Brain Baits vs Tricky Mean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Baits
Engage in a variety of casual puzzle-solving challenges with clues and hints. Interact with characters and use innovative thinking to solve hundreds of unique and hilarious riddles. This app offers a fun brain-training experience for all ages.
- Casual puzzle-solving
- Clues and hints
- Character interaction
- Hundreds of unique puzzles
- Brain training
- Humorous riddles
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【Game Intro】 Experience the joy of casual puzzle-solving in "Brain Baits"! Unravel different puzzles through clues and hints, with a variety of characters to interact with and decrypt—there's always a level that suits your taste! Control and slide related items to find hidden clues within a limited time and solve unique puzzles. The game features hundreds of puzzles that not only test your thinking skills but also offer a distinct experience for each level. 【Funny Riddles】 ●Change different puzzles like Tiktok scaning:just switching up and down to pick favorite riddles ●Engaging and hilarious puzzles for everyone, from kids to adults! ●Open your mind and solve the mysteries: Can you master all these quirky games? ●An abundance of fun: Hundreds of levels to conquer and enjoy. ●Laughter awaits: Find the jokes and have a blast. ●Prove your skills: Are you the ultimate puzzle master? 【Game Feature - Brain Shake】 ●Fun and quirky brain training to spark your creativity. ●Puzzles that will make you think in unexpected ways. ●IQ challenges for you and your friends to enjoy together. ●Use innovative thinking to crack these quirky brain teasers. ●Refresh your mind with this unique and joyful puzzle app! 【Game Feature - Fresh your mind】 ●Logic and humor combined in every level. ●Develop your sense of humor by finding the jokes within the puzzles. ●Make choices: Laugh or think, just a couple of options! Enjoy the unique quality animations and drawings that bring the game to life and immerse you in the experience. Brain Baits is not just a game, it's a brain training tool that develops your thinking skills and keeps your mind sharp. Follow us on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TapRomance YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TapRomance
Tricky Mean
Engage your mind with a creative puzzle game where you manipulate objects to alter scenes and solve unique challenges. Each level presents a fun scenario requiring wit and imagination to find the correct solution. It's a satisfying brain-training experience.
- Move items to transform scenes
- Creative stage variety
- Tricky yet satisfying puzzles
- Brain training and creativity boost
- Unique challenges per level
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Move the items and transform the scenes! A tricky puzzle game full of surprises! Shift items around to change the illustrations and find the correct answer! Cover a sick girl with a blanket to warm her up, clean up a crowded restroom to clear the chaos — each stage offers a unique challenge and fun scenes to explore! ・ A variety of creative stages with different scenarios ・ Slightly tricky puzzles that are super satisfying to solve ・ Feel the thrill when you crack each stage! ・ Great for brain training and boosting creativity Use your instincts and imagination to clear all the puzzles! Ready to test your wit? Download now and give it a try! EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brain Baits at 4.9 against Tricky Mean's 4.7. Brain Baits also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Tricky Mean's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 3.2K). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Brain Baits sells 17 one-off in-app purchases and Tricky Mean sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brain Baits holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 11K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Brain Baits's written reviews are positive against 43% of Tricky Mean's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Brain Baits ships an update every 10 days, Tricky Mean every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Baits | Tricky Mean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (11K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 43.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 493 MB | 486 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TAPROMANCE PTE. LTD. | FTY LLC. |
Customer experience
Brain Baits
Tricky Mean
User reviews
Brain Baits
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Enjoyable game content
- 💗 Attractive character design
Room to improve
- ⚠️ Excessive ads
- 🙊 Inappropriate content
- 🕰️ Short levels
Tricky Mean
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable puzzles
- 👍 Fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 🚨 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Misleading hints
- 🚨 Lack of value for paid features
Bugs and requests
Brain Baits
Reported bugs
2 issues- Frequent crashes
- Unreliable performance
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce number of ads
- More modest character designs
- Longer levels
Tricky Mean
Reported bugs
2 issues- Restarting game progress after using hints
- Ads not removed despite paid purchase
Requested features
2 requests- Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
- Improve hint system accuracy
In-app purchases
Brain Baits
- Ad-free Pack$0.99
- adscoupon1$0.99
- Newbie pack$1.99
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- Ad-free Pack$1.99
- Newbie pack2$1.99
- Newbie pack$2.99
- adscoupon2$2.99
- ads coupon$3.99
- Ad-free Pack 1$4.99
- adscoupon3$4.99
- ads coupon$5.99
- ads coupon$9.99
- Ad-free Pack 2$9.99
- adscoupon5$9.99
- Ad-free Pack 3$14.99
- adscoupon7$14.99
- adscoupon8$19.99
Tricky Mean
- Hint item5$1.99
- Hint item10$2.99
- VIP PACK$5.99
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- Hint item20$5.99
- SUPER VIP PACK$9.99
- Hint item50$14.99
- Hint item100$29.99
Questions
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