Comparison

Decoder Terminal vs Roomers

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

Head to head
About

Decoder Terminal

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A secret cipher of four colored keys is hidden inside the system. You have seven attempts to crack it. DECODER is a code-breaking puzzle — a modern take on the classic Mastermind — wrapped in the aesthetic of a green-on-black decryption terminal. Lock in a guess, hit RUN, and the system reports back: • HIT — right color, right slot • NEAR — right color, wrong slot The hints never tell you WHICH slot is right. Read them, reason it out, and narrow the cipher down before your attempts run out. Crack it in four hits to breach the system. Burn all seven and the cipher stays sealed. NO LUCK. JUST LOGIC. Every cipher is solvable by pure deduction. There are no power-ups, no timers, no ads, no accounts — just you against the code. TWO CLEARANCE LEVELS • EASY · 6 colors — learn the ropes • ADVANCED · 8 colors — for hardened operators Colors can repeat, so don't assume the obvious. BUILT FOR THE CRAFT • A tactile CRT terminal interface — scanlines, glow, and a blinking cursor • Colorblind-friendly: every key carries a letter, never color alone • Honors Reduce Motion • Tracks your stats per clearance level: solve rate, current streak, and best run • Fully offline. No sign-up, no tracking, no nonsense. Read the hints. Breach the system.

About

Roomers

Solve cozy murder-mystery logic puzzles by deducing the killer's location. Each case presents a crime scene with suspects and clues, requiring pure deduction to find the solution. Enjoy daily cases or unlock endless mysteries with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Murder-mystery logic puzzles
  • Deduction-based gameplay
  • Daily free cases
  • Offline play
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • Comfortable design features
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Every room has a story. One hides a killer. Roomers is a cozy murder-mystery logic puzzle. Each case is a crime scene: a floor plan divided into rooms, furnished with tables, chairs, and secrets. Place every suspect so each row and column holds exactly one person, follow each suspect's clue, and when the board is solved, accuse. The murderer is whoever ends up alone in a room with the victim. NO GUESSING, EVER Every case has exactly one solution, provable by pure deduction. If you're stuck, the answer is already on the board. You just haven't seen it yet. STUCK? THREE FREE HINTS The lightbulb nudges you in three steps: who to look at, which room, then the exact square. Free and unlimited, with a switch in Settings if you'd rather go without. THE DAILY CASE, FREE One fresh case a day, the same for every detective in the world. Build a streak. Defend it. 41 HAND-CHECKED CASE FILES, FREE From gentle 6×6 warm-ups to expert 8×8 brain-benders, across twenty themed locales: dinner parties, ski lodges, aquariums, lighthouses, and grandma's house. Each locale has its own colors now, light and dark, and solved cases file themselves away. TROPHIES Twelve to earn: a flawless case, a week-long streak, a case in every locale, a solve after midnight. The win screen tells you when you've set a new best for a difficulty. ROOMERS UNLIMITED: ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER • Endless cases: conjure a brand-new, never-before-seen mystery on demand, at any difficulty. • The Daily Case archive: reopen every daily you missed. • No subscription. No account. No ads. Works completely offline. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, play full screen in portrait or landscape. In landscape the clue cards sit beside the board, detective's-desk style. EN ESPAÑOL The whole game, clue sentences included, follows your device language: English or Spanish. BUILT TO BE PLAYED BY EVERYONE VoiceOver with board rotors for furniture, suspects, notes and clue squares. Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility size. Reduce Motion, Differentiate Without Color, and 4.5:1 contrast throughout. Much of it was shaped by blind and low-vision players who wrote in. DESIGNED FOR COMFORT Pencil notes, auto-marking, undo, a furniture legend, satisfying haptics. Follow the system appearance or force Light/Dark, tune clue highlighting (exact squares, rooms only, or off), hold to peek at the board before you accuse, or let a solved board close the case by itself. A timer if you want one; peace if you don't.

Screenshots

Decoder Terminal4 screens
Roomers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Decoder Terminal at none against Roomers's 1. Decoder Terminal also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Roomers's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Roomers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Decoder Terminal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Decoder Terminal ships an update daily, Roomers every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Decoder Terminal versus Roomers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecoder TerminalRoomers
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—25 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTwinning Trails LLCLuis Espinal

In-app purchases

None

Decoder Terminal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roomers

One-time1
  • Roomers Unlimited$6.99

Questions

Is Decoder Terminal free?
Decoder Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roomers free?
Roomers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Decoder Terminal or Roomers have ads?
Decoder Terminal shows ads; Roomers does not.
Which is updated more often, Decoder Terminal or Roomers?
Decoder Terminal ships an update daily, and Roomers every 3 weeks. Most recently, Decoder Terminal was updated on October 8, 2026 and Roomers on October 24, 2026.

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