Detectea vs Stalky Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Detectea
Investigate fictional phones to uncover hidden secrets and solve mysteries. Explore messages, photos, and payments to piece together the truth and send proof to clients. Uncover new cases and secrets as you progress through interactive episodes.
- Investigate realistic fictional phone apps
- Find clues in chats, photos, notes, payments, maps, emails
- Send proof back to the client
- Answer deduction questions
- Use hints when stuck
- Unlock new cases and secrets
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Detectea is a fake-phone mystery game built for anyone who lives for messy DMs, hidden receipts, suspicious timelines, and drama that does not add up. Every episode gives you a new fictional phone to investigate. Open familiar apps, search messages, photos, notes, payments, maps, calls, emails, and social DMs, then send the proof that actually matters. The truth is never in one place. You have to connect names, dates, locations, screenshots, payments, and tiny contradictions to figure out what really happened. In the first episode, Cindy says her boyfriend Noah disappears every Thursday night. She sends you a copy of his phone and asks you to find out what he is hiding. At first, it looks like a classic relationship mess. But the more you search, the more the story starts to turn. Why play Detectea? - Investigate realistic fictional phone apps - Find clues in chats, photos, notes, payments, maps, emails, and more - Send proof back to the client when you catch something important - Answer short deduction questions to connect the drama - Use hints when you are stuck - Unlock new cases, new phones, and new secrets across episodes Detectea is for players who like interactive stories, mystery games, clue hunting, gossip, relationship drama, and the feeling of finding the one screenshot that changes everything. All phone content is fictional and created for gameplay. Detectea does not access, display, or investigate any real person's private phone. Detectea Premium Subscription Plan: - Weekly: $4.99 - Yearly: $49.99 Payments and Renewal: * Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. * Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. * You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID account settings at any time after purchase. * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy Policy: https://www.apptricksstudio.com/detectea/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stalky Detective
Engage in a fictional detective game where you solve mysteries by examining simulated phone data. Uncover clues within messages, photos, and notes to crack cases and deliver your verdict. Cases range in difficulty from simple dramas to complex investigations.
- Examine simulated phone interfaces
- Recover deleted messages and notes
- Crack codes to locked apps and albums
- Collect and connect clues
- Answer investigation questions
- Deliver final case verdicts
- Play offline
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Stalky Detective is a fictional detective game where you solve cases by examining a simulated phone belonging to a fictional character. A client comes to you with a problem and a phone. A boyfriend never showed up for dinner and won't answer calls. A neighbour has been unreachable for two days and her phone was found on the stairwell floor. Someone is messaging a girl's friends for money from her own account. Every case is a small story where the first impression is almost always wrong. HOW IT WORKS You get a briefing from the client, then pick up the phone. Inside is a familiar interface: messages, gallery, notes, call log, calendar, browser, contacts, mail, files, social. All of it is fictional content written for the investigation. Open the chats, study the photos, read the notes and emails. Every meaningful detail is filed into your case board as a clue. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Recover deleted messages, notes and emails. That is usually where the key is hiding - Crack the codes to hidden albums and locked apps. The hints are scattered across the phone - Collect clues and connect them to each other - Answer investigation questions, which unlock only once you have enough evidence - Deliver your final verdict on the case EIGHT CASES 1. Silence at 21:47 - a boyfriend vanished for the evening and won't pick up 2. The Dropped Call - a neighbour is unreachable and her phone was found on the stairwell floor 3. Login From a New Device - an account is messaging friends for money 4. The Group Fund - part of a shared trip fund has disappeared 5. The Online Prince - money keeps going to a fiance nobody has met 6. The Wrong Phone - a guy vanishes after a party, leaving his phone 7. The 4 AM Review - a coffee shop buried in identical reviews overnight 8. Grandma Nina's Jewellery Box - a box and papers gone while grandma is away Difficulty ranges from a simple family drama to a case where you must not trust the obvious. THE IMPORTANT PART Stalky Detective is a game. The app does NOT access your real messages, contacts, calls, photos, location or accounts, and never asks for such permissions. Every phone, chat, person and event inside the game is fictional and part of the script. The app cannot be used to monitor a real person and is not intended for that. - Cases 1-3 are free to play; the rest open with a subscription - Gameplay works offline; only ads and purchases need a connection - No sign-up, no accounts - 26 languages, switchable inside the app Progress is saved on your device per case. Any case can be replayed from scratch. UPGRADE TO PREMIUM - All eight cases unlocked - New cases as soon as they launch - Enjoy an ad-free experience: no ads to interrupt your investigation Subscription Details: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase. You can cancel your subscription or free trial at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. Subscription Options: - Weekly: $6.99 (3-day free trial) - Annual: $29.99 For other currencies, the price corresponds to the same tier on the App Store Pricing Matrix. Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/stalkydetective/privacy Terms & Conditions - https://sites.google.com/view/stalkydetective/terms Support - valeriimoiseev443@gmail.com EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Detectea at 4.1 against Stalky Detective's 1.0. Detectea also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (70 vs 1). Stalky Detective's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Detectea sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Stalky Detective sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Detectea holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Detectea has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Detectea's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stalky Detective's.
Detectea ships an update fortnightly, Stalky Detective weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Detectea | Stalky Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (70 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 554 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | App Tricks Studio | Valeriu Moiseev |
Customer experience
Detectea
Stalky Detective
In-app purchases
Detectea
- Weekly Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
- Weekly Premium7 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Weekly Premium$6.997 Days
- Annual Premium$19.991 Year
- Annual Premium1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Annual Premium$49.991 Year
- Premium Annual1 Year trial$49.991 Year
Stalky Detective
- Stalky Detective - weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Stalky Detective - Annual Access$29.991 Year
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