Red Herring vs CODE
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.
CODE
Connect seven words to unlock a hidden code and reveal clues. Collect unique words and build your personal lexicon. Explore hundreds of levels across four themed worlds in this innovative word-association puzzle game.
- Word association puzzles
- Code-breaking mechanics
- Collectible words
- Personalized lexicon building
- Multiple themed levels
- Unique word powers
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CODE-X is an innovative word-association puzzle game. Choose 7 words to connect you to the Cypher - a special word that unlocks the meaning of the hidden code. Use your words to reveal clues, then solve the Source Code and be rewarded with collectibles. The CODE-X Word Engine responds to you and generates words associated to your choices. - Find special Key Words that can reveal 2 clues in the Code. - Connect to the Cypher that will reveal 3 clues in the Code. - Rare Source Words unleash powerful Source Powers! - Earn Zephyrium and Prisms to build your collection of words. - Collect Reward Words, one of your chosen words will be added to your Lexicon. - Build your Lexicon, your personal collection of Reward Words. - Use Prisms to re-roll Reward Words and customize your collection. - Hundreds of levels in 4 themes: Faith, Facts, Fables and Christmas with more to be added. - Part of the epic world of I Am Logos - a connected saga of stories and games. Discover more at www.iamlogos.ai
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CODE at none against Red Herring's shown. CODE also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Red Herring's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 2). 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 CODE sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CODE 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Red Herring ships an update every 3 months, CODE every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Herring | CODE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 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 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | I AM LOGOS Pte Ltd |
Customer experience
Red Herring
CODE
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
CODE
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
CODE
- Mini Stash$0.99
- Small Stash$4.99
- 1 Hour Ultd Prism$4.99
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- Medium Cache$9.99
- 24 Hour Ultd Prism$9.99
- Large Cache$19.99
- 7 Day Ultd Prism$19.99
- 30 Day Ultd Prism$39.99
- Huge Vault$44.99
- Mega Vault$99.99
