Comparison

Mystery Case vs Trapplings

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

Head to head
About

Mystery Case

Embark on thrilling puzzle adventures filled with secrets and brain-teasing challenges. Investigate clues, solve clever puzzles, and uncover shocking truths across diverse storylines. Play offline anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Gripping puzzle adventures
  • Diverse storylines
  • Logic puzzles and hidden object hunts
  • Offline play available
  • Cinematic storytelling
  • Ever-growing library of stories
Features
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Mystery Case — A growing collection of story-driven puzzle adventures. (Free to play · Standalone stories · Offline play available) Every Case Is a New Adventure In Mystery Case, every standalone puzzle story brings its own setting, characters, and mysteries. Search interactive scenes, uncover hidden clues, use collected items, and solve puzzles that move the story forward. Stories That Never Repeat Escape a zombie apocalypse. Survive a deadly game of chance. Face dark magic in the Wild West. Join detectives hunting for cursed relics. Every story brings a different atmosphere, a new cast, and fresh challenges—with more cases still to come. Investigate, Connect, Solve Test your observation and logic through hidden object searches, inventory challenges, environmental puzzles, and unexpected twists. Every clue matters, and every solution brings you closer to the truth. Features - Standalone mystery adventures set in diverse worlds - Logic puzzles, hidden objects, and inventory-based challenges - Story-driven exploration with illustrated scenes - Play for free, with optional hints available - Offline play available anytime, anywhere Every case hides a truth. Can you uncover them all?

About

Trapplings

Embark on a creature-collecting puzzle adventure where you reveal safe tiles, avoid traps, and rescue adorable creatures. Progress through magical worlds, complete daily challenges, and build your unique collection.

Highlights
  • Tile-based rescue puzzles
  • Daily rescue challenges
  • Adventure mode with multiple worlds
  • Collectible creatures
  • 100 levels and daily tasks
  • Game Center achievements
Features
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Read the clues. Dodge the traps. Bring every Trapling home. Trapplings is a clue-solving rescue puzzle. Every board hides traps and one lost Trapling. Start from the safe corner, reveal tiles, read the number clues, flag the traps, find the creature and reach the portal to carry it home. ADVENTURE - 150 levels across six worlds: Whisper Woods, Ember Jungle, Burning Dunes, Frozen Peaks, Ember Caverns and Moon Hollow - A boss board in every world, with two Traplings to rescue - Earn up to three stars on every level by clearing it with no hints, no revives and no wrong flags COLLECT - 60 Traplings to rescue in the free worlds, each with its own rarity and story - A new Daily Rescue every day: clear it to collect a creature, earn 10 energy and build your streak ENERGY - Each level costs 1 energy, and energy recovers over time - Hints cost 1 energy and revives 2 - Watch an optional ad for +1 energy, up to 5 times a day TRAPPLINGS PLUS A single one-time purchase that unlocks 100 more levels in four new worlds (Tidepool Reef, Skyhaven Isles, Glowcap Hollow and Clockwork Keep), 40 more Traplings, unlimited Adventure energy and no ads, permanently. It does not renew and there is nothing to cancel. Also: Game Center achievements, on iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strongware.dev/apps/trapplings/privacy/

Screenshots

Mystery Case4 screens
Trapplings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trapplings at 100% against Mystery Case's 55%. Trapplings also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mystery Case's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mystery Case sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Trapplings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trapplings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mystery Case has 177 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Mystery Case's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trapplings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mystery Case ships an update every 2 weeks, Trapplings every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mystery Case versus Trapplings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMystery CaseTrapplings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (177 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB150 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJOYSTREAM TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDStrongware LLC

Customer experience

Mystery Case

All ratings177 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative30.0%

Trapplings

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mystery Case

One-time9
  • get 10 inspirations$0.99
  • get 20 inspirations2 variants$1.99
  • get starter pack$1.99
Show 6 more
  • get starter pack$4.99
  • get 60 inspirations$4.99
  • get 100 inspirations$6.99
  • get 200 inspirations$12.99
  • get 900 inspirations$34.99
  • get 600 inspirations$34.99
2 purchases

Trapplings

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Energy$7.991 Month
One-time1
  • Full Energy Refill$1.99

Questions

Is Mystery Case free?
Mystery Case is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trapplings free?
Trapplings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mystery Case or Trapplings?
Trapplings is rated higher. Mystery Case averages 4.7 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Trapplings averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Mystery Case or Trapplings have ads?
Both Mystery Case and Trapplings show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mystery Case or Trapplings?
Mystery Case ships an update every 2 weeks, and Trapplings every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mystery Case was updated on October 30, 2026 and Trapplings on October 13, 2026.

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