Comparison

Etermín vs Cold Case Bureau

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

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About

Etermín

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Immerse yourself in the world of Etermín, a narrative universe in which all stories are interconnected, and where your decisions can totally alter the course of your adventure. In a dystopian future, humanity is divided into two categories: the organic, loyal to their mortality and human values, and the cybernetic, the powerful, focused on their quest for immortality and the colonization of new planets in which to evolve the human race. Whether you're in the underbelly of the capital city of Montarène, or lost in space on your way to the planet Etermín, it's your choices, your alliances and your enemies that will shape your story. Make the right decisions: become savior, executioner, saboteur or victim in a world that's constantly evolving, for better or for worse.

About

Cold Case Bureau

Engage in a slow-paced mystery game where you analyze case files, evidence, and suspect testimonies to uncover contradictions. Piece together clues on your investigation board to solve crimes and advance your detective career through increasingly challenging tiers.

Highlights
  • Analyze case files and evidence
  • Identify contradictions in testimonies
  • Use an investigation board
  • Progress through difficulty tiers
  • Offline play
  • Reputation system
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One case a day. The same case for everyone. Nothing to buy, no ads, no account. Cold Case Bureau puts a case file on your desk: the victim, the suspects, the evidence, and somewhere inside it, one story that doesn't hold together. Read the file. Find the two statements that can't both be true. Pin them on the board and watch the string pull tight. Then build your theory, not a guess from a menu, but an argument, element by element. Get part of it right and that part locks in. Get part of it wrong and the case tells you exactly which part, and lets you keep working. THE DAILY CASE Every day the Bureau opens one case, and it's the same case for every player in the world. Solve it, keep your streak alive, and share your result. A spoiler-free grid that shows how you did without giving anything away. SEASONS Six linked cases told in order, at your own pace. Season One, The Ninth Desk: every file holds an older case the Bureau closed too quickly, and the same violet stamp on each one. Close a case, and the Season File tells you what you've found. INVESTIGATE Four Case Hours, and a case that offers more than four hours of leads. Press a suspect with a piece of evidence and what they say depends on what you chose to show them. Pull records nobody asked for. Send evidence to the lab. Earn a warrant with proof from your board. A wasted half hour is on you, but the case can always be closed from the file alone. Nothing is ever locked behind a guess. THE INVESTIGATION BOARD Real red string. Connect two pieces of evidence that contradict each other and the connection is established permanently. The board is where you prove people are lying. THE ARCHIVE More than a hundred past Daily cases, free to work in any order, from quick Rookie files to five-suspect Senior investigations with paper trails that close like a net. FAIR PLAY, GUARANTEED Every case is verified solvable from its own evidence before it ships. Every question has exactly one answer the file supports. If you reason correctly, you win - that's the whole promise. No ads. No purchases. No timers that want your money. Just cases.

Screenshots

Etermín4 screens
Cold Case Bureau4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cold Case Bureau at none against Etermín's shown. Cold Case Bureau also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Etermín's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Etermín ships an update every 7 months, Cold Case Bureau weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Etermín versus Cold Case Bureau: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtermínCold Case Bureau
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size743 MB29 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperStoryroadsThomas Masters

In-app purchases

None

Etermín

No in-app purchases

None

Cold Case Bureau

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Etermín free?
Etermín is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cold Case Bureau free?
Cold Case Bureau is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Etermín or Cold Case Bureau have ads?
Etermín shows ads; Cold Case Bureau does not.
Which is updated more often, Etermín or Cold Case Bureau?
Etermín ships an update every 7 months, and Cold Case Bureau weekly. Most recently, Etermín was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cold Case Bureau on November 10, 2026.

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