Tap! vs Pocket Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap!
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Tap! is a simple, fast arcade game about tapping a target before it gets away. Each time you hit it, it jumps somewhere else on the screen, and it keeps getting quicker the longer you go. It's the kind of game you pick up for one round and end up playing for twenty. There are three game modes: Time Attack — you get 30 seconds to score as high as you can. Survival — you have three lives, and every target has a countdown ring. Tap it in time or you lose a life. Zen — no timer and no lives, just for relaxing and going after a long streak. As you play, hitting targets quickly in a row builds a combo that multiplies your points, up to 8x. Gold targets show up now and then and are worth five times as much. The higher you climb, the smaller and faster the targets get, and there are Easy, Normal, and Hard settings if you want to change the challenge. Tap! has Game Center leaderboards for each mode and achievements to unlock, and it keeps track of your best scores and overall stats. There are haptics and sound effects, and there are no ads, no accounts to make, and no internet needed to play. See how fast you can tap.
Pocket Detective
A logic puzzle game where you deduce criminals by analyzing statements and role-based rules. Progress through cases, compete on leaderboards, and play offline.
- Logic puzzle gameplay
- Interrogate suspects
- Role-based deduction
- Multiple game modes
- Offline play
- Detailed statistics
- Game Center integration
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Pocket Detective is a single-player logic game about catching liars. Study the case file, interrogate suspects, test their statements against the rules of their claimed roles, and arrest every criminal. Witnesses tell the truth. Criminals lie while posing as witnesses. Bystanders are not criminals, but they can still disrupt the investigation. Each of 40 roles brings its own information, passive effect, or ability. The answer is on the board. You just have to prove it. • Academy: Learn the rules step by step across more than 30 handcrafted cases. New roles and mechanics are introduced as you progress. • Career: Solve as many cases as possible before your three lives run out. Build your score and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. • Daily Case: Everyone receives the same new investigation each day. • Custom Case: Choose the suspects, criminals, and role sets yourself, or enter a Case Number to replay a known investigation. • Track your record: Review detailed statistics, compare your performance across roles and modes, and earn Game Center achievements. • Play offline: Case generation and gameplay work without an internet connection. Pocket Detective is designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad. Download free and play Academy Tier 1. Complete it to unlock Career, Daily Case, and Custom Case with a starter set of roles. A small one-time Full Game purchase unlocks Academy Tiers 2 through 5, and all 40 roles. There are no subscriptions or consumable purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tap! at none against Pocket Detective's 1. Tap! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pocket Detective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tap! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tap! ships an update every 2 days, Pocket Detective weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap! | Pocket Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jordan Feldstein LLC | Cameron Shemilt |
In-app purchases
Tap!
No in-app purchases
Pocket Detective
- Full Game$4.99









