Red Herring vs Slices Perfect
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.
Slices Perfect
A simple and fun puzzle game where players tap to place fruit slices, completing circles to make them explode and earn points. Unlock new fruits as you progress through levels. Enjoy beautiful graphics and challenge friends to achieve high scores.
- Tap to place fruit slices
- Complete circles to explode
- Unlock new fruits
- Beautiful graphics and effects
- Auto-save game progress
- Challenge friends
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Slices Fruits is really simple and fun puzzle game. Everyone can play easily. Tap in one of the outer circles to place the Slices. Complete a circle to blow it up and always keep an eye on the timer. When the circle full slices, the circle will explode and you will get score. Every 3 level you will unlock one new Fruits. You will surely LOVE: - Beautiful graphic and effect. - Many delicious Fruits slices on collection and get free. - Fun and easy to learn game play - Share score and hero you collected - Auto save when you quit game - Challenge your friends to see who’s the Slices Fruits Master! Thank you so much for install and play Slices Fruits! Hope you enjoy it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slices Perfect at none against Red Herring's 10. Slices Perfect also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Red Herring's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 4). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Red Herring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Slices Perfect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Slices Perfect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Herring has 48K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Red Herring ships an update every 3 months, Slices Perfect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | Slices Perfect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | Kien Nguyen |
Customer experience
Red Herring
Slices Perfect
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
Slices Perfect
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
Slices Perfect
No in-app purchases
