ngrms vs Decipher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ngrms
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Rapid wordplay meets minimalist design. Find as many words as you can from a single root—fast, focused, and endlessly replayable. Play solo to sharpen your mind, or compete against yourself and others on the local and global leaderboards. After each round, review your results with the all-new Game Summary screen that shows what you found (and what you missed). Now featuring a refreshed design with full support for light and dark mode, and offline play in multiple languages. No distractions. No ads. Just words.
Decipher
Engage your mind with encrypted messages and famous quotes. This game tests your logic, vocabulary, and pattern recognition by having you crack substitution ciphers.
- Solve encrypted messages
- Crack substitution ciphers
- Test logic and vocabulary
- Improve pattern recognition
- Play with famous quotes
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Decipher is the ultimate word puzzle game that challenges your logic, vocabulary, and pattern recognition skills. Solve encrypted messages, famous quotes, and intriguing phrases by cracking substitution ciphers. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ngrms at none against Decipher's 3. ngrms also leads on ads (none vs shown). Decipher's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. Decipher sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ngrms asks for nothing beyond the download.
ngrms ships an update every 3 months, Decipher monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ngrms | Decipher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leopold Lemmermann | Errand Labs, LLC |
In-app purchases
ngrms
No in-app purchases
Decipher
- 10 Hints$1.99
- Decipher Remove Ads$4.99
- 50 Hints$4.99
