Comparison

Zitatknacker vs Quill

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

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About

Zitatknacker

Decode encrypted quotes and proverbs in six languages. This logic puzzle game offers daily challenges, a vast archive, and hints to help you crack the code. Enjoy brain training with a collection of wisdom and wit.

Highlights
  • Decode encrypted quotes
  • Six supported languages
  • Daily puzzles
  • Quote archive
  • Hints and checking
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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A quote, encrypted. Every letter stands for another one. You crack the code - and what you get back is a sentence that was worth the work. SIX LANGUAGES, REAL ORIGINALS English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese - over 4,300 quotes and proverbs in all. Nothing is translated: each language has its own body of genuine quotes and proverbs. You can filter by origin as well - British, Irish or American sayings, French, Belgian or Swiss, Spanish or Latin American, Portuguese or Brazilian. You pick the puzzle language independently of the interface language. WHAT IS A CRYPTOGRAM? A cryptogram is a letter puzzle: a sentence has been encrypted with a substitution cipher, so every letter stands for another one. In Zitatknacker every puzzle hides a genuine quote or proverb that you decode step by step. If you enjoy word puzzles, logic puzzles or secret codes, this is a calm mix of brain training and word play. HOW IT WORKS Tap an encrypted symbol and choose the letter you think is behind it. The guess applies across the whole quote at once, and every matching symbol lights up with it. The frequency strip shows which symbol appears most often - which is how a substitution cipher is actually broken. No timer, no guessing games. A NEW QUOTE EVERY DAY Each language has its own daily puzzle. Every quote you crack shows its author, its source and a short note on what it actually means. Your collection grows with every solved puzzle and can be browsed by author. TOPICS FOR EVERY MOOD Wit and sharp tongues, courage and starting, love and friendship, work and money, failure and resilience, everyday wisdom - plus easy, medium and hard. Pick whatever suits today. INCLUDED WITHOUT A PURCHASE - Three short starter puzzles in every language - Two sample puzzles in every topic - The daily puzzle, every day, in every language - The last seven days to catch up, so a broken streak is never lost - Hints, check and undo - Streak, statistics and your quote collection - Language and origin selection - Achievements and leaderboards - Light, dark or system theme, on phone and tablet UNLOCK ONCE - NO SUBSCRIPTION - The complete archive of every past daily puzzle - Every topic in full, in all six languages - More generous hints - Cloud backup for your progress and collection One purchase opens all included languages. If you bought before, the new languages cost you nothing. TIPS FOR DECODING Start with the most frequent symbols: in English texts that is often the E. Look at short words, common endings and double letters. Every correct guess applies to the whole quote at once and gives you new clues. If you get stuck, hints and the check help - you decide how much help you want. A built-in letter keyboard keeps the guessing quick, and a finished quote shows you its author and source, so every solved puzzle teaches you something. WHO IS IT FOR? Anyone who likes quotes, proverbs and wisdom and enjoys a good brain teaser. A round takes just a few minutes, the daily puzzle fits into any break, and your streak keeps you coming back. No hurry, no ads. THE TEXTS The corpus is curated and in the public domain: traditional proverbs and sayings, and quotes from authors whose copyright expired long ago. There is no user-generated content. No ads. No subscription. No mandatory account. Your data is never sold.

About

Quill

Features
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Eight word puzzles on one desk, made fresh on your phone: word search, a letter wheel, word ladders, a seven-letter hive, a letter grid, fill-ins, ciphers and a daily five-letter guess. Every puzzle is built right here, from a dictionary that knows the difference between a word and nonsense. No ads. The eight Search — find every word on the list, in any direction, on boards from 8×8 to 16×16. Scramble — drag through the letter wheel; the words that fit drop into a crossword. Ladder — turn one word into another, one letter a rung. Hive — seven letters, one in the center, every word you can make; find the pangram. Grid — swipe through touching tiles; every real word counts, and there is a timed mode. Fill-In — fit every word on the list into the grid; the crossings have to agree. Cipher — a quotation in a substitution cipher; crack it letter by letter. Five — the daily five-letter guess, with a hard mode. Made, not served Quill has no level packs to run out of. Each puzzle is generated on your phone from a tiered English lexicon — common words for the answers, a wide dictionary for what you find along the way — and graded before you see it, so Easy is easy and Expert is not. A word search mixes its directions and crosses its words, and every grid is a fresh one. A hundred and fifty themed word search packs come along too. A Post every day Every day brings a Post of eight, one puzzle of each kind, the same for everyone and built from the date. Solve one and your streak lives; solve all eight and you bank a freeze for a day you miss. The calendar keeps every day. Nothing you can lose No ads. No energy, no lives, no coins, and no timer on a puzzle unless you ask for one. Check, Undo, Restart and Shuffle are unlimited and free. A hint is a button you press: a small bank that refills with time, and nothing is sold by the piece. Two looks Glass: panes over calm, living scenes, in five accents. Study: a rendered desk of oak, ceramic, slate, brass and marble on paper, in four rooms. Switch whenever you like. Yours, on your phone Works offline. No account, no sign-in, no server: every puzzle is made here and nothing about your play leaves the phone. Export a backup file whenever you like and import it on another device. Twenty-two languages, color-blind marks, reduce motion, large targets, a left-handed layout, and a board a screen reader reads tile by tile. One purchase, not a subscription Every type, the Easy and Medium levels, the smaller sizes, today's Post, twelve packs and three of the four rooms are free. Quill Unlocked adds the rest: every size and level, every past day of the Post, all hundred and fifty packs, the fourth room with the brass and marble tiles, all-time stats, and a bigger, faster hint bank. One payment, held by your Apple Account and restored with one button on any device you sign into. Offline, and no ads. A calm word game for anyone who likes to think: word search, word ladder, cryptogram, anagram, fill in puzzle, spelling puzzle, crossword puzzle, daily word game, offline word games.

Screenshots

Zitatknacker4 screens
Quill4 screens

Verdict

The call

Zitatknacker and Quill are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Zitatknacker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Zitatknacker versus Quill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZitatknackerQuill
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian Hermann und Martina Hermann GbRRehan Shaikh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zitatknacker

One-time1
  • Zitatknacker Complete$2.99
1 purchases

Quill

One-time1
  • Quill Unlocked$2.99

Questions

Is Zitatknacker free?
Zitatknacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quill free?
Quill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zitatknacker or Quill have ads?
Neither Zitatknacker nor Quill shows ads.

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