Lover's Scratch vs DC34 CTF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lover's Scratch
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Your partner hides prizes inside scratch cards — you scratch to reveal what you won. One card per day. One couple. Endless fun. Lover's Scratch turns your relationship into a daily game. Your partner secretly creates prizes (a massage, a date night, breakfast in bed — anything) and assigns rarity tiers. You scratch a card each day and discover what you've won. It's personal, surprising, and makes every single day together a little more exciting. SCRATCH CARDS MADE BY YOUR PARTNER Your partner decides the prizes and how rare they are. Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, or Legendary — the rarer the prize, the harder it is to win. When you finally land that gold Legendary card, it hits different. Feature: Personalized scratch cards Benefit: Every prize means something because your partner chose it Outcome: Daily surprises that strengthen your connection SNAKES & LADDERS BOARD GAME Every scratch earns you a dice roll on a shared board game. Land on hearts for bonus scratches, climb ladders, dodge snakes, and complete levels together. Reaching the end unlocks 4 free scratch cards. Feature: Integrated board game progression Benefit: Gives you a shared goal beyond the daily scratch Outcome: Something to work toward together, every single day COUPLE STREAKS & MILESTONES Both partners scratch on the same day? Your streak grows. Build it to 7, 30, 100 days and celebrate milestones with confetti. Miss a day and it resets — so keep each other accountable. Feature: Shared streak counter Benefit: Creates a fun daily habit you do together Outcome: A ritual that keeps your relationship playful MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 5 color themes (Pink, Ocean, Lavender, Sunset, Mint). Replace default emojis with KLIPY stickers for your scratch cards. Add items to your Wishlist so your partner knows exactly what prizes you'd love. Feature: Themes, custom stickers, wishlists Benefit: The game feels uniquely yours as a couple Outcome: A personalized space that reflects your relationship CONNECT IN SECONDS One partner creates a game, the other joins with a short invite code. No accounts, no passwords — you're scratching within 60 seconds. Feature: Invite code pairing Benefit: Zero friction to start playing Outcome: More time scratching, less time setting up Your data stays between you and your partner. We use Firebase enterprise-grade security. No social feeds, no public profiles, no data selling. This is your private space. Stop scrolling through the same apps. Start your daily scratch ritual with your partner today — it takes 60 seconds to set up and zero effort to fall in love with. Download Lover's Scratch now. Your partner is waiting.
DC34 CTF
Engage in a challenging capture-the-flag game with diverse puzzles spanning cryptography, physical challenges, and hardware integration. Unlock fourteen channels, solve intricate problems without hints, and compete on a live leaderboard for prizes. The game is locked until the DEF CON 34 convention begins.
- Capture the Flag gameplay
- 14 diverse puzzle channels
- Cryptographic and physical challenges
- Hardware integration puzzles
- Live in-app leaderboard
- Unlockable prizes
- Hidden secrets
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DC34 CTF is a capture-the-flag game built for DEF CON 34. Fourteen channels are dark. Your job is to light them up. Download before the con. The app locks until the convention opens. When the doors open at LVCC West Hall in Las Vegas on August 7, it unlocks and the game begins. FOURTEEN CHANNELS. ONE FINAL TARGET. Every channel is a different kind of puzzle. Some are cryptographic. Some are physical. Some require hardware your phone didn't know it would be using. No hints. No walkthrough. Figure it out. The challenges span XOR ciphers, steganography, DTMF tone analysis, radio direction finding, Bluetooth beacon hunting, geolocation, reverse image search, physical navigation, NFC, speech recognition, and more. Your phone's full sensor suite is in play — camera, microphone, GPS, accelerometer, compass, Bluetooth, NFC. PRIZES The first three players to complete all fourteen channels and claim the final flag receive physical prizes: gold, silver, and copper coins. Finishers four through thirteen get pins. Your rank is permanent — logged to the live leaderboard the moment you scan the hand. THE LEADERBOARD A live in-app finishers board tracks every player who completes the game, ranked by completion time. Watch it fill up in real time. THERE IS MORE The app has secrets that have nothing to do with the flags. Some people will find them. Most won't. REQUIREMENTS iOS 17 or later. Game Center must be enabled — the app authenticates silently at launch. Several challenges require network access, Bluetooth, NFC, location services, camera, and microphone. Grant permissions as the game asks for them or miss the challenges that need them. The app is locked until August 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT. Show up at DEF CON 34, LVCC West Hall, Las Vegas. You can play anywhere, but final flag unlocking prizes is only available in-person.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DC34 CTF at none against Lover's Scratch's 1. DC34 CTF also leads on ads (none vs shown). Lover's Scratch's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Lover's Scratch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DC34 CTF asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lover's Scratch ships an update daily, DC34 CTF every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lover's Scratch | DC34 CTF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Carvalho | Jeremy Yablan |
In-app purchases
Lover's Scratch
- PRO MAX LOVER - No Ads$2.99
DC34 CTF
No in-app purchases









