Comparison

Cryptogram vs Cryptogram Daily

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

Head to head
About

Cryptogram

Engage in a challenging word puzzle game where you decrypt famous quotes and uncover hidden messages. Progress through increasing difficulty levels and enjoy daily puzzles that sharpen your logic and vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Decrypt famous quotes
  • Crack hidden codes
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Themed cryptograms
  • Daily puzzles
  • Logic and vocabulary challenges
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Decrypt famous quotes. Crack the code. Dive into a world of hidden messages and challenging puzzles. In this cryptographic word game, you are not simply solving cryptograms: you take on the role of an agent decoding famous quotes, uncovering conspiracies, and reconstructing truth piece by piece. Each solved puzzle reveals wisdom, motivation, and the enduring power of the human spirit. This is no ordinary puzzle game. Every letter is a clue, and every solved word brings you closer to the ultimate goal: becoming a master codebreaker. • Play as a secret agent and decipher encrypted quotes, proverbs, and expressions. • Endless challenges that test your skills in new and surprising ways. • Progressive difficulty: start easy and work your way up to elite codes that challenge even experts. • Every cryptogram you solve reveals a famous quote or a hidden message. • Special themed cryptograms featuring pop music, film, history, and more. • Daily puzzles: discover a new quote or saying every day. • Mental challenge meets entertainment: sharpen your logic, vocabulary, and focus—while having fun. The truth is out there. Will you crack the code?

About

Cryptogram Daily

Features
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A cryptogram is a quote with every letter swapped for another letter. Q stands for A, X stands for E, and your job is to work out the pattern. Cryptogram Daily gives you one hand‑picked quote each morning. Tap a cipher letter, tap the letter you think it is, and watch the whole text update at once. The first letters are given to you; the rest is deduction. Most people solve one in three to five minutes. WHAT MAKES THIS ONE DIFFERENT Most puzzle apps interrupt you. Open one, and an ad plays before you have even seen the puzzle. Finish a level, and another one starts on its own. This app does not do that. There are no pop‑ups, no interstitials, and no advertising of any kind in this version. Nothing interrupts a puzzle. You get two free hints a day, and two more arrive every morning. There is nothing to buy, so there is no paywall standing between you and tomorrow's puzzle. FEATURES - A new quote every day, the same one for everyone, no account needed - Practice mode with every quote in the library, filterable by difficulty - Hints that teach: they reveal a letter whose meaning can actually be proved - Streaks and stats to keep the habit going - Works entirely offline - Nothing about you leaves your device WHO IT IS FOR If you like crosswords but want something you can finish in a coffee break, this is that. If you have never tried a cryptogram, the built‑in hints and the difficulty tiers will teach you. No account. No sign‑up. No data collection. Just letters, and the pleasure of watching a scrambled sentence turn back into something that means something.

Screenshots

Cryptogram4 screens
Cryptogram Daily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cryptogram Daily at none against Cryptogram's 10. Cryptogram Daily also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cryptogram's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Cryptogram sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Cryptogram Daily asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Cryptogram versus Cryptogram Daily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptogramCryptogram Daily
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph Muller坤 王

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cryptogram

One-time10
  • Stars$0.99
  • Remove Ads Hack$0.99
  • VIP Field Supply$1.99
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  • Hints Premium$2.99
  • Remove Ads Promo$2.99
  • Stars Premium$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • VIP Deluxe$5.99
  • VIP Starter Kit$5.99
  • VIP Premium$9.99
None

Cryptogram Daily

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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