Comparison

Cipher Grid vs CipherStreet

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

Head to head
About

Cipher Grid

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A new secret message to crack. Every single day. Cipher Grid is a daily puzzle game where you decode real encrypted messages using actual historical ciphers. Each puzzle is a quote hidden behind a different code. Your job is to figure out the letters and reveal it. DAILY PUZZLE One new challenge every day. Each day uses a different cipher and difficulty, so no two days feel the same. 18 CIPHERS TO DECODE Caesar. Atbash. ROT13. Morse. Vigenère. Playfair. Semaphore. Maritime Flags. And more. Each one is a real encryption method used throughout history — from ancient scribes to World War spies to modern radio operators. LEARN AS YOU PLAY Built-in lessons explain every cipher from the ground up. No prior knowledge needed. Start as a complete beginner and work your way to mastering techniques used by real cryptographers. ENCRYPT AND DECRYPT A full toolkit covering 22 ciphers, free for everyone. Includes a working Enigma I simulator with configurable rotors, reflector, ring settings, and plugboard, plus the Hill matrix cipher. ZODIAC CHALLENGE A separate set of hand-picked puzzles to solve at your own pace. Free. PRO Unlock unlimited practice puzzles and Secure Message — public-key encrypted messages and photos that only the intended recipient can decrypt. Keys live on your device. Share the envelope as text or QR code, no servers involved. Every future feature added to the app is included. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Everything stays on your device. Available in English, French, German, Dutch, and Chinese. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/ColdCompile/cf9b3ec7bc1f95c6379477e4bd097cf9

About

CipherStreet

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CipherStreet is a story-driven puzzle game where every level is a real cryptographic cipher - from Caesar shifts to RSA public keys - wrapped in a cold-war spy thriller. Intercept encoded messages. Decode them with on-screen tools you discover, not tutorials you sit through. Unlock fragments of a decades-spanning conspiracy with every cipher you crack. By the end of ten chapters you'll have genuinely internalised the foundations of modern cryptography - roughly the first four weeks of a university course — without a single lecture. THE STORY A defector known only as The Architect has built a private intelligence network hidden inside ever more sophisticated ciphers. Your handler, Agent Kovács, sends each intercept with minimal context and maximum urgency. A mole. A missing codebook. A name that keeps reappearing across fifty years. Crack the codes before dawn. TEN CHAPTERS, TEN REAL CIPHERS • Caesar cipher: frequency analysis • Vigenère: the pattern inside the pattern • Rail Fence: transposition • Enigma (simplified): the crib attack that broke a war • Playfair: grid geometry • One-Time Pad: the perfect, unbreakable lock • Diffie-Hellman: sharing a secret in public • RSA: math as a lock • Hash functions: integrity, not secrecy • Steganography: messages hidden in plain sight WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Learn by doing: tools are discovered through play, never explained at you • Real, historically accurate cryptography, all running offline on your device • A genuine spy narrative with characters, twists, and a finale that recasts everything • No punishing fail states: get a cipher wrong and the story simply waits • Build and share your own encrypted intercepts; challenge friends to crack them FREE TO START Chapters 1–2 are completely free, no account required. A single one-time purchase unlocks chapters 3–10 and every cipher type in the Builder. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. The cipher is never the weakest link. The human always is.

Screenshots

Cipher Grid4 screens
CipherStreet4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cipher Grid and CipherStreet are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Grid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.90 per month and CipherStreet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cipher Grid versus CipherStreet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCipher GridCipherStreet
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB115 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFrancois Van MalleghemDenys Popov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cipher Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Cipher Grid Pro$0.901 Month
  • Cipher Grid Pro$9.001 Year
1 purchases

CipherStreet

One-time1
  • Full Unlock — All Chapters$4.99

Questions

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

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