Red Herring vs Six°
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Herring
This word puzzle game challenges you to group words into categories while identifying misleading "Red Herring" words. Enjoy a fun, challenging, and easy-to-learn experience with no time limits and three difficulty levels suitable for all ages.
- Group words into categories
- Identify misleading "Red Herring" words
- No time limit
- Three difficulty levels
- Daily puzzle
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Red Herring is the word connections game. How to play: 1. Make the connections and group words into categories. 2. Look out for the Red Herrings, pesky words whose sole purpose is to mislead you. 3. Have fun making the connections! Red Herring is a FUN, CHALLENGING, and EASY TO LEARN word connections puzzle game. Each puzzle has only one correct solution and there's no time limit. Three difficulty levels make it suitable for the whole family. Don't say we didn't warn you if you can't stop playing. Give Red Herring a try today! From the creators of 7 Little Words and Moxie. ----- Red Herring contains 25 puzzles and a daily puzzle that you can play for free. Additional puzzles are available for purchase inside the app.
Six°
A strategy game that challenges your knowledge of Hollywood by connecting actors through their filmographies. Link celebrities in six degrees or less to win, with an option to upgrade for custom starting and ending points.
- Connect actors via filmographies
- Modern twist on Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
- Strategy and expertise gameplay
- Customizable start/end celebrities (upgrade)
- Link in 6 steps or less to win
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Who was it that starred in that one movie with that other guy? Download this fun game of strategy and expertise to discover how well you really know Hollywood. It puts a modern twist on the old “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” parlor game and challenges you to link Kevin Bacon to other actors and actresses through a sequence of filmographies (powered by TMDb). Each step from one person to another is considered a degree of separation. Link them in 6 steps or less to win! Want a greater challenge? Upgrade to unlock the ability to choose your starting and ending celebrities, opening up a world of possibility beyond Kevin Bacon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Six° at none against Red Herring's shown. Six° also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). Red Herring's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 18). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Red Herring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Six° sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Red Herring against 4.7 for Six°. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Herring has 48K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 75% positive.
Red Herring ships an update every 3 months, Six° every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | Six° |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) | 4.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | Alin Nomura |
Customer experience
Red Herring
Six°
Bugs and requests
Red Herring
Reported bugs
3 issues- Formatting issues after updates
- Inability to access previous daily puzzles
- Ads that cannot be dismissed
Requested features
5 requests- More free daily puzzles
- Less American-focused content
- Dark mode option
- Ability to replay past puzzles
- Hints system improvements
Six°
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Red Herring
- Curiosity - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Brilliant! - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Allegro - 50 Puzzles$1.99
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- Spelunking - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Renaissance - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- IQ - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Serendipity - 50 Puzzles$1.99
- Unlimited Hints$2.99
- Older Daily Puzzles 2014 Jul - Dec$3.99
- Quantum Leap - 175 Puzzles$4.99
Six°
- Unlock Celebrity Selection$0.99
