Comparison

Cipher Munch vs NazoRaku

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

Head to head
About

Cipher Munch

This app offers a vast collection of cryptogram puzzles, featuring various classical ciphers. It's designed for both casual players and serious competitors, providing tools and practice for academic cryptography events. Enjoy quotes from famous figures while honing your code-breaking skills.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted cryptogram puzzles
  • Classical cipher variety (Atbash, Caesar, Vigenère, etc.)
  • Competition-focused practice tools
  • Daily streak and achievements
  • Offline play
  • Light and dark themes
Features
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Cipher Munch is a hand-crafted cryptogram collection for code crackers, word game puzzle lovers, and curious minds from beginners to experts. Whether you want casual cryptogram practice or serious aristocrat practice for competition, each puzzle hides a memorable quote behind a classical cipher. Crack the code and enjoy the quote. Designed for cipher competition coaches and students. No ads. No Wi-Fi needed. Syncs your stats between iPhone, iPad, iPad on Mac when it can. WHAT YOU'LL SOLVE • Atbash: basic mirror substitutions • Visual ciphers: Pigpen, the Dancing Men from Sherlock Holmes, and the Knights Templar cipher • Caesar: the cipher Julius Caesar wrote with • Aristocrats: classic letter-substitution cryptograms with spaces preserved • Aristocrat K1, K2 & K3: keyword ciphers with a scrambled alphabet • Patristocrats K1 & K2: letters regrouped into 5-letter blocks, no word boundaries • Affine: number-based substitutions • Vigenère: a repeating keyword shifts every letter differently • Xenocrypt: Spanish-language aristocrats (27-letter alphabet, with the Ñ) EVERY PUZZLE IS A REAL QUOTE Thousands of quotes from writers, scientists, philosophers, and statesmen, including Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Aristotle, and many more. It's cryptogram practice that leaves you a little smarter than it found you. PERFECT FOR COMPETITION PRACTICE Cipher Munch is purpose-built for the classical-cipher events at academic cryptography competitions. The formats covered (Aristocrat, Patristocrat, Xenocrypt, Caesar, Affine, Atbash, Vigenère, and keyword variants) are standard at the high-school and collegiate level. If you need focused aristocrat practice, there are thousands of puzzles waiting. The frequency grid, in-puzzle hints, per-cipher stats, and hardware-keyboard support turn solo aristocrat practice into real timed-event readiness. BUILT FOR BEGINNERS AND SERIOUS SOLVERS Lots of help, depending on your level: • Frequency highlighting • Multiple-letter highlighting • Error highlighting • Translation tables • Caesar and Vigenère decoders • Print & Share • Custom keyboard tuned for fast letter-mapping • Hardware-keyboard support • Cipher reference sheet and a step-by-step guide for every cipher • Adjustable puzzle text size • Per-cipher progress tracking and stats • Light and dark themes that look great • Works completely offline: no account, no tracking, no ads Every tool is there to make your cryptogram practice faster and your code cracking sharper. ACHIEVEMENTS & DAILY STREAK • Daily streak: your current solving streak lives right on the main menu; solve at least one puzzle a day to keep it going • Achievements: unlock badges for total puzzles solved, milestones within each cipher type, and streak lengths • Tap any achievement to see the details and your progress, and share the ones you've earned as a polished gold medallion image BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL • Many packs per cipher type: a free Starter pack plus bundles by category, and a Mega Bundle • iCloud sync: your progress and stats back up automatically and follow you to a new device, no account needed PRIVACY FIRST No ads, no tracking, no sign-up, and we don't collect your personal data. Your progress syncs through your own private iCloud account, so it follows you to a new phone and stays private (we can't see it). UPGRADE WHEN YOU'RE READY Start free with the Starter pack for every cipher type, plenty for daily cryptogram practice. Unlock more with: • A single volume: one-time purchase • A cipher-type subscription: all volumes of one cipher • All Access: every cipher, every volume, unlimited hints Whether you're a weekend code cracker or training for a title, there's a path for you. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period and can be managed in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://CipherMunch.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://CipherMunch.com/terms-of-use.html

About

NazoRaku

Features
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A puzzle game where you UNDERSTAND ciphers by solving them - not by reading about them. From the Caesar cipher to RSA and hashing, crack classic and modern ciphers one stage at a time, and the way each cipher works clicks into place. Work out the key from a clue and enter it, spot letters with frequency analysis, reverse-look up a grid - relive that "aha" moment of decryption again and again. [ 9 ciphers, 57 puzzles ] Classic ciphers - free, 40 puzzles - Caesar (10) - Shift letters; work out the shift from the crib and enter it - Vigenere (10) - Polyalphabetic with a keyword; guess the key - Substitution (8) - One-to-one swap; crack it with frequency analysis - Transposition (6) - See through the reordering - Polybius Square (6) - Letters to numbers via a 5x5 grid; reverse-look up Modern ciphers - 17 puzzles - XOR (6, free) - Exclusive OR; XOR with the key to recover the text - Public-Key, simplified RSA (4, Modern Cipher Pack) - Work out the number locked with the public key - Hash Function (4, Modern Cipher Pack) - Feel one-wayness; find an input that collides to the same output - Block Cipher, AES-style (3, Modern Cipher Pack) - Step through add-key, substitute, and permute, one move at a time [ Features ] - Explanation right after you solve - history, real-world usage, weaknesses, and the bridge to modern tech - Staged hints - the first level is free; reveal more step by step when stuck (keeps the "I solved it" feeling) - No ads at all while you are solving a puzzle - designed to preserve focus - Achievement badges and stats (including your daily solving streak) - iPhone and iPad - Japanese and English (UI, puzzle text, and hints; follows the device language) - Ciphertext shown in an easy-to-read monospaced font [ Who is this for ] - Anyone who loves puzzles and riddles - Students and engineers curious about cryptography and security - People who want quick brain-training in spare moments [ Part of the Raku Series ] The third information-systems title of the Raku Series. Knowledge from ARURAKU (algorithms) and DATARAKU (data structures) pays off in NazoRaku's decryption - hashing and modular exponentiation tie ciphers back to the fundamentals. [ Pricing ] Free to play. All 40 classic-cipher puzzles and the 6 XOR puzzles are free. In-app purchases: hint tickets (1 or a 10-pack), Remove Ads, the Modern Cipher Pack (unlocks public-key, hash, and block ciphers), and an all-in-one Premium (remove ads + all stages + unlimited hints). Non-consumable purchases can be restored from "Restore" in Settings / Store (hint tickets are consumable and cannot be restored). [ Ads ] To keep the app free, ads are shown at the bottom of screens such as Home and the stage list. No ads are shown on the screen where you solve puzzles. On first launch, the app asks whether ads tailored to your interests (personalized ads) may be shown. You can change this anytime from "Ad Settings" in Settings / Store.

Screenshots

Cipher Munch4 screens
NazoRaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cipher Munch at none against NazoRaku's shown. Cipher Munch also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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 Munch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NazoRaku sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cipher Munch ships an update every 4 days, NazoRaku every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cipher Munch versus NazoRaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCipher MunchNazoRaku
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehra PirzadehFuji Bit Inc.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cipher Munch

Subscriptions10
  • Caesar Access$3.991 Month
  • Aristocrat K1 Access$3.991 Month
  • Patristocrat K1 Access$3.991 Month
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  • Affine Access$3.991 Month
  • Atbash Access$3.991 Month
  • Knights Templar Access$3.991 Month
  • Patristocrat K2 Access$3.991 Month
  • Dancing Men Access$3.991 Month
  • Pigpen Access$3.991 Month
  • Xenocrypt Access$3.991 Month
5 purchases

NazoRaku

One-time5
  • 1 Hint Ticket$0.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • 10 Hint Tickets$5.99
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  • Modern Cipher Pack$5.99
  • Premium (All-in-One)$14.99

Questions

Is Cipher Munch free?
Cipher Munch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NazoRaku free?
NazoRaku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cipher Munch or NazoRaku have ads?
NazoRaku shows ads; Cipher Munch does not.
Which is updated more often, Cipher Munch or NazoRaku?
Cipher Munch ships an update every 4 days, and NazoRaku every 2 months. Most recently, Cipher Munch was updated on October 8, 2026 and NazoRaku on October 10, 2026.

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