Comparison

PhonePlot vs Detective Thomas Blake

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

Head to head
About

PhonePlot

Features
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A journalist is missing. Her sister hands you the only thing left: a clone of her phone. PhonePlot is one of those detective games where nothing is handed to you. No hidden object scenes, no timers. Just a phone that feels real, and a truth somebody tried to delete. WHAT YOU GET TO OPEN Explore messages, photos, audio and personal records in a phone that feels lived in. Each case has its own mix of apps and records. Inspect photos and metadata, replay recordings and follow clues to password-protected records. Audio is in English and Russian, with localized transcripts in all 15 supported languages. HOW THE CASE WORKS Connect clues across apps, compare dates and follow the evidence. Give short answers, choose options, put events in order and select supporting records. Each investigation ends with an update on what happened next. STUCK IS FINE Every question carries three clues that unlock as you go, from a nudge to a straight answer. An optional video or PhonePlot+ unlocks a clue. These are mystery games, not patience tests. Start playing for free. A weekly PhonePlot+ subscription unlocks all cases, removes ads and provides unlimited hints. You can also make a one-time purchase to unlock an individual case permanently. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple Account settings. No registration is required. Stories work offline; ads and purchases require an internet connection. FOR PLAYERS WHO LIKE Crime stories told through screens, cold case podcasts, mystery games and puzzle games built on deduction rather than reflexes, and long evenings spent proving somebody wrong. Ten complete cases with 163 questions. Available in English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Arabic. PhonePlot is fiction. Every character, company, message and photograph in it was invented for this game. Terms of Use: https://games.lebedushka.com/phoneplot/terms Privacy Policy: https://games.lebedushka.com/phoneplot/privacy

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Detective Thomas Blake

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Eight years ago a mother of four walked out of a church parking lot in New Halstead, New Jersey, and was never seen again. Her car was right where she left it. Her phone was on the seat. The detective who caught the case has solved every major case he has ever worked, except this one. You are the new kid. First morning as a junior detective in Lehigh Falls, Pennsylvania, assigned to Det. Thomas Blake: twenty-two years on the job, a cracked Timex, and a silence you will spend a long time learning to read. Two cases later, over bad coffee, he tells you about Jackie Jefferson. Then he tells you to forget it. You won't. EVERY DAY IS A CLUE. EVERY WEEK IS A CASE. Detective Thomas Blake is a logic-puzzle game told as a case file. Each day brings a new deduction grid built from the evidence: witness statements, receipts, timelines, alibis that almost hold. Every grid solves from the statements alone. No guessing, ever. - Monday to Saturday: work the week's case one file at a time. - Thursday: a bonus file that earns the key clue. Skip it, and Sunday gets harder. - Sunday: rebuild the week and name who, why and how. - Overtime: close a whole week in one sitting and the department notices. AFTER HOURS When the squad room empties, you open the old Jefferson file. Nobody asked you to. You read the statements Blake's team took eight years ago and you start to notice things: a tip logged as a crank call, a phone number that leads nowhere, a question nobody thought to ask. A MYSTERY THAT REMEMBERS THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT Blake is gruff, dry and very good at his job, and he is carrying more than one unsolved case. The Jefferson family has waited eight years for someone to listen. Your own past brought you to this job too. SEASON 1 IS FREE Thirteen weeks of cases, every one solvable without a purchase. Three free hints a day. Optional: Remove Ads, a one-time purchase. Ads appear between cases, never before your first puzzle, never more than one every ten minutes. Detective Thomas Blake is fiction: all characters, places and events are invented. The question the game asks on every page: what did everyone miss? Your shift starts Monday.

Screenshots

PhonePlot4 screens
Detective Thomas Blake4 screens

Verdict

The call

PhonePlot and Detective Thomas Blake 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. PhonePlot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Detective Thomas Blake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PhonePlot versus Detective Thomas Blake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonePlotDetective Thomas Blake
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB70 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperLEBEDUSHKA, MCHJ XKOnyx River Technologies

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PhonePlot

Subscriptions1
  • PhonePlot+$7.997 Days
One-time2
  • PhonePlot+$0.99
  • One case key$1.99
1 purchases

Detective Thomas Blake

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is PhonePlot free?
PhonePlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Detective Thomas Blake free?
Detective Thomas Blake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PhonePlot or Detective Thomas Blake have ads?
Both PhonePlot and Detective Thomas Blake show ads.

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