Comparison

Clue Now vs Pickle Machines

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

Head to head
About

Clue Now

Features
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A whodunit deduction game for one player or a full table of detectives. Manor Mystery casts you as a detective investigating a crime at a manor house โ€” move through nine rooms, gather clues, and narrow down the suspect, weapon, and room before anyone else does. PLAY SOLO Face 2 to 5 AI rival detectives at your choice of difficulty. The AI reasons about the same clues you do โ€” no scripted hints, no lookup tables. DEDUCTION NOTEBOOK The app fills in every fact you've proven automatically, so you never lose track of what you already know. Pencil in your own hunches for everything else, exactly like a paper notebook. PLAY WITH FRIENDS, NO INTERNET NEEDED Gather 2 to 6 players on their own phones in the same room. One hosts, everyone else joins over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth โ€” no accounts, no server, no internet connection required. WATCH ON THE BIG SCREEN Mirror the board to an Apple TV or a Mac over AirPlay for a shared spectator view everyone can see, with no player's private cards shown. Six original detectives, six weapons, nine rooms, secret passages, and a full accusation system. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no data collection.

About

Pickle Machines

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Some machines do one job. Pickle Machines do it the silliest way possible. GOOD FOR BUSY BRAINS Every puzzle rewards a little planning and a lot of what if. It is gentle problem solving that feels like play, not homework. Kids build the logic without noticing. Grown ups get quietly hooked too. Every level gives you a goofy goal, pop the balloon or drop the ball in the bucket, and a box of parts. You build a wild chain reaction to make it happen. Press Run, watch it go, laugh when it flops, tweak it, and win. WHAT YOU BUILD WITH Trampolines, fans, seesaws, conveyor belts, magnets, cannons, portals, dominoes, candles, spinning wheels, ropes, pulleys, scissors, gears, balloons, cartoon bombs, and a cat. Twenty six parts, each with its own trick. HOW IT PLAYS Tap a part to drop it in. Drag it, spin it, flip it. Hit Run and the whole machine springs to life. Edit puts every part back exactly where it was, so kids can experiment with zero fear of breaking anything. No clock. No wrong way to tinker. MADE TO BE KID SAFE No ads. No in-app purchases. No pop-ups asking for money. Nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for. It works offline, anywhere, and progress saves right on the device. THIRTY FOUR HANDMADE LEVELS Twenty four play with the phone sideways and ten play with it upright. Each one teaches a new part, then dares you to combine them. There is a test bench too, running every single part at once. Build it. Run it. Watch the chaos work.

Screenshots

Clue Now1 screens
Pickle Machines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickle Machines at weekly against Clue Now's every 6 weeks. Pickle Machines also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clue Now ships an update every 6 weeks, Pickle Machines weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Clue Now versus Pickle Machines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClue NowPickle Machines
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.517.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol SrivastavaBEGRIP

In-app purchases

None

Clue Now

No in-app purchases

None

Pickle Machines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clue Now free?
Clue Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle Machines free?
Pickle Machines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clue Now or Pickle Machines have ads?
Neither Clue Now nor Pickle Machines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clue Now or Pickle Machines?
Clue Now ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pickle Machines weekly. Most recently, Clue Now was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pickle Machines on November 5, 2026.

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