PlaySimple Cryptogram vs Mentraxia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlaySimple Cryptogram
Engage in a word logic puzzle game where you decode encrypted messages by substituting letters. With varying difficulty levels and diverse categories, it offers a stimulating challenge for puzzle enthusiasts of all kinds.
- Hundreds of engaging cryptogram puzzles
- Puzzles from diverse categories
- Intuitive and straightforward gameplay
- Hints and letter reveal assistance
- Daily new puzzle challenges
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Dive into the world of cryptography with Cryptogram by PlaySimple, the ultimate puzzle game that challenges your wits and sharpens your mind! Whether you're a seasoned puzzle enthusiast or a curious newcomer, Cryptogram offers an engaging and satisfying experience that will keep you hooked. In this thrilling game, you’ll decode a series of encrypted messages by substituting letters to reveal hidden phrases and quotes. With a variety of difficulty levels, Cryptogram caters to all skill levels, ensuring a fun and stimulating challenge for everyone. Features: - Engaging Puzzles: Solve hundreds of cryptograms with varying difficulty to test your deduction skills. - Diverse Categories: Decode messages from a wide range of categories, including famous quotes, historical facts, and amusing sayings. - Intuitive Gameplay: Simple and straightforward mechanics make it easy to jump in and start decoding. - Hints and Assistance: Stuck on a puzzle? Use hints and reveal letters to help you crack the code and keep the fun going. - Daily Challenges: Enjoy new puzzles every day and keep your brain active with daily cryptogram challenges. Join the millions of players who have embraced the thrill of cracking codes and unlocking secrets. Download Cryptogram by PlaySimple today and start your journey into the fascinating world of cryptography!
Mentraxia
Engage in fast-paced cognitive challenges across four distinct game modes. Compete against an adaptive AI, climb global leaderboards, and track your progress to prove your mental prowess. Enjoy offline play with optional ad removal.
- Four distinct brain training modes
- Adaptive AI opponent
- Global leaderboards
- Daily challenges
- Offline gameplay
- Progress tracking
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Four quick brain games, a few minutes a day. Each one is a race against an AI opponent, and every game has its own leaderboard. THE GAMES Math Rush: quick sums against the clock. Build a combo and every answer counts for more. Memory Flip: remember where the cards are, then find the pairs. The boards grow as you clear them. Reaction Tap: tap green, avoid red, and catch yellow for double points. Logic Grid: find the rule in a sequence, a grid or a set of numbers, and pick what comes next. Survival: waves of math, logic, memory and colour questions, faster each time. Three lives, and a power-up between waves. FAIR TO PLAY, FAIR TO COMPARE The puzzles are the same for everyone at each level, so a score means the same on every phone and in every language. Choose an easy, medium or hard opponent; harder ones give more XP. EVERY DAY - A daily challenge with a score to beat - Daily and all-time leaderboards for each game - An optional reminder at 6 pm with the day's challenge PROGRESS - XP, levels and ranks from Bronze to Diamond - Achievements for each game, quests and weekly challenges - Stats that show your strongest skill, your accuracy and when you play best CALM BY DESIGN A quiet dark interface with one thing to look at on each screen, sound and vibration you can turn off, and a Reduce motion setting. ENGLISH AND SPANISH Mentraxia follows your phone's language, and you can switch in Settings at any time. NO ACCOUNT No sign-up. Progress stays on your phone. Mentraxia is free with ads; one purchase removes them for good. No subscriptions. Ideas or problems? Settings > Send feedback reaches us directly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PlaySimple Cryptogram at 25K against Mentraxia's 1. PlaySimple Cryptogram also leads on chart position (#69 vs unranked). Mentraxia's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. PlaySimple Cryptogram sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Mentraxia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PlaySimple Cryptogram against 5.0 for Mentraxia. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlaySimple Cryptogram has 25K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PlaySimple Cryptogram ships an update fortnightly, Mentraxia every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlaySimple Cryptogram | Mentraxia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (25K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PlaySimple Games Pte Ltd | Trovyn Tech LLC |
Customer experience
PlaySimple Cryptogram
Mentraxia
Bugs and requests
PlaySimple Cryptogram
Reported bugs
2 issues- App randomly closes and loses progress
- Overheating issues on some devices
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to enlarge letters
- Improved ad experience
Mentraxia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PlaySimple Cryptogram
- 300 Coins$0.99
- Ladder Deal 1$0.99
- Timed Deal 1$1.99
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- Skip'its Pack$2.49
- 1000 Coins$2.99
- Hint Pack$2.99
- Fail Offer$3.99
- Basic Pack$3.99
- Puzzle Screen Burst Hint 2$4.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Big Hints Pack$5.99
- Remove Forced Ads$9.99
- Value Pack$9.99
- Timed Deal 3$9.99
- Big Skip'its Pack$9.99
- Ultimate Pack$24.99
Mentraxia
- Remove Ads$1.99







