Bus Stops! vs Pocket Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bus Stops!
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Match, Move & Solve the Traffic! Bus Stops! is a fun and brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges your logic and strategy! Move the stations, match them with the right buses, and transport all passengers! How to Play? Drag & drop the stations to the right buses. Match colors to pick up passengers. Solve the puzzle and clear the traffic! Features: - Unique and addictive puzzle mechanics - Dozens of challenging levels - Smooth and intuitive drag & drop controls - Minimalist and relaxing gameplay Can you organize the chaos? Download now and start solving!
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: Bus Stops! at none against Pocket Detective's 1. Bus Stops! also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Pocket Detective's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Bus Stops! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bus Stops! ships an update every 4 days, Pocket Detective weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bus Stops! | 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 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Longhorn Games | Cameron Shemilt |
In-app purchases
Bus Stops!
No in-app purchases
Pocket Detective
- Full Game$4.99
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