Comparison

Red Herring vs Prizmic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Group words into categories
  • Identify misleading 'Red Herring' words
  • Challenging and thought-provoking gameplay
  • No time limit
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Daily puzzle
Features
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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.

About

Prizmic

Features
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Prizmic is a quiet puzzle game about light. A single beam leaves the emitter and travels in a straight line until something changes its mind. Your job is to place that something. Mirrors turn the beam, prisms split it and shift its colour, splitters copy it, filters let one colour through and stop the rest, and crystals move a beam one step along the spectrum. Arrange them so every gem on the board is lit at the same time, and in the right colour where a gem asks for one. There is no timer, no lives, no energy meter and no way to lose. A puzzle waits as long as you do. 120 handmade and machine-verified levels Ten chapters, each opening with a new piece and a level that teaches it by letting you find it rather than by explaining it. Every level has been proved solvable at its par by an exhaustive solver, and proved unsolvable one piece below it, so the target on screen is a real target and never a guess. Three stars for a tidy solution Stars are awarded against the level's par piece count. Solving a board is one thing; solving it without a spare piece is another, and that is the game the later chapters are really about. A hint when you want one The hint button points at one next step, not at the answer. It works from the board as you have left it, so it stays useful after you have already committed to half a plan. Plays entirely offline No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases, no analytics and no network requests of any kind. The only permission the app asks for is vibration, for the short buzz when a level is solved. Built to be turned down Sound, music, vibration and animation are four separate switches, because wanting a quiet game is not the same as wanting a still one. Everything is readable with all four off. Thirteen languages English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish. Prizmic is portrait, one-handed, and made to be picked up for two minutes or forty.

Screenshots

Red Herring3 screens
Prizmic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prizmic at none against Red Herring's 10. Prizmic also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Red Herring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Prizmic asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Red Herring versus Prizmic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed HerringPrizmic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings48K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Ox Family Games, Inc.ILKER IBRAHIM CELIKBAS

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

Prizmic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Red Herring

One-time10
  • Curiosity - 50 Puzzles$1.99
  • Brilliant! - 50 Puzzles$1.99
  • Allegro - 50 Puzzles$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
None

Prizmic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Red Herring free?
Red Herring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prizmic free?
Prizmic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Red Herring or Prizmic have ads?
Red Herring shows ads; Prizmic does not.

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