Red Herring vs A
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Herring
Connect words into categories in this fun and challenging puzzle game. Watch out for misleading words designed to throw you off. With multiple difficulty levels and no time limit, it's suitable for all ages.
- Group words into categories
- Identify misleading 'Red Herring' words
- Challenging and thought-provoking gameplay
- 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.
A
A daily logic puzzle where you arrange pieces to form the current date. Earn in-game currency to unlock new sets and use special passes to solve past dates. Offers a premium version for extended date access.
- Daily date puzzle
- Earn dragon-coins and trophies
- Buy custom puzzle sets
- Use hint tickets
- Solve past dates with time machine passes
- Save solutions
- Multi-language support
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This is the official app by the inventors of the original A-Puzzle-A-Day, DragonFjord's internationally best-selling puzzle. Just place the 8 pieces into the calendar frame to make today's date. Every day is possible! This app is loaded with great features: • Win dragon-coins and trophies for your solutions • Use your coins to buy custom sets – 30 to choose from! • Need a hint? You've got hint tickets! • Miss a day? Use time machine passes to solve for yesterday! • Save your solutions in the solution bank! • Choose from 11 different languages on your calendar frame. • Light and dark modes • Earn bonuses for more challenging days • Smooth and intuitive piece movement • Premium version – solve for any date in the past 365 days! Warning: this puzzle is highly addictive!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Herring at 4.7 against A's 4.0. Red Herring also leads on ratings volume (48K vs 11) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). A's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and A sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Red Herring holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Herring has 48K ratings behind it against 11, 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 67% of A's.
Red Herring ships an update every 3 months, A every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | A |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) — better | 4.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | Matematikkbolgen AS |
Customer experience
Red Herring
A
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
A
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
A
- 3x Time machine passes$0.99
- 100 coins$1.99
- 300 coins$2.99
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- 10 Time machine passes$2.99
- 1000 coins$3.99
- Booster Pack$4.99
- Premium$5.99
- Puzzle Bundle$19.99
