Scoundrel Solitaire vs Cipher Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scoundrel Solitaire
This card game blends rogue-like elements with solitaire mechanics. Navigate a deck as a dungeon, making strategic choices about health, combat, and items to survive an unpredictable gauntlet. Compete on global leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rogue-like solitaire gameplay
- Strategic decision-making
- Health and combat management
- Endless gameplay with high scores
- Global leaderboards
- Unlockable achievements
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Scoundrel Solitaire is a rogue-like card game where every shuffle could be your last. The deck is your dungeon, and each room is revealed one hand at a time. Make strategic decisions, manage your health, and battle through an unpredictable gauntlet of monsters, weapons, and potions - all while earning achievements and battling your way up the global leaderboard. How deep can you go before your luck runs out? Features: * Rogue-Like Solitaire – No two runs are the same. Adapt your strategy on the fly. * Simple Yet Deep – Easy to learn, but full of challenging decisions. * Risk vs. Reward – Flee a fight or stand your ground? Every move matters. * Endless Gameplay – Keep playing until you perish, pushing for an unlimited high score. * Climb the Global Leaderboards – Compete against players worldwide for the highest score. * Unlock Hidden Achievements – Discover secret challenges as you master the game. * Uninterrupted Gameplay – No Ads. Ever. Do you have the wits and resilience to conquer the deck?
Cipher Challenge
Engage your mind with a variety of cipher decoding challenges. Practice different cipher types, track your progress, and compete with friends. Unlock quotes and sync your achievements across devices.
- Multiple cipher modes
- Letter frequency analysis
- Multiplayer competition
- Unlocked quote gallery
- Score history tracking
- iCloud sync across devices
- Hard mode challenge
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A cipher decoding game. Cipher modes: Aristocrat, Patristocrat, Caesar, Random substitution cipher, K1 cipher, K2 cipher Additional features: - See letter frequency table and cipher letter -> original letter mapping table - Share link or game id to friends and compete on the same puzzle - View all the unlocked quotes - See score history - Unlocked quotes and scores are sync'ed across iPhone, iPad and Mac computers through iCloud - Enable hard mode for a special challenge Also perfect for Science Olympiad (SciOly) Codebusters practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cipher Challenge at Free against Scoundrel Solitaire's $0.99. Cipher Challenge also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). Scoundrel Solitaire's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Cipher Challenge is free to download; Scoundrel Solitaire costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scoundrel Solitaire against 5.0 for Cipher Challenge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Scoundrel Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cipher Challenge's.
Scoundrel Solitaire ships an update weekly, Cipher Challenge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scoundrel Solitaire | Cipher Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Freeman | Bao Lei |
Customer experience
Scoundrel Solitaire
Cipher Challenge
In-app purchases
Scoundrel Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Cipher Challenge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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