Comparison

Cipher vs LCD Game Collection

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

Head to head
About

Cipher

Features
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No ads during puzzles. Every day, a new encoded quote waits for you. Crack the cipher, reveal the message, keep your streak alive. Tap a coded letter. Tap what you think it means. Watch the quote unlock - one letter at a time. - Daily puzzle, fresh every day - Free play with hundreds of quotes - Earn coins, use hints when stuck - Track your streak and stats - Dark, clean design built for focus Simple to learn. Satisfying to solve. By using this app, you agree to the Apple Standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LCD Game Collection

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Relive the golden age of pocket LCD games. LCD Game is a handheld console packed with 16 original games, each drawn in the glowing segments of a classic liquid-crystal screen, with a realistic case, chunky buttons and buzzer beeps. PLAY ANYWHERE, IN LANDSCAPE Pick a game on the selection screen, choose GAME A (relaxed) or GAME B (fast and tough) and try to beat your high score. Every game has its own rules, lives and difficulty curve, and the pace speeds up as your score climbs. 3 GAMES FREE, FOREVER • Moles & Mass: whack the moles before they dive back into their holes. • Mouse Munch: climb the shelves, grab the cheese and dodge the cat. • Speed Run: race through the laps against the clock, with a turbo boost. 13 MORE GAMES WITH THE FULL VERSION A table tennis duel, an alien-invasion defence, a parachute rescue, a disc-flipping strategy game, boxing, snake, a banana-catching monkey, a pizza kitchen, a trampoline rescue team, a fairground shooting gallery, a pirate sea battle, a cheese-chasing maze and a building-site safety patrol. Watch any of them in an automatic demo before you buy. FEATURES • Authentic LCD look: segments, ghost images, printed backgrounds • GAME A and GAME B modes in every game • Score history for each game, with date and time • Built-in manual (HELP button) in English, French, Italian and Spanish • Clock mode, sound on/off, works fully offline • No ads, no tracking, no account, no subscription ONE PURCHASE, NO SURPRISES Unlock all 16 games with a single one-time purchase. Use RESTORE on the purchase screen to get it back on any device signed in with the same Apple Account. All games, characters and artwork are original creations.

Screenshots

Cipher4 screens
LCD Game Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Cipher at 3 against LCD Game Collection's 1. Cipher also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cipher sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LCD Game Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Cipher versus LCD Game Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCipherLCD Game Collection
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEldar TutnjicChristophe Fromage

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Cipher

Subscriptions2
  • Cipher Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cipher Pass Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 Coins$0.99
  • 120 Coins$1.99
  • 300 Coins$3.99
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  • Cipher Pass Lifetime$34.99
1 purchases

LCD Game Collection

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Cipher free?
Cipher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LCD Game Collection free?
LCD Game Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cipher or LCD Game Collection have ads?
Neither Cipher nor LCD Game Collection shows ads.

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