Comparison

Match Hunters vs Unciphered

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

Head to head
About

Match Hunters

Embark on a charming puzzle adventure filled with treasures, dungeons, and playful monsters. Enjoy a fresh take on match-3 puzzles with reactive creatures and varied challenges, from gem collection to light combat. Explore dungeon paths, uncover loot, and use boosts to enhance your journey.

Highlights
  • Match-3 puzzles with reactive creatures
  • Varied levels including gem collection and combat
  • Cozy dungeon crawl exploration
  • Discover loot and unlock powers
  • Boosts and surprises for exciting attempts
Features
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Match Hunters A Charming Puzzle Adventure where every move counts Step into a playful world of sparkly treasures, magical dungeons, and adorably dangerous monsters. Match your way through surprising rooms, discover rewards, and enjoy a fresh twist on every run. Match-3 Puzzles Reimagined Cheeky little creatures jump into your board, adding a fun twist to every match. They wiggle, block, poke, and react, making each puzzle feel alive and full of personality. Varied Levels Swap between relaxing puzzle challenges like collecting gems or breaking shiny blockers, and light combat encounters where mischievous enemies playfully fight back. The mix keeps the journey lively and satisfying. A Cozy Dungeon Crawl Explore dungeon paths, open mystery doors, and uncover sparkling loot that gives you a boost for the journey. Every room feels new. Every dungeon is different. And every move counts. Boost Your Run Find helpful bonuses, unlock playful powers, and discover little surprises that make each attempt feel more exciting than the last. A Sweet Adventure That Keeps You Playing Go deeper, discover shinier treasures, face adorably dangerous foes, and enjoy an adventure made for both quick breaks and long cozy sessions.

About

Unciphered

Decode hidden proverbs by solving cryptograms where letters correspond to numbers. Solve crossword-style clues to reveal letters that fill in the entire puzzle. Enjoy daily puzzles, track your progress, and collect solved wisdom.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptogram puzzles
  • Crossword-style clue solving
  • Offline play
  • Progress tracking
  • Journal of solved proverbs
  • Accessibility features
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Crack the code. Decode the quote. Unciphered is a cryptogram word puzzle where every number hides a letter — solve crossword-style clues and watch the hidden phrase reveal itself. A famous line is hiding on every board. The same number always hides the same letter, and every letter you prove fills in across the whole puzzle. Piece by piece, a proverb, a classic quote or a great line from TV comes back into the light. New to cryptograms? A one-minute guided puzzle teaches you how to play. FREE BRAIN GAME, HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Unciphered is free to play from start to finish. Hundreds of cipher puzzles are included, from gentle warm-ups to expert decoding. Optional extras, each a one-time purchase kept forever: • The Wisdom Collection — four harder chapters, 80 more proverbs and quotes • A TV pack — 100 famous lines from much-loved sitcoms and dramas, with clues in each show's voice • A superhero film pack — 100 famous big-screen hero lines across five chapters Every pack has a free chapter to try. Coin packs are available too. DAILY PUZZLE AND STREAKS A fresh cryptogram every day keeps your streak alive. A two-week calendar lets you replay days you missed for coins, but the streak only counts the days you truly showed up. QUESTS THAT UNLOCK SECRET LEVELS Finish the day's quests — the daily puzzle plus a level you've never solved — and earn a hidden secret level, yours forever. A JOURNAL OF FAMOUS QUOTES Every phrase you decode is saved with a short, true fact about where it came from: who said it, and when. Build your own collection of wisdom, quotes and proverbs, one solve at a time. RELAXING, OFFLINE, YOURS • Play offline anywhere: no Wi-Fi needed • No account, no sign-up; progress follows you to a new iPhone through iCloud • Use Unciphered's keyboard or your own iPhone keyboard • Hints when you want them: reveal a letter or a whole word • Full VoiceOver support, large text, Reduce Motion, light and dark mode • Made for iPhone, iPad and the folding iPhone Love word games, crosswords, cryptoquotes, word search, logic puzzles or code-breaking? Unciphered is the cipher puzzle for you. Unciphered is not affiliated with or endorsed by the shows, films, networks or studios quoted.

Screenshots

Match Hunters4 screens
Unciphered4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unciphered at 100% against Match Hunters's 33%. Unciphered also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9). Match Hunters's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Match Hunters sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Unciphered sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unciphered holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Match Hunters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Unciphered's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Match Hunters ships an update weekly, Unciphered every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Match Hunters versus Unciphered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatch HuntersUnciphered
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size290 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBlock ConnectAhmed ElGhoroury

Customer experience

Match Hunters

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Unciphered

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Match Hunters

One-time7
  • Coins Pack Extra Small$0.99
  • Energy Pack XS$0.99
  • Coins Pack Small$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Energy Pack Full$1.99
  • Coin Pack Medium$19.99
  • Coin Pack Large$39.99
  • Coin Pack Extra Large$79.99
6 purchases

Unciphered

One-time6
  • Coins 100$0.99
  • Coins 350$2.99
  • The Wisdom Collection$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Prime Time$4.99
  • Heroes Assemble$4.99
  • Coins 800$5.99

Questions

Is Match Hunters free?
Match Hunters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unciphered free?
Unciphered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Match Hunters or Unciphered?
Unciphered is rated higher. Match Hunters averages 1.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Unciphered averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Match Hunters or Unciphered have ads?
Neither Match Hunters nor Unciphered shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Match Hunters or Unciphered?
Match Hunters ships an update weekly, and Unciphered every 5 days. Most recently, Match Hunters was updated on October 24, 2026 and Unciphered on October 24, 2026.

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