Comparison

Sherlock vs Mind Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Sherlock

Engage in thrilling detective adventures by solving murder mysteries and merging items to uncover secrets. Explore diverse locations, interact with characters, and complete mini-games to progress through captivating cases. Rebuild crime scenes and enjoy daily challenges for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Solve murder mystery cases
  • Merge items to progress
  • Explore diverse locations
  • Engage with characters
  • Play exciting mini-games
  • Design and decorate crime scenes
  • Complete daily challenges
Features
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Sherlock: Merge Mystery – Solve Mysteries and Merge to Uncover Secrets! Dive into the world of murder mysteries, merge puzzles, and thrilling detective adventures in Sherlock: Merge Mystery! Unravel intriguing cases, explore hidden clues, and merge your way to solving crimes in this engaging detective game. Features That Keep You Hooked: Be the Detective: Step into Sherlock's shoes to solve challenging murder mystery cases. Interrogate suspects, analyze crime scenes, and piece together clues. Merge to Progress: Combine and upgrade items to unlock powerful tools, evidence, and hidden secrets in this innovative new merge puzzle game. Explore Stunning Locations: Investigate opulent mansions, shadowy alleys, and luxurious boats filled with secrets and lies. Engaging Characters: Meet allies, suspects, and rivals, each with their own motives and mysteries to uncover. Exciting Mini-Games: Restore power, crack codes, and find hidden objects in interactive mini-games that keep you on your toes. Daily Challenges and Rewards: Complete daily merge tasks, solve mysteries, and earn rewards to enhance your gameplay. Design and Decorate: Rebuild crime scenes and personalize locations as you progress through cases. Why Play Sherlock: Merge Mystery? Perfect blend of new merge games and detective games for puzzle lovers. A captivating storyline filled with suspense, twists, and secrets. Endless fun with merge puzzles, crime-solving, and mini-games. Free to play with regular updates bringing new levels and mysteries! Discover Clues, Merge Your Way to Justice! Download Sherlock: Merge Mystery now and immerse yourself in the ultimate merge game experience! Whether you're a fan of merge puzzles, murder mysteries, or thrilling detective adventures, this game will keep you entertained for hours. Solve cases. Merge items. Unravel the truth!

About

Mind Puzzle

A relaxing puzzle game where players slide rows to align pieces and reveal hidden codes. Solve logic puzzles by matching patterns and uncovering the correct answer to complete each level and train your brain.

Highlights
  • Slide rows to align pieces
  • Reveal hidden codes
  • Solve logic puzzles
  • Brain training levels
  • Relaxing visuals
  • Unique gameplay
Features
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Mind Puzzle: Hidden Code is a relaxing puzzle game where you slide rows to align pieces and reveal hidden codes. Complete each image by moving rows left and right. When the patterns align correctly, a hidden code will appear. Find the correct answer to solve the puzzle and complete the level. How to Play - Slide rows to align pieces - Reveal the hidden code - Choose the correct answer - Complete relaxing logic puzzles Features - Simple and satisfying controls - Unique hidden code gameplay - Fun mind and logic puzzles - Challenging brain training levels - Clean and relaxing visuals Train your brain, solve clever puzzles, and uncover every hidden code. --- NOTE: Mind Puzzle: Hidden Code is free to download and play, but it contains optional in-app purchases to remove advertisements or get extra hints to solve puzzles. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fDmZ1TlTTNO4MkiyX5d9gtBLR-tOgWX353P2JDbXuL8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.9u60vkybbtrc

Screenshots

Sherlock4 screens
Mind Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sherlock at 4.6 against Mind Puzzle's 1.5. Sherlock also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 3%) and ratings volume (341 vs 24). Mind Puzzle's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sherlock sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and Mind Puzzle sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sherlock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sherlock has 341 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Sherlock's written reviews are positive against 3% of Mind Puzzle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sherlock ships an update every 3 months, Mind Puzzle every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sherlock versus Mind Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSherlockMind Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (341 ratings) — better1.5 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews — better3.2% of reviews
Number of ratings341 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size438 MB225 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGamesTownThuy On

Customer experience

Sherlock

All ratings282 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive24.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative56.0%

Mind Puzzle

All ratings18 ratings
Positive5.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive3.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative87.1%

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Sherlock

One-time20
  • Super charge energy offer$0.99
  • Ad Pass$0.99
  • Welcome Offer$0.99
Show 17 more
  • Energy Offer 1$0.99
  • Mystery Cap$1.99
  • Gem pack 1$1.99
  • Treasure Hunt pack 1$1.99
  • Energy Offer 3$2.99
  • Detective Vault Small$2.99
  • Treasure Hunt pack 2$3.99
  • Gem pack 2$4.99
  • Detective Pack$6.99
  • Treasure Hunt pack 3$7.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Detective Vault Big$8.99
  • Gem pack 3$9.99
  • Daily Task : Golden Egg offer2 variants$9.99
  • Daily Task : Toby offer$9.99
  • Daily Task: GoldenTicket offer$9.99
  • Daily Task : Special offer$9.99
12 purchases

Mind Puzzle

Subscriptions4
  • Remove Ads 7d$3.997 Days
  • weekly1 sub$6.997 Days
  • Remove Ads 30d$10.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • month1 sub$11.991 Month
One-time8
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • week1$6.99
  • week2$9.99
Show 5 more
  • Support Bundle$9.99
  • Remove Ads Plus$10.99
  • month1$11.99
  • Remove Ads Plus Normal$15.99
  • month2$29.99

Questions

Is Sherlock free?
Sherlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind Puzzle free?
Mind Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sherlock or Mind Puzzle?
Sherlock is rated higher. Sherlock averages 4.6 out of 5 from 341 ratings, while Mind Puzzle averages 1.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Sherlock or Mind Puzzle have ads?
Both Sherlock and Mind Puzzle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sherlock or Mind Puzzle?
Sherlock ships an update every 3 months, and Mind Puzzle every 10 days. Most recently, Sherlock was updated on October 30, 2026 and Mind Puzzle on October 20, 2026.

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