CipherStreet vs Casefile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CipherStreet
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CipherStreet is a story-driven puzzle game where every level is a real cryptographic cipher - from Caesar shifts to RSA public keys - wrapped in a cold-war spy thriller. Intercept encoded messages. Decode them with on-screen tools you discover, not tutorials you sit through. Unlock fragments of a decades-spanning conspiracy with every cipher you crack. By the end of ten chapters you'll have genuinely internalised the foundations of modern cryptography - roughly the first four weeks of a university course — without a single lecture. THE STORY A defector known only as The Architect has built a private intelligence network hidden inside ever more sophisticated ciphers. Your handler, Agent Kovács, sends each intercept with minimal context and maximum urgency. A mole. A missing codebook. A name that keeps reappearing across fifty years. Crack the codes before dawn. TEN CHAPTERS, TEN REAL CIPHERS • Caesar cipher: frequency analysis • Vigenère: the pattern inside the pattern • Rail Fence: transposition • Enigma (simplified): the crib attack that broke a war • Playfair: grid geometry • One-Time Pad: the perfect, unbreakable lock • Diffie-Hellman: sharing a secret in public • RSA: math as a lock • Hash functions: integrity, not secrecy • Steganography: messages hidden in plain sight WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Learn by doing: tools are discovered through play, never explained at you • Real, historically accurate cryptography, all running offline on your device • A genuine spy narrative with characters, twists, and a finale that recasts everything • No punishing fail states: get a cipher wrong and the story simply waits • Build and share your own encrypted intercepts; challenge friends to crack them FREE TO START Chapters 1–2 are completely free, no account required. A single one-time purchase unlocks chapters 3–10 and every cipher type in the Builder. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. The cipher is never the weakest link. The human always is.
Casefile
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You are handed a box of evidence from an unsolved murder. Police reports, witness interviews, crime scene photos, phone records, a coroner's report, newspaper clippings. Everything the detectives had. The killer is somewhere in the file. Your job is to find them. CASEFILE is a cold case detective game. No hand-holding, no arrow pointing at the answer. You read the documents, cross-reference the details, catch the one lie that doesn't line up, and prove who did it. HOW IT PLAYS - Work through a real case file packed with authentic-looking evidence. - Crack it by cross-referencing at least three documents. No single page gives it away. - Clear objectives to move forward: establish the timeline, narrow the suspects, then name the killer and the motive. - Interrogate suspects in live conversation. Ask the right questions, present the right evidence, catch them in a contradiction. WHY IT HOLDS UP - Every clue ties back to the case. No filler, no dead ends. - Every lie is catchable somewhere in the evidence. - Every red herring has andig. The first case is free, start to finish. Close it and a membership unlocks the full library plus a new case every month. Play solo, or bring in others on the Duo and Squad tiers. The file is on your desk, detective. Terms of Use: https://casefile.techapps.dev/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Casefile at 5.0 against CipherStreet's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. CipherStreet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Casefile sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Casefile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | CipherStreet | Casefile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Denys Popov | Cornerstone Technology Consulting |
In-app purchases
CipherStreet
- Full Unlock — All Chapters$4.99
Casefile
- Solo Membership$7.991 Month
- Duo Membership$12.991 Month
- Squad Membership$19.991 Month









