Comparison

Mystery Clues vs ClockmakersBench

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

Head to head
About

Mystery Clues

Features
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- Solve the Mystery! Use Clues and Logic to Solve Mystery Puzzles! Step into the shoes of a detective! Analyze cryptic clues, use your logic, and place each character in the right spot to crack the case. Every move counts, solve the mystery before itโ€™s too late! Game Features: - Unlimited Levels โ€“ Endless brain-teasing puzzles to challenge your detective skills. - Solo Events โ€“ Solve unique mysteries and earn exclusive rewards! - Asynchronous PvP Events โ€“ Compete against players worldwide at your own pace. - Daily Challenges โ€“ Fresh new puzzles every day to keep you sharp! - Real-Time Battles โ€“ Face off in intense 1v1 logic duels and prove you're the best detective! - Love puzzle games, detective mysteries, and brain teasers? This game is for you! Download now and put your logic to the test!

About

ClockmakersBench

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Pull up a stool at the Clockmaker's Bench. This is a calm, hands-on idle game about the slow craft of horology โ€” winding escapements, seating gears into half-built pocket watches, and listening to a whole shelf of finished mechanisms tick away. Start with a bare bench. Tap to wind the mainspring; each turn seats another gear into the movement on your workbench. Finish a watch and place it on the ticking shelf, where it runs on its own and earns coin tick after tick โ€” even while the app is closed. As coin flows in, master finer movements. Unlock the moonphase, then the chronograph, the gravity-defying tourbillon, and finally the perpetual calendar โ€” each grade more intricate, more valuable, and more beautiful on the shelf than the last. Patrons come calling, too. Accept a commission and one of your finished watches auto-ships to its owner overnight, paying coin plus patina โ€” a prestige currency you spend on permanent polish that lifts your whole workshop. What you'll do: - Tap to wind and watch gears click into place - Fill a ticking shelf that earns coin passively, even offline - Unlock five complication grades, from time-only to perpetual calendar - Fulfil patron commissions for coin and patina - Upgrade your winding power, automatic winder, shelf, and commission slots - Polish your workshop with patina for a permanent yield bonus Clockmaker's Bench is free to play and supported by occasional ads. You can watch an optional short video for a 30-minute taste of doubled yield, or unlock Master Horologist once to remove ads, double all coin and patina forever, and add two extra commission slots. No subscription โ€” a single purchase, restorable on any device. No timers nagging you, no fail states, no rush. Just the quiet satisfaction of a well-built mechanism and a shelf that keeps on ticking. Pull up a stool and start winding.

Screenshots

Mystery Clues4 screens
ClockmakersBench4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ClockmakersBench at every 5 days against Mystery Clues's every 3 weeks. Mystery Clues's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Mystery Clues sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ClockmakersBench sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mystery Clues ships an update every 3 weeks, ClockmakersBench every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Mystery Clues versus ClockmakersBench: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMystery CluesClockmakersBench
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size189 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIZZY ANTS LTDChristian Pedersen

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mystery Clues

One-time5
  • x10 Skip Its-Instant Rewards$2.99
  • x25 Skip Its - Instant Rewards$5.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
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  • x100 Skip Its-Instant Rewards$19.99
  • x200 Skip Its-Instant Rewards$29.99
1 purchases

ClockmakersBench

One-time1
  • Clockmaker's Bench Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Mystery Clues free?
Mystery Clues is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClockmakersBench free?
ClockmakersBench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mystery Clues or ClockmakersBench have ads?
Both Mystery Clues and ClockmakersBench show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mystery Clues or ClockmakersBench?
Mystery Clues ships an update every 3 weeks, and ClockmakersBench every 5 days. Most recently, Mystery Clues was updated on October 3, 2026 and ClockmakersBench on October 1, 2026.

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