Comparison

minute cryptic vs PigPen

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

Head to head
About

minute cryptic

Engage your mind daily with expertly crafted cryptic crossword puzzles. Learn and improve your wordplay skills with a progressive hint system in a beautifully designed, minimalist interface. Track your progress and build solving streaks.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptic crossword puzzles
  • Progressive hint system
  • Solving streak tracking
  • Minimalist interface
  • Dark mode option
  • Access past and future puzzles
Features
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Wordplay brings the timeless art of cryptic crosswords to your pocket with a fresh, modern approach. One carefully crafted puzzle each day challenges your wit and expands your mind. DAILY CRYPTIC CHALLENGE • One expertly curated cryptic clue released daily at midnight • Access yesterday's puzzle and peek at tomorrow's • Build solving streaks and track your progress • Each puzzle designed to teach and delight LEARN AS YOU PLAY • Progressive hint system that teaches without spoiling • Master cryptic conventions through gentle guidance • Perfect for beginners and veterans alike • Discover the satisfaction of cracking clever wordplay BEAUTIFUL & FOCUSED DESIGN • Minimalist interface that puts puzzles first • Swipe between days with smooth animations • Multiple typography options for comfortable solving • Dark mode for late-night puzzling Join thousands of word lovers in their daily ritual. Whether you're a cryptic veteran or curious newcomer, Wordplay makes every morning a little more brilliant. https://wordplay.studio.gold Terms of Use: https://wordplay.studio.gold/terms Privacy Policy: https://wordplay.studio.gold/privacy

About

PigPen

Features
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Fence the pigs. Fill the field. One puzzle a day. PigPen is a daily logic puzzle for the one-finger, coffee-break crowd — players who love Wordle, Connections, and Strands and are ready for something with a little more bite. The board is a grid of farmland with pigs scattered across it. Your job is simple to learn and surprisingly deep to master: drag fences along the grid lines to enclose every pig in its own pen, where each pen is rotationally symmetric around its pig and the whole field is partitioned with no leftover squares. Three rules. No timers in your face. No fluff. Just a clean, satisfying daily solve. FEATURES • A new puzzle every day — three sizes (5×5, 7×7, 10×10), each with Standard and Hard tiers, so you can pick a quick warm-up or settle in for a Sunday-cryptic-sized challenge. • Globally-keyed daily puzzles so leaderboards stay fair — everyone's puzzle of the day is the same puzzle. • One-finger play — tap a fence to toggle it, drag along an axis to paint a run of fences, long-press to mark a cell. • Live symmetry hints (optional) — your moves' rotational counterparts highlight faintly so you can feel the shape of each pen. • Unlimited undo and redo — experiment freely without losing your place. • Mistake checker and one daily hint per puzzle when you're truly stuck. • Clean-solve badges for finishing without hints or mistakes. • Stats and streaks that track your daily habit, not your wallet. • Gorgeous, warm visual design — pigs you'll actually want to fence in. WHO IT'S FOR If you start your morning with a daily word game and finish it before your coffee's cold, PigPen is the next logic puzzle for your routine. It's deductive (no guessing, no trial-and-error), uniquely solvable, and hand-tuned for satisfying "aha" moments rather than tedious bookkeeping. INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS PigPen is a love letter to Galaxies (Tentai Show) by Nikoli — one of the most elegant pen-and-paper puzzle formats ever invented — reimagined with a warmer hook, modern progression, and the daily cadence that makes a puzzle a habit. Get one puzzle a day. Build a streak. Become the kind of person who fences pigs.

Screenshots

minute cryptic4 screens
PigPen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PigPen at weekly against minute cryptic's fortnightly. minute cryptic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. minute cryptic sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and PigPen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

minute cryptic ships an update fortnightly, PigPen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
minute cryptic versus PigPen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterminute crypticPigPen
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Product Company of London LimitedRodney Telford

In-app purchases

9 purchases

minute cryptic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time7
  • Telegraph Classics$5.99
  • Starter Pack$5.99
  • World Cryptics$5.99
Show 4 more
  • British Classics$5.99
  • Fleet Street$5.99
  • All 5 Clue Packs$19.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
1 purchases

PigPen

One-time1
  • PigPen Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is minute cryptic free?
minute cryptic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PigPen free?
PigPen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do minute cryptic or PigPen have ads?
Neither minute cryptic nor PigPen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, minute cryptic or PigPen?
minute cryptic ships an update fortnightly, and PigPen weekly. Most recently, minute cryptic was updated on October 30, 2026 and PigPen on October 24, 2026.

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