Comparison

Cipher Grid vs CIPHER

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

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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

CIPHER

Solve daily word puzzles that build upon each other throughout the week. Unscramble words to reveal key letters, then use them to find a daily keyword. Collect keywords to uncover a hidden week-long word.

Highlights
  • Daily themed word puzzles
  • Unscramble words to find key letters
  • Solve daily keywords
  • Collect keywords for a weekly word
  • Streak tracking
  • Playable offline
  • Light and dark themes
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Six words. One keyword. Every day. CIPHER is a daily word puzzle that builds and connects as the week goes on. Each day brings a new theme and six scrambled words. Unscramble them to reveal their key letters, then use those letters to crack the day's keyword. Every day lifts a letter to the week. By Sunday, you will have seven, and they spell a hidden week word. Solve the daily puzzles, then put it all together. HOW IT WORKS • Each day has a theme and six jumbled words. • Every word you solve reveals one key letter. • Unscramble the six key letters to find the day's keyword. • Each keyword gives up one letter to the week word. • Solve all seven days, then crack the week word. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY Puzzles unlock at midnight Eastern, one per day, every day. Themes run from the everyday to the delightfully specific, and every week brings something new. KEEP YOUR STREAK Solve each day's puzzle on its day to build your streak. Share your results with a spoiler-free card that shows how you did without giving away a single answer. NEVER MISS A WEEK Missed a day? Past days in the current week are always open, and every earlier week lives in the archive. MADE TO FIT YOUR DAY • Light and dark themes, or match your phone's setting. • Optional daily reminders, so you never miss a puzzle. • Choose your home screen icon. • Play without an account, or sign in with Apple or Google to keep your progress safe and take it across devices or to a new phone. FREE, WITH NO ADS CIPHER is free to play. No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no in-app purchases. Just the puzzle. A few minutes a day. One hidden word a week. See if you can crack it.

Screenshots

Cipher Grid4 screens
CIPHER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CIPHER at none against Cipher Grid's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Grid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.90 per month. CIPHER asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cipher Grid versus CIPHER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCipher GridCIPHER
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancois Van MalleghemSeth Mitchell

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cipher Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Cipher Grid Pro$0.901 Month
  • Cipher Grid Pro$9.001 Year
None

CIPHER

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cipher Grid free?
Cipher Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CIPHER free?
CIPHER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cipher Grid or CIPHER have ads?
Neither Cipher Grid nor CIPHER shows ads.

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