Comparison

Cold Case Bureau vs Last Seen

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

Head to head
About

Cold Case Bureau

Engage in a slow-paced mystery game where you analyze case files, evidence, and suspect testimonies to uncover contradictions. Piece together clues on your investigation board to solve crimes and advance your detective career through increasingly challenging tiers.

Highlights
  • Analyze case files and evidence
  • Identify contradictions in testimonies
  • Use an investigation board
  • Progress through difficulty tiers
  • Offline play
  • Reputation system
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One case a day. The same case for everyone. Nothing to buy, no ads, no account. Cold Case Bureau puts a case file on your desk: the victim, the suspects, the evidence, and somewhere inside it, one story that doesn't hold together. Read the file. Find the two statements that can't both be true. Pin them on the board and watch the string pull tight. Then build your theory, not a guess from a menu, but an argument, element by element. Get part of it right and that part locks in. Get part of it wrong and the case tells you exactly which part, and lets you keep working. THE DAILY CASE Every day the Bureau opens one case, and it's the same case for every player in the world. Solve it, keep your streak alive, and share your result. A spoiler-free grid that shows how you did without giving anything away. INVESTIGATE Four Case Hours, and a case that offers more than four hours of leads. Press a suspect with a piece of evidence and what they say depends on what you chose to show them. Pull records nobody asked for. Send evidence to the lab. Earn a warrant with proof from your board. A wasted half hour is on you, but the case can always be closed from the file alone. Nothing is ever locked behind a guess. THE INVESTIGATION BOARD Real red string. Connect two pieces of evidence that contradict each other and the connection is established permanently. The board is where you prove people are lying. THE ARCHIVE More than ninety past Daily cases, free to work in any order, from quick Rookie files to five-suspect Senior investigations with paper trails that close like a net. FAIR PLAY, GUARANTEED Every case is verified solvable from its own evidence before it ships. Every question has exactly one answer the file supports. If you reason correctly, you win - that's the whole promise. No ads. No purchases. No timers that want your money. Just cases.

About

Last Seen

Step into the shoes of a detective and solve daily cases by examining a suspect's phone. Uncover secrets through messages, photos, and call logs to accuse suspects and reveal the truth. Compete with others on leaderboards and experience a pure noir atmosphere.

Highlights
  • Daily new cases
  • Phone evidence investigation
  • Deduction-based gameplay
  • Multiplayer duels
  • Global leaderboards
  • Noir atmosphere
Features
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You're the detective. The only evidence? Their phone. LAST SEEN puts a suspect's phone in your hands and dares you to crack the case. Read the messages, scroll the photos, check the call log, the banking app, the dating profiles, the deleted drafts — everyone's hiding something. Then accuse across six angles — WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW and WHY — and find out how sharp your instincts really are. • A NEW CASE EVERY DAY — noir short stories: affairs, disappearances, heists, betrayals • DEDUCTION, NOT LUCK — every clue counts, every wrong guess teaches you something • COMPETE & TEAM UP — daily & global leaderboards, multiplayer duels, detective clans • PURE NOIR — a rain-slicked, jazz-tinged atmosphere built for the part Free to play. Last Seen+ unlocks the full archive, multiplayer and ad-free. The truth is on the phone. Go find it. Terms of Use: https://last-seen.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://last-seen.app/privacy

Screenshots

Cold Case Bureau4 screens
Last Seen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cold Case Bureau at none against Last Seen's 6. Cold Case Bureau also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). Last Seen's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Last Seen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Cold Case Bureau asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cold Case Bureau holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cold Case Bureau's written reviews are positive against 40% of Last Seen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cold Case Bureau ships an update every 2 months, Last Seen every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cold Case Bureau versus Last Seen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCold Case BureauLast Seen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB83 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperThomas MastersSecarius

Customer experience

Cold Case Bureau

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Last Seen

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cold Case Bureau

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Last Seen

Subscriptions3
  • Last Seen+ Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Last Seen+ Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Last Seen+ Annual$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Handful of Coins$2.99
  • Stack of Coins$5.99
  • Vault of Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Cold Case Bureau free?
Cold Case Bureau is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Last Seen free?
Last Seen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cold Case Bureau or Last Seen?
Cold Case Bureau is rated higher. Cold Case Bureau averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Last Seen averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Cold Case Bureau or Last Seen have ads?
Last Seen shows ads; Cold Case Bureau does not.
Which is updated more often, Cold Case Bureau or Last Seen?
Cold Case Bureau ships an update every 2 months, and Last Seen every 4 days. Most recently, Cold Case Bureau was updated on October 6, 2026 and Last Seen on October 9, 2026.

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