baut. vs Pocket Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
baut.
A minimalist arcade game testing your reflexes and timing. Survive increasingly difficult rounds with one-tap controls and unlock new visual themes. Compete for high scores and challenge friends on leaderboards.
- Precision one-tap gameplay
- Increasing difficulty
- Unlockable visual themes
- Minimalist visuals
- High-score focused
- Hardcore mode
- Game Center Leaderboards
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Fast reflexes. Precise timing. baut. is a minimalist arcade challenge built for quick sessions and instant retries. As the difficulty increases, surviving even a few more rounds becomes increasingly challenging. How far can you go? Game features: - Precision-based one-tap gameplay. - Increasing difficulty and dynamic movement. - Stylish unlockable visual themes. - Smooth minimalist visuals and satisfying effects. - High-score focused arcade gameplay. - Hardcore mode for an additional challenge. - Challenge your friends through Game Center Leaderboards.
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.
- Logic puzzle gameplay
- Interrogate suspects
- Role-based deduction
- Multiple game modes
- Offline play
- Detailed statistics
- Game Center integration
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Detective at 5.0 against baut.'s 4.0. Pocket Detective also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. baut. sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Detective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Detective holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
baut. ships an update every 10 days, Pocket Detective every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | baut. | Pocket Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | Cameron Shemilt |
Customer experience
baut.
Pocket Detective
In-app purchases
baut.
- 5 tokens$0.99
- 15 tokens$1.99
Pocket Detective
- Full Game$4.99
