Tin Star vs Sixth Grade Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tin Star
Step into the boots of a U.S. marshal in the Old West. Investigate a sprawling conspiracy, confront outlaws, and forge your own legend across the country.
- Become a U.S. marshal
- Confront outlaws
- Uncover a conspiracy
- Explore the Old West
- Craft your legend
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Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal. Confront outlaws, find romance, challenge Native Americans, defy the elements and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Sixth Grade Detective
Step into the shoes of a middle school detective to solve mysteries, uncover secrets, and navigate social drama. Your choices shape the narrative in this text-based interactive novel.
- Solve six mini-mysteries
- Investigate and question suspects
- Text-based interactive story
- Make choices that affect the narrative
- Build friendships and relationships
- Play as customizable characters
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Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! As the sixth grade detective, you'll spy on classmates for cash—will you keep their secrets or take the money? "Sixth Grade Detective" is a 109,000-word interactive young-adult novel by Logan Hughes, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Match wits with the criminal masterminds of middle school! Solve mysterious disappearances and thefts, trace rumors, track down your best friend's stolen bike, and most importantly—get a date to the dance. Forge friendships, chase down thieves, or stick to your guns against bullies? Unmask them in public, or work behind the scenes to help a new friend? Will you protect the reputation of your clients, destroying evidence, or go so far as to hack your friend's cell phone to uncover his embarrassing secret? • Investigate six mini-mysteries. • Search for clues, question suspects, crack codes, dust for fingerprints, interview witnesses, and uncover your classmates' deepest secrets. • Reveal the truth, or keep silent for the greater good… or greater profit. • Shine in the classroom or cut school with the rebels. • Lie to the adults--if you can get away with it • Build friendships, create enemies, and find a date for the big dance. • Play as a girl, boy, or neither. Date classmates of any gender, or avoid romance altogether. • Find out who your secret admirer is
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sixth Grade Detective at $4.99 against Tin Star's $11.99. Tin Star's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (71 vs 11). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Tin Star costs $11.99 and Sixth Grade Detective $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tin Star against 4.8 for Sixth Grade Detective. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tin Star has 71 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Tin Star's written reviews are positive against 94% of Sixth Grade Detective's.
Tin Star ships an update every 3 months, Sixth Grade Detective every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tin Star | Sixth Grade Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (71 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Choice of Games LLC |
Customer experience
Tin Star
Sixth Grade Detective
In-app purchases
Tin Star
No in-app purchases
Sixth Grade Detective
No in-app purchases
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