Comparison

Medieval Baghdad vs Unciphered

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Medieval Baghdad

Explore the vibrant city of Baghdad during its Golden Age in this educational adventure. Investigate historical sites, gather intel, and uncover hidden treasures through interactive gameplay. Access encyclopedic entries with 3D models and augmented reality features.

Highlights
  • Explore historical Baghdad
  • Narrative-driven missions
  • Gather and study intel
  • Access historical Codex entries
  • Manipulate 3D images
  • Augmented Reality functionality
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Step into the heart of the Islamic Golden Age in Discovery Tour App: Medieval Baghdad, an educational adventure that invites players to explore the legendary city at the height of its cultural and scientific brilliance. Using the rich world of Assassin’s Creed Mirage, this standalone experience blends historical discovery with interactive gameplay as you explore Baghdad in the 9th century—from its bustling markets to the soaring architecture of the Round City. The app has 2 modes, and is free to install and free to use. Explore Baghdad : embark on a gamified, narrative-driven journey that takes approximately 2 hours to complete. Each mission tasks you with investigating historical locations, gathering and studying intel, and using this acquired knowledge to carry out missions for the Hidden Ones and reveal the path to the hidden treasure. Access Codex: consult carefully selected encyclopedic entries on the history, art, and culture of medieval Baghdad and the Abbasid Caliphate. Benefit from additional historical information and interact with this content by manipulating 3D images and using the Augmented Reality functionality for some entries. Crafted in collaboration with historians and cultural experts, Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad delivers an educational experience that’s deeply engaging and fully interactive. With intuitive controls, multi-language support, and a focus on meaningful discovery, it offers a unique way to learn through play—anchored in one of history’s most remarkable cities.

About

Unciphered

Decode hidden proverbs by solving cryptograms where letters correspond to numbers. Solve crossword-style clues to reveal letters that fill in the entire puzzle. Enjoy daily puzzles, track your progress, and collect solved wisdom.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptogram puzzles
  • Crossword-style clue solving
  • Offline play
  • Progress tracking
  • Journal of solved proverbs
  • Accessibility features
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Crack the code. Decode the quote. Unciphered is a cryptogram word puzzle where every number hides a letter — solve crossword-style clues and watch the hidden phrase reveal itself. A famous line is hiding on every board. The same number always hides the same letter, and every letter you prove fills in across the whole puzzle. Piece by piece, a proverb, a classic quote or a great line from TV comes back into the light. New to cryptograms? A one-minute guided puzzle teaches you how to play. FREE BRAIN GAME, HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Unciphered is free to play from start to finish. Hundreds of cipher puzzles are included, from gentle warm-ups to expert decoding. Optional extras, each a one-time purchase kept forever: • The Wisdom Collection — four harder chapters, 80 more proverbs and quotes • A TV pack — 100 famous lines from much-loved sitcoms and dramas, with clues in each show's voice • A superhero film pack — 100 famous big-screen hero lines across five chapters Every pack has a free chapter to try. Coin packs are available too. DAILY PUZZLE AND STREAKS A fresh cryptogram every day keeps your streak alive. A two-week calendar lets you replay days you missed for coins, but the streak only counts the days you truly showed up. QUESTS THAT UNLOCK SECRET LEVELS Finish the day's quests — the daily puzzle plus a level you've never solved — and earn a hidden secret level, yours forever. A JOURNAL OF FAMOUS QUOTES Every phrase you decode is saved with a short, true fact about where it came from: who said it, and when. Build your own collection of wisdom, quotes and proverbs, one solve at a time. RELAXING, OFFLINE, YOURS • Play offline anywhere: no Wi-Fi needed • No account, no sign-up; progress follows you to a new iPhone through iCloud • Use Unciphered's keyboard or your own iPhone keyboard • Hints when you want them: reveal a letter or a whole word • Full VoiceOver support, large text, Reduce Motion, light and dark mode • Made for iPhone, iPad and the folding iPhone Love word games, crosswords, cryptoquotes, word search, logic puzzles or code-breaking? Unciphered is the cipher puzzle for you. Unciphered is not affiliated with or endorsed by the shows, films, networks or studios quoted.

Screenshots

Medieval Baghdad4 screens
Unciphered4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unciphered at 100% against Medieval Baghdad's 50%. Unciphered also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Medieval Baghdad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Unciphered sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Medieval Baghdad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unciphered holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Medieval Baghdad has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Medieval Baghdad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Unciphered's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Medieval Baghdad ships an update every 9 days, Unciphered every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Medieval Baghdad versus Unciphered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedieval BaghdadUnciphered
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size974 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperUbisoft LimitedAhmed ElGhoroury

Customer experience

Medieval Baghdad

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Unciphered

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Medieval Baghdad

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Unciphered

One-time6
  • Coins 100$0.99
  • Coins 350$2.99
  • The Wisdom Collection$4.99
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  • Prime Time$4.99
  • Heroes Assemble$4.99
  • Coins 800$5.99

Questions

Is Medieval Baghdad free?
Medieval Baghdad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unciphered free?
Unciphered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Medieval Baghdad or Unciphered?
Unciphered is rated higher. Medieval Baghdad averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Unciphered averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Medieval Baghdad or Unciphered have ads?
Neither Medieval Baghdad nor Unciphered shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Medieval Baghdad or Unciphered?
Medieval Baghdad ships an update every 9 days, and Unciphered every 5 days. Most recently, Medieval Baghdad was updated on October 24, 2026 and Unciphered on October 24, 2026.

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