Cipher Challenge vs CipherQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
CipherQuest
Engage in an atmospheric puzzle game where you decode over 100 encrypted messages from a secret society. Progress through various cipher types, from simple shifts to complex multi-step encryptions, while uncovering a mysterious narrative. The game offers a hint system and teaches real cryptography techniques.
- 100+ hand-crafted cipher puzzles
- Progressive difficulty
- Learn real cryptography techniques
- Mysterious narrative
- Hint system
- No ads or data collection
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Crack 100 encrypted messages from a secret society in this atmospheric cipher puzzle game. Each intercepted transmission hides a piece of the mystery—but only if you can decode it. Start with simple Caesar shifts, then work your way through reverse ciphers, multi-step encryptions, and more. FEATURES: • 100+ hand-crafted cipher puzzles across 11 chapters • Progressive difficulty from beginner to master • Learn real cryptography techniques (Caesar, Atbash, and more) • A mysterious narrative that unfolds with every solved message • Hint system when you're stuck • No ads. No data collection. Ever. The first 10 puzzles are free. Unlock the full game to access all 100+ puzzles forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cipher Challenge at none against CipherQuest's 1. Cipher Challenge also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). CipherQuest's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. CipherQuest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cipher Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cipher Challenge against 5.0 for CipherQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Cipher Challenge ships an update every 5 weeks, CipherQuest every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cipher Challenge | CipherQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bao Lei | Benjamin Costanza |
Customer experience
Cipher Challenge
CipherQuest
In-app purchases
Cipher Challenge
No in-app purchases
CipherQuest
- Full Game Unlock$2.99
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