Red Herring vs FiddleBrix
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.
FiddleBrix
Engage your mind with a daily word puzzle that blends elements of crosswords and Sudoku. Solve intricate puzzles with increasing difficulty, including daily challenges and an archive of past puzzles.
- Daily word puzzles
- Crossword and Sudoku inspiration
- 100 built-in levels
- Increasing daily difficulty
- Daily Brix Archive
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FiddleBrix is a colorful daily word puzzle inspired by crosswords, Sudoku, and our shared love of letters. CHALLENGE YOUR MIND FiddleBrix puzzles are elegant, intricate, and devilishly difficult. Cruciverbalists, members of the Spelling Bee Hive, and casual word gamers can all find common ground as they fiddle with brix to give their brains an anagrammatical workout. LEVELS Develop your fiddling prowess by solving 100 built-in levels of increasing difficulty. DAILY BRIX Hone your wits and stimulate your mind by solving the Daily Brix. Daily Brix difficulty increases throughout the week. ARCHIVE Enjoy unlimited access to the Daily Brix Archive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FiddleBrix at none against Red Herring's 10. FiddleBrix also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Red Herring's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (48K vs 44). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Red Herring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. FiddleBrix asks for nothing beyond the download.
FiddleBrix 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 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Red Herring's written reviews are positive against 100% of FiddleBrix's.
Red Herring ships an update every 3 months, FiddleBrix every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | FiddleBrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 24 months |
| 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 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | FiddleBrix LLC |
Customer experience
Red Herring
FiddleBrix
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
FiddleBrix
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
FiddleBrix
No in-app purchases
