the Criminal! Enter the gripping world of Clue Master, a unique blend of brain games and logic puzzles where your deduction skills are put to the ultimate test. Dive into challenging mysteries to identify criminals, protect the innocent, and unravel complex webs of romance, family, and friendship entangled with betrayal. This is the perfect brain game for adults looking to challenge their IQ and enjoy cryptic crosswords, word puzzles, and mystery games all in one! Features: - Immersive Logic Puzzles: Each level presents unique clues, requiring sharp logic and deduction skills to piece together. Identify criminals, clear the innocent, and make tough calls that could save lives. - Betrayal and Loyalty: Navigate puzzles where personal relationships play a central role—discover secrets of romance and betrayal, unravel tangled family trees, and uncover friends who deceive. - Heart-Pounding Mysteries: Engage in suspense-filled scenarios with hidden hints that reveal not only the culprit but also motives of love, envy, and revenge, perfect for fans of detective games and clue games. - Strategic Clue Gathering: Read clues carefully, pick up on subtle details, and think critically to solve each mystery. Whether you’re into problem-solving or riddles, one wrong move could lead to the wrong suspect or missed danger. - Intense Crime-Solving Missions: Track down cunning criminals, gather evidence, and make careful decisions to bring them to justice. Each solved case brings you closer to becoming a master detective! - Diverse Gameplay: With gameplay inspired by IQ tests, cross logic, and crypto brain puzzles, you’ll enjoy puzzles with increasing complexity that keep you guessing and thinking deeply. - Captivating Storyline & Characters: Experience the thrill of finding "the one" who betrayed, dealing with the consequences, and exploring character stories woven with gossip, secrets, and romance. Ready to solve the toughest cases, uncover hidden betrayals, and use your logic to save lives? Download Clue Master now and start your journey with cryptograms, memory games for adults, and word puzzles designed to challenge your brain! Are you prepared to face the truth? Enter Clue Master and discover the secrets that lie beneath! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if you have any feedback, need help on beating a level, or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Hexa Sort, Family Tree, Wordle!, Match 3D, and many, many more! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award-Winning titles: https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

About

Sprout Puzzle

Features
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Sprout is a relaxing nature-themed puzzle game where every merge tells a story. Start with a tiny seed and chain matching plants together to grow sprouts, saplings, trees, and beyond — all the way through a thriving ecosystem teeming with life. How to Play Drag your finger across matching plant tiles to connect them into a chain. Release to merge them into the next stage of growth. The longer your chain, the higher your score. Connect in any direction — including diagonally. Watch Your Garden Evolve As you merge and grow, your board transforms. Early seeds give way to saplings, then trees, then orchards bursting with fruit. Follow the harvest through apples, worms, birds, nests, and beyond — each tier a new chapter in your garden's story. Watch the ecosystem come alive as bears raid beehives, salmon leap from streams, and cubs learn to feast. Two Ways to Play Endless Mode — play at your own pace with no time limits. Build your score, unlock new tiers, and climb the global leaderboard. Daily Challenge — a new puzzle every day with a fixed number of moves and tiles. Compare your score on the Daily leaderboard and chase your personal record. Features -No ads, ever -No time limits -30 unique growth tiers -Global leaderboard — All Time, This Week, and Daily -Daily Challenge with a fresh puzzle every day -Garden Tools — upgrade or remove any tile with power-ups -Water booster to shuffle a stuck board -Cloud save — your progress syncs automatically -Growth Ladder to track your unlocked tiers -Soothing nature sounds and gentle merge chimes -Works completely offline Sprout is designed for anyone who loves a satisfying puzzle with a calm, unhurried feel. Whether you have two minutes or two hours, there's always room to grow.

Screenshots

Clue Master4 screens
Sprout Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sprout Puzzle at none against Clue Master's shown. Clue Master's advantage is chart position (#160 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Clue Master sells 23 one-off in-app purchases and Sprout Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clue Master ships an update every 3 weeks, Sprout Puzzle every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Clue Master versus Sprout Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClue MasterSprout Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (28K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size315 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLion Studios PlusClay Monzingo

Bugs and requests

Clue Master

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Random tab openings leading to other websites
  • Difficulty level drops significantly after certain levels
  • Inconsistent behavior of innocent/criminal indicators

Requested features

4 requests
  • More varied and randomly generated puzzles
  • Permanent ad-removal option
  • Better feedback/scoring for perfect puzzle completion
  • Improved tutorial and clue explanations

Sprout Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Clue Master

One-time23
  • Coin1$1.99
  • Daily Challenge Pass$1.99
  • Escape Room Pass$1.99
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  • Hint Pack$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Open all gifts2 variants$2.99
  • Hammer Pack$2.99
  • Starter Pack2 variants$3.99
  • Ingot Pack$3.99
  • Booster Pack$4.99
  • Revive Pack$4.99
  • Piggy Bank$4.99
  • Detective's Toolkit$4.99
  • Chain Offer 1$4.99
  • Daily Challenge Pack$4.99
  • Investigator Pack$5.99
  • Detective's Toolkit$6.99
  • Permanent no ads pack$7.99
  • Coin2$7.99
  • Sherlock's Toolkit$9.99
  • Permanent No-Ads$10.99
  • No Ads Pack$12.99
  • No Ads Pack (60 days)$14.99
1 purchases

Sprout Puzzle

One-time1
  • Garden Tools$0.99

Questions

Is Clue Master free?
Clue Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sprout Puzzle free?
Sprout Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clue Master or Sprout Puzzle have ads?
Clue Master shows ads; Sprout Puzzle does not.
Which is updated more often, Clue Master or Sprout Puzzle?
Clue Master ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sprout Puzzle every 9 days. Most recently, Clue Master was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sprout Puzzle on October 15, 2026.

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