Comparison

Bus Loop Away vs Pocket Detective

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

Head to head
About

Bus Loop Away

Features
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Bus Loop Away is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where you guide colorful passengers onto matching buses to clear every stop in the city. HOW TO PLAY Passengers wait in colored stacks across the grid. Tap a bus to send it down its lane, picking up passengers that match its color along the way. Fill every seat, clear every stack, and send each bus away to complete the level. SIMPLE BUT ADDICTIVE Easy to learn with one-tap controls. As levels progress, you'll need to read the board, plan your routes, and decide which bus to dispatch first — one wrong move can block the entire line. EXCITING CHALLENGES - Spawners: Endless passenger sources that keep the pressure on - Barriers: Block paths until you clear the way - Color Stacks: Only matching buses can pick them up - Multi-Color Stacks: Layered passengers waiting for the right bus in the right order - One-Way Lanes: Plan your direction carefully — there's no going back HELPFUL BOOSTERS Stuck on a level? Boosters have your back: - Hint: Reveals the next smart move - Time Freeze: Pause the clock and rethink your plan - Pop Jump: Skip a passenger to the front of the queue - Magnet: Pull matching passengers straight to the bus SATISFYING GAMEPLAY Enjoy smooth animations, snap haptic feedback every time a bus fills up and rolls away. ke a tiny victory. Download Bus Loop Away and sty today.

About

Pocket Detective

A logic puzzle game where you deduce criminals by analyzing statements and role-based rules. Progress through cases, compete on leaderboards, and play offline.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzle gameplay
  • Interrogate suspects
  • Role-based deduction
  • Multiple game modes
  • Offline play
  • Detailed statistics
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Pocket Detective is a single-player logic game about catching liars. Study the case file, interrogate suspects, test their statements against the rules of their claimed roles, and arrest every criminal. Witnesses tell the truth. Criminals lie while posing as witnesses. Bystanders are not criminals, but they can still disrupt the investigation. Each of 40 roles brings its own information, passive effect, or ability. The answer is on the board. You just have to prove it. • Academy: Learn the rules step by step across more than 30 handcrafted cases. New roles and mechanics are introduced as you progress. • Career: Solve as many cases as possible before your three lives run out. Build your score and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. • Daily Case: Everyone receives the same new investigation each day. • Custom Case: Choose the suspects, criminals, and role sets yourself, or enter a Case Number to replay a known investigation. • Track your record: Review detailed statistics, compare your performance across roles and modes, and earn Game Center achievements. • Play offline: Case generation and gameplay work without an internet connection. Pocket Detective is designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad. Download free and play Academy Tier 1. Complete it to unlock Career, Daily Case, and Custom Case with a starter set of roles. A small one-time Full Game purchase unlocks Academy Tiers 2 through 5, and all 40 roles. There are no subscriptions or consumable purchases.

Screenshots

Bus Loop Away4 screens
Pocket Detective4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bus Loop Away at none against Pocket Detective's 1. Bus Loop Away also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Pocket Detective's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Detective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bus Loop Away asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bus Loop Away ships an update every 4 days, Pocket Detective every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bus Loop Away versus Pocket Detective: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBus Loop AwayPocket Detective
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB82 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEmine CakirCameron Shemilt

In-app purchases

None

Bus Loop Away

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pocket Detective

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Bus Loop Away free?
Bus Loop Away is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Detective free?
Pocket Detective is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bus Loop Away or Pocket Detective have ads?
Bus Loop Away shows ads; Pocket Detective does not.
Which is updated more often, Bus Loop Away or Pocket Detective?
Bus Loop Away ships an update every 4 days, and Pocket Detective every 2 days. Most recently, Bus Loop Away was updated on September 30, 2026 and Pocket Detective on October 8, 2026.

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